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SUMMARY:Sierra Club July Meeting: Keep The Power On!
DESCRIPTION:Join us July 15th for our July general meeting at the Mosaic Workshop to socialize with like-minded Austin neighbors and hear a talk about energy issues in Texas from Shane Johnson of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter. \nDoors open at 6:30 for light snacks and conversation. Club updates and program starts at 7pm. We hope you’ll join us.\nMany Sierrans and environmental allies are motivated to help stop or slow climate change. For the past several years\, in order to help broaden the base of everyday Texans who are engaged in that critical climate justice work\, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter has prioritized campaigns that address energy burden\, energy poverty\, and economic justice; all issues exacerbated by the rapidly warming climate. \nTexans are struggling with skyrocketing energy bills\, on top of rising cost of living\, thanks largely to the data center boom and how Gov. Abbott and many state leaders allow energy companies to keep raising our bills to make more profit off of our backs. We are all tired of Texans having to choose between groceries\, medicine\, clothing for their kids\, and a safe thermostat setting. But we need your help to make a difference. \nTo help regular Texans\, we need enough everyday people coming together to have the influence to combat these powerful companies and the ultra-wealthy who own many (but not all ) Texas lawmakers. Join us on Wed\, July 15th to learn what major decisions on energy issues are coming up at state agencies and the legislature\, like whether the people or corporations pay for majorly expensive new transmission infrastructure\, and what you can do about it. \nFor the General Meeting please RSVP HERE for in-person attendance! \nWhere: The Mosaic Workshop\, 729 Airport Blvd\, Austin\, TX 78702. Parking map here. Park in the Mosaic Workshop spots or those at the City Union building. (Please avoid spots designated for Broad Studios Club House). \nWhen: Wednesday July 15. Arrive at 6:30pm for light snacks and conversation. Program starts at 7pm.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-july-meeting-keep-the-power-on/
LOCATION:The Mosaic Workshop\, 729 Airport Boulevard\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Monthly Meeting: Data Center Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday April 15th for our April general meeting at the Mosaic Workshop to socialize with like-minded Austin neighbors and hear a talk about data centers. \nDoors open at 6:30 for pizza and conversation. Club updates and program starts at 7pm. We hope you’ll join us. \nTexas is being overwhelmed by data centers. Public Citizen’s Texas Director Adrian Shelley will cover the basics of data centers\, their power and water demands\, and their environmental and community impacts. We will also discuss the origin and activities of the Texas Data Center Rebellion and highlight strategies for fighting data center projects in your community. \nAdrian Shelley is a native Texan from the City of Houston. He is the Texas Director of Public Citizen\, which works on issues including clean energy\, environmental enforcement\, and ethics reform. Adrian has a law degree from the University of Texas and previously served as the Executive Director for Air Alliance Houston. He enjoys spending time with his family\, reading\, playing music\, growing food and other plants\, and the outdoors. \nFor the General Meeting please RSVP HERE for in-person attendance! \nWhere: The Mosaic Workshop\, 729 Airport Blvd\, Austin\, TX 78702. Parking map here. Park in the Mosaic Workshop spots or those at the City Union building. (Please avoid spots designated for Broad Studios Club House). \nWhen? Wednesday April 15. Arrive at 6:30pm for pizza and conversation. Program starts at 7pm.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-monthly-meeting-data-center-rebellion/
LOCATION:The Mosaic Workshop\, 729 Airport Boulevard\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club March Meeting: Water for People and the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday March 10th for our March general meeting to socialize with like-minded Austin neighbors and hear a talk about water issues facing the state of Texas. \nThis month we are very excited to be in a new venue\, The Mosaic Workshop in East Austin. Thanks to the folks there for generously offering to host us! \nDoors open at 6:30 for a light dinner and conversation. Club updates and program starts at 7pm. We hope you’ll join us — and bring a friend who cares about Texas’ water future! \nDr. Evgenia Spears\, Water Program Coordinator for the Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club\, will join us via video link to speak on water issues facing the state of Texas. \nWater issues affect all of us — from river flows in Central Texas\, to desalination proposals on the Gulf Coast\, to aging water infrastructure and groundwater depletion across the state. Evgenia will discuss these problems and address the major policy challenges ahead\, including what Sierra Club has done and is doing to protect Texas waters. She will also highlight how you can get involved through the Chapter’s Water for People & the Environment Committee\, a statewide volunteer initiative dedicated to protecting Texas’ water. \nPlease RSVP HERE for in-person attendance! \nZoom option: For those that can’t make this event in person\, a Zoom Link will be available at 7 pm. \nAlso\, a recording of the presentation will be posted to the Austin Group’s YouTube channel within several days. \nEvgenia Spears leads advocacy efforts to protect Texas’ water resources for the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter. Through grassroots organizing\, water education\, and legislative advocacy\, she works to ensure that communities across the state have a voice in shaping a sustainable water future. Prior to joining Sierra Club\, Evgenia spent several years at Texas A&M University in College Station\, where she earned a doctorate with a focus on natural resource management\, taught undergraduate courses on natural resource policy\, served as a watershed coordinator with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service\, and developed strategic natural resource planning documents for Texas. Having lived in rural Ukraine\, suburban Russia\, and now in the U.S.