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UU EcoMinds-A List for June 16, 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:
#1 220 ATTEND RICHARD HEINBERG LECTURE EVENT!
#2 LEGISLATION ACTION: Federal Energy Bill--Call or fax legislators
#3 ONLINE PETITION: SUPPORT UUA PRES. SINKFORD's
march against global warming
#4 CONNECT WITH NATURE: Summer solstice labyrinth walk 6/16
#5 GLOBAL WARMING EDUCATION: Subscribe to ME3's NEW
online global warming newsletter
#6 REMINDER! POLICY EVENT Thurs 6/16. Watch for
online postings of presentations at www.mei.org
#7 RENEWABLE ENERGY/ENERGY EFFICIENCY TOUR: JUNE 22
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#1 220 ATTEND RICHARD HEINBERG LECTURE EVENT!
Thanks to all the EcoMinds who helped with or
attended this great event last Friday!
Over 200 people filled First Universalist's
sanctuary and a large energetic group stayed
for conversation, community and action afterwards.
The presentation was videotaped and recorded.
If you would like to obtain a video or audio copy
of the presentation, please contact Chris Burda,
cburda [at] smm.org
One of the questions now is "Will UU EcoMinds
help people follow up and take action on this issue?
And if so, how?" This will likely be topic at an
upcoming all EcoMinds meeting.
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#2 LEGISLATION ACTION: Federal Energy Bill--Call or fax legislators
US PIRG and Save the Environment are both urging
people to call or fax Dayton and Coleman in DC
and tell them to VOTE AGAINST THE ENERGY BILL
which includes large perks and subsidies for big
corporate energy companies, provisions for more
drilling in Alaska, essentially nothing for
renewables, and no conservation plan.
You may also choose to tell them to vote against
the nuclear power subsidy amendment. Senators McCain
and Lieberman may add an amendment adding $5 billion
in subsidies for a new US nuclear power plant
(the first in 30 years). UU EcoMinds has no official
stance on nuclear power.
Senator Norm Coleman
Washington DC office
phone: (202) 224-5641
Fax: 202-224-1152
US Senator Mark Dayton
Washington, DC Office
Phone: 202-224-3244
Fax: 202-228-2186
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#3 ONLINE PETITION: SUPPORT UUA PRES. SINKFORD'S
cyber-march against global warming
>From the UU Seventh Principle Project:
Will you help the Seventh Principle Project put
Rev. Bill Sinkford at the top of the list?
Sign the petition under Rev. Sinkford's name at
www.stopglobalwarming.org
Rev. Sinkford has just signed on as a member
the cyber march on Global Warming.
In his statement Sinkford says: "I join this cyber
march against global warming, and encourage other
Unitarian Universalists to do so, because it is an
act of faith to speak out on behalf of our earth.
For hundreds of years, our theology has been radically
incarnational-- we do not understand the Holy to be
separate from this life, on this planet, made manifest
in concrete acts of caring for one another in our mutual
vulnerability. As we sing out praises for the beauty of
the earth, we also sing out commitment to protect that beauty."
Sinkford's complete statement can be found at
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/campaigns/sgw/bio/reverend_sinkford/
Add your signature under Rev. Sinkford's name
and signal to our political leaders and the UUA
Board of Trustees the depth of our concern for Earth
and for the threat of global warming.
Please sign on today and launch an effort in your
congregation to ask every UU to do so.
The Board of the Seventh Principle Project and
Rev. Katherine Jesch, Director of Environmental Ministry
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#4 CONNECT WITH NATURE: Summer solstice labyrinth walk
Forwarded by UU EcoMinds member Douglas Owens-Pike:
There will be a Solstice gathering/outdoor labyrinth
walk this coming Sunday (June 19th) at 7:00 PM at
a private residence at 2129 Larpenteur not far
from the U of M St. Paul campus. Please come join us!
All are encouraged to attend and walk the beautiful
stone labyrinth which was created in the woods on this
property. Please feel free to bring a drum or rattle
for a brief ceremony around the campfire before the walk.
Snacks and mosquito repellent are also welcome.
A carpool will depart from the First Universalist
parking lot at 6:30 if you wish to carpool.
If you wish to meet at the site itself it is
the 2nd driveway west of Cleveland Ave. on the
north side of Larpenteur.
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#5 GLOBAL WARMING EDUCATION: Subscribe to ME3's
NEW online global warming newsletter
>From ME3:
Sign up for ME3's new online global warming
science/policy/action newsletter, written by J. Drake Hamilton:
visit www.me3.org
Are you...
worried about the consequences of
global warming, but unsure what to do?
feeling hopeless about the seeming inaction
by government and business leaders to
reduce global warming pollution?
having a hard time keeping up with the flood
of information about global warming and looking
for a source with the need-to-know essentials?
ME3's got a publication for you--Global Warming Action,
a monthly e-mail newsletter that will make the complicated
world of global warming problems and policy solutions
easy to understand. Every month, we'll fill you in on
what governments and businesses are doing to reduce
global warming pollution. We'll show you what's possible--
and what you can do to be a part of that progress.
And the science won't get in the way--ME3's science
policy director, J. Drake Hamilton, is well known
for her ability to translate esoteric science into
digestible, useful information.
To sign up for Global Warming Action, or any of ME3's
other online publications, visit www.me3.org
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#6 REMINDER! POLICY EVENT Thurs 6/16. Watch for Web
postings of results at www.mei.org
>From UU EcoMinds member Lisa Herschberger:
I believe this event costs between $40 and $60, so I'm
guessing many people won't want to go, -- but FYI - there may
be presentations posted on the website a week or so
after the event.
http://mn-ei.org/policy/events.html
Minnesota's energy future: A conversation about
the state's energy system and its effects on our
economy and environment
Thursday, June 16
9 am - 3 pm
Science Museum of Minnesota
Saint Paul
Online registration for this forum is now closed.
Walk-in registration will be available at the event on Thursday.
Please arrive promptly at 9 a.m. to register at the event.
For more information about the forum, contact Peter Frosch,
Environmental Policy associate director,
at 612-334-3388 ext.108 or pfrosch [at] mn-ei.org.
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#7 RENEWABLE ENERGY/ENERGY EFFICIENCY TOUR: JUNE 22
>From our partners, ME3:
RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY TOUR Wed, June 22, 2005
8:00 AM Board the bus and start the TOUR with
a biodiesel kickoff at the Northfield Cannon Valley
Cooperative (1480 Highway 3 South)
9:00 AM Rendezvous with folks in Red Wing @ corner of
Hwy 61 (Main St) and East Ave (downtown)
10:00 AM Tour Five Star Dairy's dairy and biogas
digester operation, which produces renewable electricity
adequate to power 600 homes
11:45 AM Depart Dairy
12:30 PM Return to Red Wing
12:45 PM Picnic Lunch and Tour of Rich Huelskamp's
solar and wind-powered energy efficient home
2:30 PM Depart for Northfield
3:15 PM Visit Carlton College's 1.65-megawatt wind turbine
4:00 PM Return to Cannon Valley Cooperative, Tour ends
FFI: please REGISTER with Erin Tegtmeier,
Experiment in Rural Cooperation at:
tegtm003 [at] umn.edu or 507-536-6313.
Cost: $15 (payable upon arrival).
When registering, please indicate whether or not you
plan to ride the bus and join us for lunch.
Registration Deadline is June 20th.
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