Ecominds-a Mailing List: Go see Sen. Ellen Anderson speak about RES Wednesday!

[Joe + Madalyn (joemadalyn]

UU EcoMinds-A List for October 4, 2005

UU EcoMinds promotes lifestyles, policies, and technologies
that respect and sustain all life on earth and is a working 
group of the Metro Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance
(MUUSJA)

In this posting:

NOTE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS: We'll send a separate post SOON with a detailed
summary of Thursday's kick-off meeting and how you can get involved
in this year's efforts.

Organizing Events!
#1 TOMORROW! OCTOBER 5 Hear Sen. Ellen Anderson, chief Renewable Energy 
Standard 

Action Events! 
none

Educational Events! 
#2 Lecture Oct 18: Energy Policy for the Environment & Public Health -
UM 
#3  Films: "Affluenza" and "The Cost of Cool:Youth, Consumption & the
Environment " Oct. 6 
#4  Weekend courses @ Hamline Univ; get a Energy Efficiency/Renewable
Energy Certificate

UU-specific Items
#5  HAVE YOU SENT YOUR LETTERS YET? UU Ministry for Earth-- Action Item
#6  UU Ministry for Earth seeks Regional Coordinator for Prairie Star
District 

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ORGANIZING Events!

#1 TOMORROW!  OCTOBER 5  Hear Sen. Ellen Anderson, chief Renewable
Energy 
Standard author @ citizens organizing meeting 
Moving the Midwest Towards Energy Independence- Follow-up Action Meeting

This Wednesday, October 5th 
5:30PM ? 6:30PM

United Steelworkers District 11 office ? 2829 University Ave SE, Suite
100, Minneapolis
(a couple of blocks east of the University of MN in the University Park
Plaza Building)

This Wednesday, the United Steelworkers are hosting a follow-up action
meeting on
Renewable Energy. Sen. Ellen Anderson, the chief author of the Minnesota

Renewable Energy Standard, will give a brief update on Minnesota
Legislation 
regarding Renewable Energy. You can get an update on organizing 
in the suburbs and talking about next steps to passing a Renewable
Energy Standard in Minnesota.  This is a key part of the work and
organizing that UU EcoMinds will be working on this year.  Hope you can
come! 

For more info or to RSVP, contact  Tara Widner at
twidner [at] steelworkers-usw.org 
or call 612-623-8003. 

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ACTION Events! (educational too)
none
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EDUCATIONAL Events! 

#2  UM Lecture: "Changing Energy Policy to Benefit the Environment and
Human Health."
Prof. Daniel Kammen, PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
12:15pm-1:30pm 
the Theater at the UM St. Paul Student Center.
(parking is available in the Gortner Ramp on Gortner Ave., across Buford
Ave. from the Student Center. Maps at
http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/index.html.)

Energy use is the primary driver of local and global environmental
change.
It is also a leading cause of human disease.  Yet current patterns
of energy use are widely seen as extremely difficult to alter
significantly.
In this talk Prof. Kammen will examine the basis for this view of energy
"stasis."  He will argue that far from being a "supertanker" unable to
alter
course, the energy industry is highly capable of change. Indeed,
relatively 
simple policy changes may go a long way. The needed catalyst for
progress 
may simply be our interest in changing the status quo.

Prof. Kammen is founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate 
Energy Laboratory (RAEL). His work focuses on the science and policy
of clean, renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, the role of
energy in national energy policy, international climate debates, 
and the use and impacts of energy sources and technologies on
development
in Africa & Latin America.

The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are strongly
encouraged.  
Lunches are provided to those who RSVP by October 11, 2005. Those
without
reservations are welcome to attend, but should bring a lunch.
Registration
is required if you wish to receive continuing education credits (CLE or
CEU).

This lecture is the first lecture in the 2005-06 Lunch Series.  
This year's Lunch Series focuses on ?Energy and the Environment: 
Science, Ethics & Policy.  For more information 
on upcoming events, visit
http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/news_and_events/#events.

FFI or Reservations:  lawvalue [at] umn.edu or 612-625-0055 (please indicate
if vegetarian/vegan). 

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#3  Films:  "Escape from Affluenza" and  "The Cost of Cool: Youth,
Consumption & the Environment " followed by panel discussion by faculty
and eco-design professionals
Thursday, Oct. 6, 7:00 ? 9:00pm (Doors open at 6:30)
Eco-Design and Business Film Series
Sponsors: Mpls College of Art & Design, o2-USA/Upper Midwest Chapter,
MPCA.  
2501 Stevens Av S / Minneapolis, MN 55404
 MCAD Auditorium 150 (in main building)
Suggested donation: $5. Details at http://o2umw.org/events
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#4  2-day Weekend courses @ Hamline Univ. toward Energy
Efficiency/Renewable Energy 
Certificate
Graduate courses for teachers and others interested in finding out more
about Energy in 
Minnesota ?Fall 2005 at Hamline University.
Including:  ENERGY BASICS -October 29 & November 12. and 
ENERGY POLICY ?November  5 & 19 (taught by J Drake Hamilton). 

FFI:  Contact Roger Aiken 651-644-8318  rogeraiken [at] creedproject.org.  or

www.creedproject.org

To register for the Hamline Courses please contact: -Renee Wonser,
651-523-2419
 rwonser [at] gw.hamline.edu  or Brenda Erickson, 651-523-2591  
berickson08 [at] hamline.edu

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UU-SPECIFIC Items

#5  HAVE YOU SENT YOUR LETTERS YET? 
UU Ministry for Earth (formerly Seventh Principle Project) issues call
for LETTERS

The call for Unitarian Universalism to take  seriously its commitment to
affirm and 
promote the interdependent  web of all existence is overdue and now must
come from you.  
Commit to writing three letters: 

one to Rev. Bill Sinkford, 
Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon St. | Boston, MA 02108
wsinkford [at] uua.org

one to your District representative to the UUA Board of Trustees
Mr. John Blevins
4618 Warwick Blvd, 5A
Kansas City, MO 64112
Tel: 816-531-5242 
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Kansas City, MO 
jblevins [at] uua.org, 

and one to your District Executive. 
Nancy Heege
Prairie Star District
122 W. Franklin Ave., Suite 303 
Minneapolis, MN 55404 
(612) 230-3273
nheege [at] uua.org

Share your vision for a UUA which celebrates the unique religious
perspective embodied in our seventh principle. Share your concerns. Ask
them to do the business of the 
UUA in a GREEN way. Tell them what your congregation?s doing!  

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#6  UU Ministry for Earth seeks Regional Coordinator for Prairie Star
District
 from Claudia Kern, Aug. 13

UU Ministry for Earth (formerly the Seventh Principle Project) has funds
to recruit and train volunteer Regional Coordinators to help deliver
UU Ministry for Earth programming, offer Green Sanctuary 
support, and facilitate collaboration between neighboring congregations
locally. The role of a Regional Coordinator will allow committed
supporters of the UU Ministry for Earth
to deepen their volunteer commitment a little nearer to home. 

An initial two-day training for Coordinators to be held in Boston, 
November 18-20, will provide trainees with the appropriate tools, 
strategies, and resources to confidently assume the role of Regional 
Coordinator. Housing, meals, and carbon offsets for travel will be
provided 
by UU Ministry for Earth; however, trainees will be asked to cover 
transportation costs. In addition to this initial training, Regional
Coordinators 
will receive ongoing support and resources. 

You can download a full description at www.uuministryforearth.org 
For more information, contact: 
UU Ministry for Earth, PO Box 11, Lyme, NH 03768,
office [at] uuministryforearth.org
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