\, Evgenia brings a unique perspective on water management\, viewing water not simply as a resource to manage\, but as a relationship to nurture. Outside of her work\, Evgenia enjoys being with her family\, spending time in nature\, and traveling.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-march-meeting-water-for-people-and-the-environment/
LOCATION:The Mosaic Workshop\, 729 Airport Boulevard\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker,Networking
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Meeting: Solidarity With Minneapolis
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Sierra Club Climate monthly meeting on Tuesday\, February 3\, as we focus on solidarity with people in Minneapolis who are facing fear\, disruption\, and injustice in their communities. \nSocial injustice is climate injustice. The intersectionality of immigration injustice and climate injustice compounds harm to affected folks. \nImmigration is a climate issue\, as more and more fathers and mothers are fleeing drought-ravaged homes in search of anywhere they might can feed their families.\nProtecting democracy is a climate issue\, because our work—already challenging—becomes vastly more difficult if it is replaced by tyranny.\nAttacks on vulnerable communities\, civil rights\, and democracy undermine the trust and collective action we need to solve the climate crisis. \nAt this meeting\, we will hear directly from people who live at ground zero in Minneapolis\, as well as others who have been on the ground protesting and supporting affected communities. We are honored that Rev. Carrie Holley-Hurt will join us\, along with several Minneapolis residents\, to share what they have witnessed and how we can stand in solidarity. \nEvent details \nTuesday\, February 3\nPotluck begins: 6:30 pm (come even if you can’t bring food)\nProgram begins: 7:00 pm \nLocation:\nFirst Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\n4700 Grover Ave.\nAustin\, TX \nZoom option: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5133069449 \nDuring the program\, we will: \n\nHear firsthand perspectives from Minneapolis\nOffer encouragement and solidarity to our guests\nOffer emotional support to one another\nDiscuss what we can do if similar events occur in Austin\nAsk everyone to call their U.S. Senators\nInvite donations to support people who are afraid to leave their homes and need tangible help\n\nThis will be a meaningful evening of connection\, learning\, and action. Please come if you can\, and feel free to invite others who care about justice\, democracy\, and climate.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-meeting-solidarity-with-minneapolis/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Meeting: Travis County Parks Foundation
DESCRIPTION:This month’s meeting will be on Thursday\, January 22nd\, and will feature a presentation from the Travis County Parks Foundation by Allisha Macharia\, Park Stewardship Director for the Travis County Parks Foundation.  Allisha will give a general overview of Travis County Parks Foundation\, highlighting their Night Sky and Park Stewards programming. \nAllisha’s bio: \nAilisha Macharia is a community-driven leader who creates and delivers high-impact public programming\, develops confident teams to educate\, facilitate\, and share resources with care. Ailisha previously served as the Program Coordinator for The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre® at Sustainable Food Center. Ailisha has brought programming to a wide range of community spaces\, including recreation centers\, schools\, churches\, grocery stores\, and clinics across Austin\, Manor\, Bastrop\, and Taylor. Ailisha is most proudly a farmer—a graduate of Farmshare Austin with experience growing organic vegetables for various fine dining restaurants in the Austin area\, farm hand at Shepard’s Flock in Elgin\, TX\, herbalist\, and 200 hr Trauma-Informed Registered Yoga Teacher. \nAs someone who spends her time outside stewarding the land\, Ailisha is most excited to connect with Travis County Park staff to organize volunteers for TCPF’s Park Stewards Program. She will be bringing programming that integrates land stewardship\, healing-centered engagement\, and land-based education in our Travis County Parks to develop lifelong stewards of our TC Parks.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-meeting-travis-county-parks-foundation/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
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SUMMARY:Austin Sierra Club Monthly Meeting: Austin Wildlife Rescue
