Posts Tagged climate change

Hip-Hop Musical with an Environmental Twist to Perform at Los Angeles Green Festival

Pacha’s Pajamas: A Story Written by Nature Announces Live Performance Halloween Weekend Los Angeles, CA (October 20, 2011) — Pacha’s Pajamas: A Story Written by Nature, a hip-hop musical story about a little girl named Pacha who saves the environment with the help of the world’s plants and animals, will take to the stage Saturday, [...]

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SIERRA CLUB ANNOUNCES 2011 NATIONAL AWARDS

Honorees include leading environmentalist Bill McKibben, Congressman Edward Markey, Congressman Keith Ellison, conservation photographer Ian Shive, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and others SAN FRANCISCO – Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and world-renowned environmental activist, will conclude his global day of action by accepting the Sierra Club’s highest honor, the John Muir Award.  A worldwide [...]

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Bay Area Moving Planet This Sat Sept. 24 Still Needs Volunteers – and you can get FREE SF GREEN FESTIVAL TICKETS by volunteering!

***The first 50 volunteers will get free T-Shirts and ALL volunteers will get free tickets to the 10 Anniversary Green Festival in SF!*** Moving Planet, Sept 24th is this Sat!!! About 200 volunteers are needed this Saturday to make Bay Area Moving Planet happen smoothly. That’s where you come in! There are many kinds of [...]

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Over 150 Countries Join “Moving Planet” Day to Push for Clean Energy Solutions

Hundreds of thousands prepare for the world’s largest “day without fossil fuels” INTERNATIONAL — Is it possible for the world to move beyond fossil fuels? On September 24, more than 150 countries are expected to take part in a global day events called “Moving Planet” dedicated to the goal of solving the climate crisis by [...]

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Texas Faces Massive Wildfires, Record Drought as Gov. Rick Perry Denies Existence of Global Warming

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry was back on the campaign trail at last night’s Republican presidential debate, where he questioned the science behind human-caused global warming. On Wednesday, Perry announced he was returning home to focus on a historic wildfire season in which some 3.6 million acres have burned—an area larger than the size of Connecticut. [...]

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Green Festival Comes to Los Angeles

“For the past ten years, the Green Festival has been an annual or bi-annual event in San Francisco.  The Green Festival has also taken place elsewhere across the country, with Chicago, Seattle, and Washington D.C. to name a few locations.  Now, for the first time in its decade of existence, the Green Festival is coming [...]

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Letter from prison: Tim DeChristopher speaks

“If I had ever doubted the power of words, Judge Benson made their importance all too clear at my sentencing last month. When he sentenced me to two years in prison plus three years probation, he admitted my offense “wasn’t too bad.” The problem, Judge Benson insisted, was my “continuing trail of statements” and my [...]

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GREEN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OCTOBER 29-30

The nation’s largest green living event comes to Los Angeles Convention Center FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Georgia Malki Denise Hamler Phone: 828-333-9403 x 125 202-872-5303 Georgia@sevenstarevents.com denisehamler@greenamerica.org LOS ANGELES – The nation’s premier green living event comes to Los Angeles October 29-30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year, Green Festival celebrates a ten [...]

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‘I’m scared out of my mind’—but still getting arrested to stop the tar-sands pipeline [VIDEO]

“More than 100 activists have been arrested so far for protesting against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House — and more are getting locked up every day. At least 2,100 people have signed up to participate in the two-week sit-in, which kicked off on Saturday and will continue every day through [...]

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VIDEO: Bill McKibben Answers Questions about the Tar Sands Action

“Wednesday August 3rd, Bill McKibben took to LiveStream to give an updates on the action answer questions from folks who will be attending. Here is a recording of that conversation.” VIDEO: Bill McKibben Answers Questions about the Tar Sands Action via Tar Sands Action

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