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SUMMARY:Green for a Reason with Catherine O’Toole
DESCRIPTION:From the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin –\nAfter a very serious cancer diagnosis\, Catherine investigated who got cancer and why. It was during that research she came across the toxic chemicals that are in the everyday products used to build\, furnish and decorate our homes. Catherine’s mission is to educate the public on how home furnishings and building products contribute to serious health issues such as cancer\, infertility\, and asthma (to name a few). Along with bringing awareness of the toxic chemicals in products\, Catherine will present easy tips and alternative options to create a healthier home. \nCatherine hails from Ireland and before starting Green For A Reason\, she had a 10-year career in the fashion industry in New York City. She is a believer in\, “do what you love\, and everything else will fall into place.” In her 30s\, Catherine left corporate America and backpacked around the world by herself for three years. While traveling she met a Texas “Prince Charming.”
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/green-for-a-reason-with-catherine-otoole/
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SUMMARY:Green Movie Night:  The Burden\, Fossil Fuels\, the Military and National Security
DESCRIPTION:From the First Unitarian Universalist Church –\nHelp Lift the Burden of America’s Fossil Fuel Dependence \nTo view trailer:  http://www.theburdenfilm.com \nPutting Our Troops in Harm’s Way — The US military uses more oil than any other organization in the world.  Everything from tanks to fighter jets to Humvees to generators use oil. Delivering that oil on the battlefield is a dangerous job.  In Afghanistan\, every 1 in 24 fuel convoys ended with a casualty. \nGlobal Supply is Vulnerable — Oil is bought and sold globally\, and those trade routes are vulnerable.  Most of the world’s oil travels through two or three major chokepoints\, easy targets for terrorists and adversarial nations that border these narrow sea lanes. \nIt’s Expensive to Secure and Protect Oil — While we may not pay the full cost at the pump\, securing and protecting oil is very expensive.  Our military spends approximately $300 billion annually just to protect the oil chokepoints\, and hundreds of billions more to help stabilize oil-producing regions around the world. Military experts project that if we were paying the full cost at the pump rather than through the taxpayer money DoD uses for these missions\, one gallon of gas would exceed $8. \nFunding Our Enemies — Too much of our oil money ends up in the hands of countries that don’t share our values and violent groups working to do us harm.  Oil money has been traced\, often through shady front groups\, to extremist and terrorist groups. Global demand sets the price on the global market\, so no matter where our oil comes from\, our high demand keeps more money flowing to our enemies. \nPrice Shocks Pose a Threat to Military Performance — Volatile oil price spikes force the military to repurpose funds away from training\, maintenance\, and readiness programs to offset the cost – putting the mission at risk.  This means our sailors steam less\, our pilots fly less\, and our soldiers and Marines train less. On the battlefield\, special forces and other elite units spend disproportionate time on convoy detail and less on counterinsurgency and other critical operations. \nFossil Fuels Exacerbate Natural Disasters — Fossil fuel consumption is linked to an increase in extreme weather events that directly impact our military readiness.  Our military is the best first responder in the world\, receiving a foreign disaster relief request every two weeks\, which comes at great cost to U.S. taxpayers. Limiting the environmental challenges linked to carbon emissions will save money and place less stress on an already over-extended military. \nClean Energy Jobs for Veterans — A high percentage of veterans are working in the clean energy industry because they saw first hand how our oil dependence militarily and as a nation create excessive costs in lives and money.  Combat veterans understand that clean energy is patriotic\, and view their work in this industry as an extension of their service to securing continued American prosperity.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/green-movie-night-the-burden-fossil-fuels-the-military-and-national-security/
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SUMMARY:"Citizen Action on Climate: The Planet Needs YOU"