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday August 13 for the monthly general meeting to socialize with like-minded Austin neighbors and hear a talk on: \nAustin Wildlife Rescue by Jules Maron\, Executive Director \nJules’ presentation provides an overview of Austin Wildlife Rescue. “It explains what we do\, and how we care for the 10\,000 wild animals we receive annually.” She will also discuss the impacts of habitat fragmentation on wildlife and how the public can help mitigate it in their own backyards. \nJules Maron is the Executive Director of Austin Wildlife Rescue.  Prior to this\, she worked for 15 years in corporate finance with IBM.  She found herself involved in the wildlife rehabilitation realm quite by accident\, where she started off as a volunteer\, working her way up through every position\, and is now the Executive Director.  She has dedicated herself to Austin Wildlife Rescue for 9 years\, holds a personal Texas Parks and Wildlife permit for rehabilitation\, and is a Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator. \nShe received her B.S. in Child Development and her M.S. in Accounting at UT Austin\, and is certified in Pain and Wound Management and as a Wildlife Rehabilitator by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC). \nWhere? El Mercado South at 1302 South 1st St\, Austin. There is a spacious parking lot across the street. Bus #10 runs along S. 1st. \nWhen? Wednesday August 13. Arrive as early as 6pm for Tex-Mex food and drinks (available for purchase). Program starts at 7pm. \nPlease RSVP HERE so that we have an idea of attendance!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/austin-sierra-club-monthly-meeting-austin-wildlife-rescue/
LOCATION:El Mercado Restaurant South\, 1302 South 1st Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker,Networking
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SUMMARY:Bill McKibben And The Climate Movement In Austin
DESCRIPTION:Bill McKibben—world-renowned climate activist\, bestselling author\, and founder of 350.org & Third Act—is speaking to Austin via Zoom.\n\nThis is more than a lecture. It’s a call to action.\nFrom launching a $40 trillion global fossil fuel divestment movement to organizing climate protests in over 180 countries\, McKibben has been at the center of real\, worldwide change. His words spark movements. His vision inspires hope. And his message is more urgent than ever.\nWhether you’re a longtime activist or just getting started\, this evening will equip you with the insight\, community\, and motivation to make a difference—right here in Central Texas. \nPLUS: Local climate organizations will share short\, powerful updates on how you can plug into real action happening right now in your own backyard. \nBring a dish to share\, bring a friend\, and bring your passion.\nLet’s come together to connect\, learn\, and mobilize for a livable future.\nPlease register at https://forms.gle/Kqk2zfBuzbwbKuPHA You don’t have to register to come but it helps our planning. \nFree & open to all. Hosted by your local Sierra Club chapter.\nThis is the moment. Be part of it.\nTuesday\, May 6\nTime: Potluck at 6:30 PM | Speaker at 7:00 PM\nLocation: Austin First Unitarian Universalist Church\n4700 Grover Ave\, Austin\, TX\nZoom Option (join at 7:00 PM): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5133069449 \nAbout Bill McKibben:\nBill McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books about climate change\, starting with The End of Nature (1989)\, the first book for a general audience to address global warming. He is a contributing writer to The New Yorker\, and his work has appeared in publications worldwide.\nIn 2008\, he founded 350.org\, the first planet-wide grassroots climate movement\, which has organized thousands of rallies in more than 180 countries and helped drive the fossil fuel divestment campaign now valued at over $40 trillion. Bill has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Award\, the Right Livelihood Prize (sometimes called the “alternative Nobel”)\, and was named by Foreign Policy as one of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers. \nFollowing his talk\, we’ll hear brief updates from local climate organizations on the front lines of the fight against climate change—highlighting actions\, campaigns\, and opportunities for involvement here in Central Texas. \nThis event is free and open to the public.\nBring a dish to share at the potluck and join your neighbors in learning\, connecting\, and taking action for our planet.\nHosted by your local Sierra Club and Third Act chapters.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/bill-mckibben-and-the-climate-movement-in-austin/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
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SUMMARY:Austin Sierra Club Monthly Meeting: Talk on Austin Environmental Issues
DESCRIPTION:Join us at February monthly general meeting to socialize with like-minded Austin neighbors and hear a talk on Austin’s environmental issues\, \nThis month’s speaker is Dave Sullivan\, PhD.\, who will speak about local environmental issues including greenhouse gas emissions (and how to address them with better land use planning) and about local fine particulate matter. \nDavid W. Sullivan is a Research Associate at The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources\, where he has been a staff member since September 2005. Active in local community affairs\, Dave has served on a handful of non-profit steering committees and on City of Austin citizen boards including the Planning Commission (16 years) and Zero Waste Advisory Commission. He currently serves on the City’s Environmental Commission.  \nDave is a long-time Sierra Club member. He travels primarily by bicycle\, bus and walking. He lives in the Clarksville neighborhood with his wife\, and has one grown daughter. \nWhere? El Mercado South at 1302 South 1st St\, Austin \nWhen? Wednesday February 12. Arrive as early as 6pm for Tex-Mex food and drinks (available for purchase). Program starts at 7pm. \nPlease RSVP HERE so that we have an idea of attendance!
