Ecominds-a Mailing List: Mar 14, 2008 announcements: Action group meeting,

[Ralph Wyman (rwmuusja]

Greetings EcoMinders!  We are trying out reviving the ecominds-a at
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[Feedback welcome to ralph [at] muusja.org.]

==March 14, 2008==
 
MUUSJA EcoMinds promotes lifestyles, policies and technologies that respect
and sustain all life on earth and is a working group of the Minnesota UU
Social Justice Alliance. 

ECOMINDS EVENTS:

#1  MUUSJA EcoMinds Action Meeting
MAR 18, 7:00 PM
First Universalist Church
3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis

Congregational Action Packets on "Green Solutions Act" & "Clean Cars Act"
should be complete and ready for distribution.  Help stuff & mail and help
us make our Buddy System outreach to all 26 congregations a big success.  We
have prepared this postcard campaign and area environmental org leaders tell
us it is critical to get this grassroots feedback to our legislators in the
next few weeks!  It is also time to begin planning for the eco-experience at
the State Fair. FFI ralph [at] muusja.org or 612-998-6624

ALLIED ORGANIZATION EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS:

#2  Warming and Environmental Equality
TUE MAR 18, 7:00 p.m.
Bryant-Lake Bowl, Uptown
$5-$10 (pay what you can)

CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE -- A forum for science and culture held at the Bryant-Lake
Bowl (A program of the Bell Museum).
The environmental impacts of global warming are felt by communities
worldwide-from droughts and floods that disrupt food systems to the rising
sea levels that can displace entire populations. But will global warming
disproportionately affect poorer, less developed nations and communities?
How might discussions about global warming and political or economic
development take this imbalance into account? Join speakers from the
Headwaters Foundation for a discussion about global warming and
environmental equality.

#3  Hennepin County transportation tax hearings
Tuesday, March 18, 2:00 PM, 
24th floor Board Room, 
Hennepin County Government Center, 
300 S. Sixth Street, Mpls.

Tuesday, March 18, at 7:30 PM, 
Eden Prairie Library, 
565 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie.

Expanded public transportation will need to be part of any meaningful
package of solutions to global warming.  Show your support for Minnesotans
paying a fair share for transit improvements by attending one of these
public hearings.  The news sales tax law requires a rapid adoption of the
sales tax or it will expire.


==> There are many more environmental actions going on around us.  Major
environmental groups web sites can be searched for lots of great actions and
evets -- email suggested items of particular interest to EcoMinders to
ralph [at] muusja.org for future EcoMinds e-mails.