DESCRIPTION:From the First Unitarian Universalist Church –\nCurrent trends in climate change are\, as President Obama put it\, “terrifying”.  What are we\, as citizens and inhabitants of the planet\, to do?  Anna Graybeal\, PhD\, will present one set of answers by discussing her volunteer work with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL)\, a nonpartisan nonprofit group working to pass federal legislation for a steadily-rising fee on carbon.  Dr. Graybeal will give an overview of the policy\, an update on the progress CCL has made in Congress\, and outline how volunteers can help out both locally and nationally. You will even be able to take action at the presentation by writing a postcard to your member of Congress that CCL will hand-deliver to the appropriate office in DC. \nThis event is part of the First Unitarian Universalist Church’s ongoing Public Affairs Forum series. All of them are free and open to the public. \nAnna Graybeal received a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of California at Berkeley. She moved to Austin for a post-doc\, but began to realize that she wanted to switch fields: she then earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin\, and has been in private practice in Austin ever since. She first learned about global warming at Berkeley\, and has become increasingly concerned about the rapid changes we are seeing. Along with a co-leader\, she started the Austin chapter of the volunteer-based organized Citizens’ Climate Lobby several years ago as a way to get involved in taking action on this challenging problem.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/citizen-action-on-climate-the-planet-needs-you/
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SUMMARY:Green Movie Night:  The Wisdom to Survive
DESCRIPTION:From the First Unitarian Universalist Church –\nFirst UU Green Sanctuary movie night is Friday\, September 9th at 7PM featuring “The Wisdom to Survive.”\n\nClimate change is taking place. Will we have the wisdom to survive? The film features thought leaders and activists in the realms of science\, economics and spirituality. The focus: how we can live creatively and even joyfully. Because they are doing the work that needs to be done\, they inspire the viewer to want to join the “team.” \nFeatured in the film: Bill McKibben\, Joanna Macy\, Gus Speth\, Roger Payne\, & more! \n“This film is deeply moving and profoundly engaging. Indeed\, it has the potential to transform lives because it provides visions of how we should live in the midst of massive environmental challenges. I cannot recommend it more highly!”—Mary Evelyn Tucker\, Forum on Religion & Ecology at Yale \n\nSee the trailer @ https://vimeo.com/77314166\n\nReviews:\n\n“A short\, visually beautiful\, and philosophically warm and uplifting movie…We need a big movement\, which means we need massive involvement.”Karie Firoozmand\, Friends Journal \n“Brilliant\, achingly poignant…Please SEE THIS FILM – bring it to your community\, talk about it\, share it with others. It is one of the most artfully-rendered films on the planet’s crisis (and how we move through it) I have ever seen…extraordinarily moving.”Shyla Nelson\, One Earth-One Voice\, Strafford VT \n“This film is deeply moving and profoundly engaging. Indeed\, it has the potential to transform lives because it provides visions of how we should live in the midst of massive environmental challenges. I cannot recommend it more highly!”Mary Evelyn Tucker\, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology \n“Phenomenal. …it will serve to catalyze necessary spiritual\, social\, and intellectual transformations\, and hasten global progress in building a sustainable world.”Jamie Konopacky\, Representative for Sustainable Development\, US Baha’i \n“An exquisitely-filmed documentary that presents an overview of the climate crisis\, including its causes\, effects\, and directions of hope. Poignant scenes illustrate the sacred beauty of the natural world\, the tragedy of its diminishment\, and our human interconnectedness with the rest of creation. Indigenous leaders\, people from poor and vulnerable nations\, scientists\, scholars\, religious leaders\, activists\, farmers\, and poets make the case for ‘climate justice’ and point in the direction of hope. Do we have the wisdom to survive? The answer is related to community. We are connected by our shared grief at what is happening to the earth and by our shared hope and commitment to the future.” Rev. Sharon Delgado\, co-founder and Executive Director of Earth Justice Ministries \n\n\nFriday\, September 9th at 7 pm Howson Hall at First Unitarian Universalist Church.\nFree. Refreshments. Discussion for action post film.\nInformation: Beki & Richard Halpin green@austinuu.org\, 512-288-4080
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/green-movie-night-the-wisdom-to-survive/
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SUMMARY:Green Movie Night: Climate Refugees
DESCRIPTION:From the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin –\nThis film is about what happens when an over populated world with a lack of resources and a changing climate all collide with each other – an intersection of humanity that many are calling the greatest challenge mankind will ever face. If an “Inconvenient Truth” was about what causes climate change\, this film is about what are the effects of climate change on our civilization. \nWith contributions from several politicians\, scientists\, and environmental activists\, including John Kerry\, Newt Gingrich\, Al Gore\, and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai\, the film documents the human plight of climate change with a focus on the intersection of overpopulation\, lack of resources and climatic change. Filmmaker Michael Nash and producing partner Justin Hogan traveled to 48 countries in search of the human face of climate change. \nThe movie screening is free and open to the public.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/green-movie-night-climate-refugees/2016-06-03/
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