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/austin-sierra-club-monthly-meeting-talk-on-austin-environmental-issues/
LOCATION:El Mercado Restaurant South\, 1302 South 1st Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker,Networking
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: The Data Guy
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \n\nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is The Data Guy – He’s Got the Numbers\, with Jay Blazek Crossley.\n \n\nIs Austin ready for an actual sustainable\, equitable future? Land use\, transportation\, planning\, and equity reforms that we can’t afford to pass up. Jay Blazek Crossley\, Executive Director of Farm&City.org\, dedicated to high quality urban & rural human habitat in Texas\, seeks to improve Texas public policy at the intersection of transportation\, urban planning\, sustainability\, and equity. Farm&City’s two big projects are leading Vision Zero Texas – the movement to end traffic deaths in Texas – and 50 Million Texans\, which includes work on land use reform\, equitable\, sustainable regional growth strategies\, state transportation policy reform\, carbon reduction\, and transportation equity.\n \n\nJay grew up in Houston\, has a Masters in Public Affairs from the LBJ School at UT-Austin. He currently serves as Chair of Safe Streets Austin and on the Capital Area Regional Transit Coordination Committee. He has previously served on the board of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA)\, the Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan Stakeholder group\, Capital Metro’s Project Connect Advisory Network\, the TXDOT Council on System Safety – external stakeholder group\, and as Chair of the City of Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council.
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Carbon Capture
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \n\nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is CARBON CAPTURE – Monitoring\, Safety\, and Geologic Impact of Underground CO2 Injection\, with Dr. Katherine Romanak.\n \n\nDr. Romanak is an expert in near-surface geochemical monitoring\, safety\, and environmental impacts of geologic carbon storage. She is currently a Research Professor at the Bureau of Economic Geology\, Jackson School of Geosciences\, UT Austin. She has developed and implemented monitoring plans for at least six actively-injecting\, large-scale CO2 storage projects dating back to 2007\, and has pioneered a new environmental monitoring technique which has become the standard approach worldwide.\n \n\nDr. Romanak holds a B.S. in Geology from Southern Methodist University\, an M.S. in Geology from UT Arlington\, and a Ph.D. in Geology from UT Austin. She previously worked as a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program: Transit Forward & Project Connect
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be BOTH online via Zoom AND in-person at Casa Chapala. Food\, drink\, and socializing from 6pm to 7pm.\n \n\nZoom link: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449\n \n\nAt 7pm\, we’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Transit Forward and Project Connect\, with Bill McCamley.\n \n\nBill McCamley is the Executive Director of Austin’s Transit Forward\, with its mission to educate and engage fellow Austinites about transit as a whole\, with a focus on Project Connect and light rail.\n \n\nBill joined Transit Forward in May of 2022. He has spent the better part of three decades in public service as an elected official\, non-profit executive director\, and state agency administrator. Bill holds degrees from New Mexico State University and a Master’s from Harvard Kennedy School. He spent six years as a New Mexico State Representative\, more than two years as secretary of the New Mexico Workforce Department\, and four years as a County Commissioner in Las Cruces New Mexico. He absolutely loves living in Austin.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-transit-forward-project-connect/
LOCATION:Casa Chapala Mexican Cuisine & Tequila Bar\, 9041 Research Blvd #100\, Austin\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230808T203000
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Monthly Program: Environment Texas
DESCRIPTION:This month’s Sierra Club meeting will feature a presentation from Luke Metzger of Environment Texas. Click here to join the zoom event.\n \n\nClean water\, clean air\, open spaces with healthy lakes\, rivers and forests; sources of energy\nthat don’t pollute and never run out — all this should be the heritage we leave to future\ngenerations. Environment Texas researches the issues to educate the public and win tangible\nresults for a greener future.\n \n\nLuke Metzger has a B.A. from the University of Southern California and is a leading voice in\nthe state for clean air\, clean water\, clean energy and open spaces. Luke has led successful\ncampaigns to win permanent protection for the Christmas Mountains of Big Bend; to compel\nExxon\, Shell and Chevron Phillips to cut air pollution at three Texas refineries and chemical plants; and to boost funding for water conservation and state parks.\n \n\nThe San Antonio Current has called Luke “long one of the most energetic and dedicated\ndefenders of environmental issues in the state.” He has been named one of the “Top Lobbyists\nfor Causes” by Capitol Inside\, received the President’s Award from the Texas Recreation and\nParks Society for his work to protect Texas parks\, and was chosen for the inaugural class of\n“Next Generation Fellows” by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at\nUT Austin.\n \n\nLuke\, his wife\, son and daughter are working to visit every state park in Texas.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-monthly-program-environment-texas/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230613T203000
