Category: Environmental Justice

Help Create a Community Bill of Rights

Learn how communities across the country are protecting the rights of nature, preserving their environment and guiding their own futures.    Don’t Miss the Last Local Screening of….. We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution  Thursday March 16th, 2017  6 PM Pickford Theater You must buy your tickets online HERE We’re almost sold out, so …

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A JUST TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY

ONE ANSWER LIES IN THE CREATION OF  SOLUTIONARY RAIL.  A CLEAN ENERGY PROPOSAL TO BRING CLEAN SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY FROM RURAL AREAS TO POWER RAILROADS AND BRING THIS POWER INTO CITIES. Come and hear about it on Wednesday, Feb 8th at Village Books in Fairhaven, Bellingham   On Wednesday, Feb 8th at Village Books …

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WHAT WOULD OBAMA SAY?

THIS WORKS!   Seriously – Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom, Jr. We asked Sara Bareilles to imagine what President Obama might be thinking about this election and Donald Trump. She wrote this song, which Leslie Odom Jr. sings. Posted by This American Life on Friday, October 28, 2016  

WE ARE ONE

BELIEVE IT!    

DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE ON ACT OUT

Act Out  from OCCUPY.com has a short video on the Dakota Access Pipeline.  Lots of great information here and talking from OCCUPY’s main objective which is to “follow the money”  

BREAK FREE FROM FOSSIL FUELS

It was an unbelievable weekend.  Many sites available for viewing events throughout the world.   Break Free PNW: Weekend Wrap-up LONGEST RAIL BLOCKADE IN THE PNWLast weekend people converged on the March Point Refineries to disrupt production, and demand respect for native land and a just transition towards healthy and sustainable energy. — It’s time …

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Get Ready to Break Free from Fossil Fuels

April 28th 3-9 PM Art Build/Potluck Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary 1308 Cornwall Ave. Create materials for Break Free PNW events in May. Meet fellow activists and share meal. Please bring a dish to share and a place setting. April 29th 7-9 PM House Party/ Fundraiser for Backbone Campaign Volunteers needed, call Debbie 360-920-0981 April 30th …

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KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND

This is also relevant to the newest Dirty Trade Deal that attempts to convince us that the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) will protect the environment but there is really nothing in the document that says it will prevent this kind of corporate activity. Stop the TPP – call your representative NOW!   Tell them to vote …

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TPP- THE END OF DEMOCRACY?

OCCUPY WALL STREET – BELLINGHAM (OWS-BELLINGHAM) has been opposing TPP and all other dirty trade deals for the past 3 years. We lost on FAST TRACK and now the final TPP deal is struck which Obama will sign on February 4. Then the clock starts ticking for the congress to vote on it – either an …

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TPP FOR DUMMIES

KEEP LEARNING FOLKS AND CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES   What does the TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) mean for you.. Why you should care about the #TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) and what it mean for your #sovereignty…TPP Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_PartnershipTPP Trade Deal Will Cost US 448,000 Jobs, Say Researchers:http://dailypresser.com/2016/01/tpp-trade-deal-will-cost-us-448000-jobs-say-researchers/WHAT IS THE TPP: How the TPP will impact youhttp://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpactsYou.htmlTPP …

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