Ecominds-a Mailing List: EcoMinds-A List May 14, 2005

[Joe Lazur & Madalyn Cioci (joemadalyn]

UU EcoMinds-A List for May 14, 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:

 

#1  UU Earth Day Accomplishments: Look what we've done!

 

#2  Richard Heinberg Peak-Oil event update

 

#3  Time is NOW: write letters for a MN RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD 

 

#4  UU EcoMinds May 5, 2005 Meeting Summary 

 

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#1  UU Earth Day Accomplishments: Look what we've done!

 

With FUS and First Universalist

 

Light Bulbs: 

Number Sold: 236 

Acid rain-causing Sulfer Dioxide 

prevented: 1,888 to 3,776 lbs

CO2 emissions prevented over life of bulbs 

(assuming electricity comes from coal): 377,600 lbs

 

Wind Energy: 

Number of households: 22

Wind energy per month: 5,000 KwH

Wind energy per year: 60,000 KwH

Coal NOT burned per month: 5,150 lbs

Coal NOT burned per year: 61,800 lbs

CO2 prevented per month: 14,400 lbs

CO2 prevented per year: 172,800 lbs

 

Advocacy Letters:

Number of letters/postcards sent: 306

 

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#2  Richard Heinberg Peak-Oil event update

 

Peak-Oil is all over the news (and even on

the US House floor--Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD, 

March 14, 2005). Our timing for this

event couldn't be better. Please help promote

it widely! If you haven't yet, read one of Richard

Heinberg's two books: Powerdown or The Party's Over.

 

PR materials for this event are just about ready.

If you'd like these materials send e-mail to 

joemadalyn [at] earthlink.net 

 

The evening will include an introduction

by Rev. Kate Tucker (First Universalist), 

lecture by Heinberg, followed by Q&A and

refreshments, and suggested follow-up on the

issue.

 

Help needed: 

If you'd like to help promote the event, 

contact Marcy Leussler at 612-824-3240

 

If you'd like to help with set up, refreshments or 

staffing information/action tables, contact Bob

Friedman, at mailto:rmarcf [at] usfamily.net

 

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#3    Time is NOW: Write letters for a 

MN RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD

 

ME3, one of our primary partner organizations

sent out an e-mail alert last week that MN state

legislators may be able to vote soon on the 

"20% by 2020" MN Renewable Energy Standard.

 

WRITE YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW, even if you've

written before, and urge them to support it!

http://www.me3.org has all the information you need.

 

This is one of the key pieces of legislation 

that we UU EcoMinds and our partner, ME3, are

advocating for this session. 

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#4  UU EcoMinds May 5, 2005 Meeting Summary 

 

* Calculated and celebrated our Earth Day achievements

* We need a fiscal record keeper. Will

revisit this at the next meeting.

* Continued planning of Heinberg event

* We are well on our way to meeting our

action plan goals and discussed possibility 

of selecting 1-2 larger goals for UU EcoMinds 

to pull us all in one direction.

*Updated news of congregational environmental actions

and programs.
* Next meeting will be scheduled following
June Heinberg event.

 

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