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Coral Reefs
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \n\nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Championing Coral Reefs\, with Juli Berwald.\n \n\nCoral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: diverse\, interconnected\, full of wonders\, and threatened by our actions on land. Owing to their profound symbiosis with algae\, coral are also responsible for the world’s largest green-powered construction project. Berwald’s most recent book\, Life on the Rocks\, is an inspiring ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds\, intertwined with her own daughter’s struggle with mental illness. She explores fighting battles with uncertain outcomes and the beauty of small victories.\n \n\nScience writer Juli Berwald is a lifelong student of the ocean\, obsessed with jellyfish\, passionate about coral. She received her PhD in ocean science from The University of Southern California. Her work has appeared in National Geographic\, Texas Monthly\, The New York Times and more. She is the author of many science textbooks\, Spineless – a science-memoir about jellyfish\, and her latest book – Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs. She lives in Austin with her husband and two children.\n \n\nFind many of her articles and talks at www.juliberwald.com
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-online-coral-reefs/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230411T201500
DTSTAMP:20230330T221608Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Climate Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \n\nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Climate Restoration. Join Peter Fiekowsky\, founder of the climate restoration movement\, and his co-author\, Carole Douglis\, to hear how we can restore pre-industrial CO2 levels by 2050—by working with nature and with finance that’s already available.\n \n\nPeter Fiekowsky\, author of Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race (2022)\, is an MIT-educated physicist and Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist with 27 patents. He has 30 years’ experience as a citizen lobbyist for poverty and climate issues\, and over the past decade has been working to build the organizations required to ensure the survival and flourishing of humanity.\n \n\nFiekowsky’s mission is to leave a world we’re proud of to our children. To that end he has founded a number of organizations including the Foundation for Climate Restoration\, Methane Action\, Stable Planet Alliance\, which is working to restore a sustainable population\, and the interim Climate Restoration Safety and Governance Board.\n \n\nCarole Douglis\, co-author of Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race\, is an award-winning journalist specializing in environment\, climate\, and international development. Her work has been published by the Atlantic\, Psychology Today\, and National Geographic Books\, as well as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\, UNICEF\, USAID\, NGOs\, and research institutes. She enjoys sharing her skills through training others in clear writing and presentations. Carole holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy—and is proud to be Peter Fiekowsky’s writing partner since 2019.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-online-climate-restoration/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T170000
DTSTAMP:20230316T012853Z
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SUMMARY:Social gathering: Brews with the Greens
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a social gathering with members (current or wannabe) of the Sierra Club’s Austin Group.\n \n\nGet to know some like-minded neighbors\, learn about how you can become more involved\, and kick back at one of Austin’s most relaxed outdoor locations. Best friends (human and canine) welcome! We’ll talk about it all – hiking\, climate change\, and making a difference. With beer and food we expect to solve most of the world’s pressing environmental problems!\n \n\nFirst round of appetizers are on us. See you there!\nParking is on the back side of the beer garden off 5th Street between Springdale and Spencer Ln.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/social-gathering-brews-with-the-greens/
LOCATION:Central Machine Works\, 4824 E Cesar Chavez St\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Party With a Purpose
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T203000
DTSTAMP:20230301T214308Z
CREATED:20230301T214203Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Crisis Monthly Meeting - When Did Human-Caused Climate Change Actually Begin?
