From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Tue May 5 16:25:26 2009 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Tue May 5 16:25:25 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] Ending mountaintop removal: a dialogue w/ Maria Gunnoe, David Orr, and more References: <1102570356820.1101382620895.14321.6.211640FF@scheduler> Message-ID: <8D8CB663-FD05-41E2-9359-F84CE8444243@orionsociety.org> Please join us for this important dialogue, below, or share with friends and contacts. This issue is truly a question of faith: how can we let mountaintop removal mining continue destroying Appalachia if we truly strive for a world where justice reigns? Erik -- Erik Hoffner Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. > > > Conference Call to Discuss Mountaintop Removal Mining and > How We Can Stop it, May 13 > > Last month Maria Gunnoe won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her > work on mountaintop removal (MTR) mining, and then President Obama > announced his aim of rolling back policies supportive of this kind > of coal extraction. It is therefore a very important moment for > this issue, so please plan to tune in to hear from some inspiring > leaders where the issue stands, learn their strategy going forward > and how you can help, and chime in with your own thoughts for how > to end MTR. > > Leading this discussion will be two activists who've won the > Goldman Environmental Prize for their stances on MTR, Maria Gunnoe > and Judy Bonds, plus Orion advisor/author David Orr, and others. > > Whether you work to end MTR or not, please join us for this > conference call scheduled for May 13th. Like climate change, this > is a devastating environmental and social ill, one which we all > should take action to end. > > To join the call on May 13: > Dial 712-432-1000 at 2 pm Eastern time (usual long distance charges > apply) > Enter conference code 581688569# > If you find that line is busy or full: > Dial 712-432-1001 > Enter conference code 452001681# > Please forward this message along to others who may want to join > us. The call's leaders are very inspiring and we promise that it > will be a rich dialogue. > > If you can't join us, the audio of this conversation (and all the > calls that preceded it) will be available for listening any time in > the conference calls archive after the 13th. > > Best wishes, > > Erik & Scott > Orion Grassroots Network Team > Links to Services > Post Job/Internship > OGN Forums > Log In to OGN > OGN Resources Blog > Manage Your Benefits > Conference Calls > > > Maria Gunnoe > > > > David Orr > > > > Judy Bonds > The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to > grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and > cultural change. > Not yet a member? More information here. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20090505/cb116a4d/attachment.htm From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Mon May 18 12:54:52 2009 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Mon May 18 12:55:05 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] Interfaith Call for 350 ppm CO2 Message-ID: <89AF6E4D-8237-4414-874F-82FF1AA697B8@orionsociety.org> Two actionable notes of interest from VT Interfaith Power and Light: INTERFAITH CALL FOR 350 People of faith are coming together and asking the world's leaders to commit to decreasing CO2 levels in Earth's atmo- sphere to below 350 parts per million. This is the level that leading scientists believe to be the safe, upper limit for life on Earth. The Interfaith Call for 350 speaks of extending "justice and protection to all living beings, including the very least among us," and states that poor people and poor nations of the world are the ones least responsible for global warming, yet they are the ones most affected by it. You can sign onto this interfaith pledge and sign up for the Oct. 24 Action Day here: http://action.350.org/t/9216/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=876 CATHOLICS TAKE THE ST. FRANCIS PLEDGE: To Care for Creation and the Poor The Catholic Climate Covenant, a coalition of Catholic organizations, is encouraging Catholic individuals, families, parishes, organizations, and institutions to take the St. Francis Pledge: a promise and a commitment to live one's faith by "protecting God's Creation and advocating on behalf of people in poverty who face the harshest impacts of global climate change." The Pledge includes praying, learning, assessing, acting, and advocating. To read the Pledge and learn more, go to: http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/the-st-francis-pledge/ -- Erik Hoffner Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20090518/a6167675/attachment.htm