DESCRIPTION:30 minutes – announcements and breakouts into climate action teams \n45 minutes – When Did Climate Change Really Begin? by Bruce Melton based on article published in Truth Out\n \nGlaciers have been retreating for centuries suggesting warming has gone on a long time. Early Anthropocene Hypothesis states that climate change did not begin with the dawn of the industrial age at the end of the 19th century\, it began 7\,000 to 8\,000 years ago with the discovery of agriculture and clearing of forests for crops. This human-caused warming was then cancelled out by natural cooling that should have been occurring for the last 7\,000 to 8\,000 years until human-caused warming from fossil fuels went berserk.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/climate-crisis-monthly-meeting-when-did-human-caused-climate-change-actually-begin/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Lecture/Guest Speaker,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230207T203000
DTSTAMP:20230202T203649Z
CREATED:20230202T203511Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Climate Crisis Committee Meeting - Why and How to Fight for and against TX Bills
DESCRIPTION:Presentation on why and how to fight for and against bills in the Texas Legislature with an emphasis on climate bills. We’ll provide a quick overview of some of the major issues. We’ll argue why more Texas citizens should be involved and how to be involved with relatively little time. We’ll also show how and why you can fight for state and national agencies to hold more polluters accountable and actually enforce some laws that are on the books to protect the public.\n \nEveryone is welcome.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-climate-crisis-committee-meeting-why-and-how-to-fight-for-and-against-tx-bills/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Lecture/Guest Speaker,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230110T201500
DTSTAMP:20221215T013700Z
CREATED:20221215T013526Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Plastic Reduction Project
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is the Plastic Reduction Project\, with Sean Winn.\n \nThis presentation will focus on a project to get restaurants to shift away from single-use items … including citizen-scientists to help crowd source data and become Consultants to assist restaurants in profitably going green.\n \nSean Winn is Co-Founder of the PlasticReductionProject.org\, an Austin-area 501(c)3 nonprofit seeking to reduce plastic waste in its many forms. His organization is working in conjunction with the Plastics Action Team of our local chapter’s Climate Change Committee.\n \nSean spent most of his career in Asia in the finance industry with Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank. He held a variety of roles\, but his longest stretch was as COO of a distressed investments private equity fund. Sean grew up in Franklin\, Texas\, a rural town of about 1\,000 people roughly two hours NE of Austin. “My parents still live there; there is no recycling service anywhere in the county. At some point I would like to get a project running to bring a recycling drop-off service to these sorts of recycling deserts.”\n \nSean graduated from UT with a degree in Finance in 1993\, and after retiring from his finance career returned to UT\, earning a degree in History in 2018. Before the Plastic Reduction Project took over his life\, Sean began writing and published several poems\, short stories and essays in a number of literary magazines during the Pandemic. He is also an avid tennis player.\n \nOn a side note\, Sean is looking for volunteers who would be willing to collaborate with him to create a sharp\, concise video about recycling in Austin\, what is and is not recycled\, and specifics to answer all of our questions about recycling so that it can be shared widely with our community. Interested and skilled? Contact Sean@PlasticReductionProject.org.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-online-plastic-reduction-project/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221206T210000
DTSTAMP:20221201T205049Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Come for food\, fun\, and fellowship on December 6. The monthly December Austin Sierra Club meeting will join with the Climate Crisis Committee meeting for a Winter Celebration. We will meet on Tuesday\, December 6\, at 7:00pm at the First Universalist Unitarian Church at 4700 Grover Lane\, Austin.\n \nIf you can\, please bring a potluck item\, preferably finger food. If you don’t have something to bring\, come anyway. BYOB\, but no liquor. The Sierra Club will provide some drinks. \nWe will have a short program during which we will present some of our successes over the past year.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-holiday-party-3/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party With a Purpose
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T201500
DTSTAMP:20221103T190857Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program ONLINE: Nature Based Low Carbon Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. You can RSVP here. \nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Nature Based Low Carbon Solutions\, with Robin Rather. \nEnvironmental activist and sustainability advocate Robin Rather specializes in socioeconomic research and strategy for a range of business\, non-profit and governmental clients at her Austin company\, Collective Strength\, where she is the CEO. She has served as lead consultant on projects involving renewable energy strategies\, water conservation\, the future of healthcare\, non-point source pollution\, community values\, citizens’ definitions of a healthy economy\, and corporate trends.\n \nRobin has a B.A. cum laude in Sociology from Tufts University. A former board chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA)\, and co-founder of Liveable City\, Hill Country Conservancy and Envision Central Texas\, she was born in Houston. Robin lives in Austin and has one son.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-online-nature-based-low-carbon-solutions/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221011T200000
DTSTAMP:20221007T012019Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program: Texas Legislature Candidates' Forum
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.\n \nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is a Texas Legislature candidates’ forum. We plan to have a number of candidates for office introduce themselves\, give their position on key issues\, and take questions from the Zoom audience.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-texas-legislature-candidates-forum/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220913T203000
DTSTAMP:20220830T200216Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program: Inspiring Conservation Through Birding
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be LIVE and online via Zoom.\n \n\nZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449\n \n\nLIVE: We request that persons attending be healthy and vaccinated. Come early (6 to 7pm) for drinks and dinner.\n \n\nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Inspiring Conservation Through Birding\, withTravis Audubon’s Executive Director Nicole Netherton.\n \n\nBirds tell us a lot about habitat health and environmental change. But in what ways are they showing us our environmental future? What human-caused threats do they face\, and how can we help improve their—and our—odds of survival? Join Nicole Netherton\, Executive Director of Travis Audubon to discuss these connections between humans and birds in Central Texas and all along the central flyway. We’ll discuss the magic (and perils) of migration\, the importance of pollinator-friendly plants\, and simple things you can do to both learn about and protect bird species in our area.\n \n\nNicole Netherton is the Executive Director of Travis Audubon\, an independent chapter of the National Audubon Society. Founded in 1952\, Travis Audubon is the oldest conservation organization in Austin. Nicole has been ED since 2018\, but has been a member of TAS since she moved back to Austin in 2009. She always noticed birds as a child\, but got really interested in birds and birding while living in New York City in the early 2000s. Her favorite bird is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher or Carolina Wren\, depending on the day. A Native Houstonian\, she was educated at The University of Texas at Austin and had a long career in marketing for a book publisher before moving to the nonprofit world in 2016. Nicole is also a Capital Area Master Naturalist and member of the Central Texas Mycological Society.\n \n\nCASA CHAPALA is a family owned restaurant at the northeast corner of Burnet Road and 183\, one exit east of Mopac\, below a large Planned Parenthood sign. We have been offered at no charge a very nice\, private room with private entrance and restrooms within the space. The room features projection equipment and will Zoom our meeting. Ample parking. We encourage you to come early to order drinks and food in order to repay our hosts for their kindness. Happy Hour is 3 to 7\, so come as early as 6:00 pm to order dinner and drinks. Yes\, they have margaritas! There is a large outdoor patio for anyone who wishes to eat outdoors before the meeting begins.\n \n\nMENU: casachapala.com\n \nMASKS are optional\, but strongly recommended for anyone at high risk. \n\nPUBLIC TRANSIT: The #3 and #383 CapMetro buses stop on Burnet one block north of Casa Chapala; the #803 stops at the Crossroads Center\, one block south of the restaurant.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-inspiring-conservation-through-birding/
LOCATION:Casa Chapala Mexican Cuisine & Tequila Bar\, 9041 Research Blvd #100\, Austin\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220906T210000
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SUMMARY:Austin Sierra Club Climate Crisis Committee
DESCRIPTION:Austin Sierra Club Climate Crisis Committee\n(First Tuesday every month – date change)\n \n\nThe Austin Sierra Club will meet at the First Unitarian Universalist Church at 4700 Grover Ave. and on Zoom.\nMap – https://goo.gl/maps/xpsSX2Myhn58S5qx6\nConnect on Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5133069449\n \n\nNote: Enter through courtyard in front of church next to sanctuary. Signs will be posted.\n\nCovid: Masks required \n\nAgenda:\n15 min. – Announcements with brief description of action teams\n45 min. – Program to be announced\n \n\nAction Teams — Discuss Action Teams and allow people to sign up to continue the work to stop climate change\, an imperative if we want our current civilization to survive. We’ve formed Action Teams on Austin Energy\, the Permian Pipeline\, Rio Grande Valley Support\, Carbon Fee & Dividend\, People Power\, Data Entry\, and Presentations and more. We have identified additional action teams we’d like to form\, including Transportation\, Climate Justice\, Partner Organizations\, School Education\, and Social Media. Whether you have only minutes a month or hours a day\, join us to build a mass movement to stop climate change. Or join another group fighting this vital cause.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/austin-sierra-club-climate-crisis-committee/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220809T203000
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Program - Conversation with Congressman Lloyd Doggett
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. In the future we will mix Zoom programs with in-person/hybrid programs.\n \nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events… U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett will join us to discuss issues that affect us as Americans\, Texans and Austinites. Ask your questions using the Zoom chat feature.\n \nLloyd Doggett represents communities from Austin to San Antonio in the U.S. House of Representatives. He serves as Chairman of the Health Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee\, the oldest committee of the United States Congress. Doggett is also a member of the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee\, the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee\, the Joint Committee on Taxation\, and the House Budget Committee.\n \nWhile a student at The University of Texas at Austin\, he was elected student body president and graduated first in his class from the College of Business Administration. He then graduated with Honors from Texas Law\, where he served as Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review. Elected to the Texas Senate soon after\, Congressman Doggett became known for his untiring work ethic. He authored 124 state laws\, including one which created the Texas Commission on Human Rights to prohibit discrimination\, and another called the Texas Sunset Act\, which sought greater efficiency and accountability by requiring periodic review of government agencies.\n \nPrior to coming to Congress\, Congressman Doggett served as Justice to the Texas Supreme Court\, he wrote opinions supporting the right to a trial by jury and authored an important rule bolstering the public’s access to information. He served as Chair of the Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Ethics and was recognized as an Outstanding Judge in Texas by the Mexican-American Bar of Texas. He was awarded the James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas\, and received the First Amendment Award from the National Society of Professional Journalists.\n \nSave the Children recognized his leadership with the Congressional Champion for Real and Lasting Change Award. AARP honored him twice\, once with its Legislative Achievement Award for his leadership on Medicare\, and again with its Legislative Leadership Award for his efforts to preserve seniors’ access to healthcare. He received the “Vision Award” from the Power of Preservation Foundation for his commitment to historic preservation. He was also awarded the “Champion of Music” award by the Texas Chapter of The Recording Academy\, which sponsors the Grammy Awards\, and has been recognized 12 times by Austin Chronicle readers with a “Best of Austin” award\, most recently in 2021. He is a leader in the effort to lower prescription drug prices\, and authored bills that established the Commission to End Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities and successfully enacted a higher-education tax credit.\n \nSince Lloyd Doggett was elected to the United States House of Representatives\, he has served as a strong defender of Social Security\, Medicare\, health care\, immigration reform\, the environment\, our veterans\, and public education. The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce has named Congressman Doggett the Government Hispanic Business Advocate of the Year. To learn more about Representative Doggett and his legislative priorities\, you can visit the Issues page of his site at www.doggett.house.gov\n \nRepresentative Doggett’s wife\, Libby\, recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning at the U.S. Department of Education\, overseeing both the Early Learning Challenge and the Preschool Development Grant programs. She began her career as a bilingual first grade teacher at Ortega Elementary School in Austin. Dr. Libby Doggett leveraged her leadership and management skills honed over 40-plus years through work in schools\, Head Start\, and child care with children with and without disabilities to build public will and strong\, diverse local coalitions in Texas to improve children’s readiness for Kindergarten.\n \nThe Doggetts have two daughters: Lisa\, an Austin physician; and Cathy\, who leads teams across Texas that work with new\, disadvantaged parents. The Doggetts have four grandchildren.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-program-conversation-with-congressman-lloyd-doggett/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Austin Sierra Club Climate Crisis Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Austin Sierra Club Climate Crisis Committee \nThe Austin Sierra Club will meet August 2nd at the First Unitarian Universalist Church at 4700 Grover Ave. and on Zoom.\n\nMap – https://goo.gl/maps/xpsSX2Myhn58S5qx6\nConnect on Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5133069449 \nNote: Enter through courtyard in front of church next to sanctuary. Signs will be posted.\n\nCovid: Masks required \nAgenda:\n15 min. – Announcements with brief description of action teams\n45 min. – Program to be announced\n \nAction Teams — Discuss Action Teams and allow people to sign up to continue the work to stop climate change\, an imperative if we want our current civilization to survive. We’ve formed Action Teams on Austin Energy\, the Permian Pipeline\, Rio Grande Valley Support\, Carbon Fee & Dividend\, People Power\, Data Entry\, and Presentations and more. We have identified additional action teams we’d like to form\, including Transportation\, Climate Justice\, Partner Organizations\, School Education\, and Social Media. Whether you have only minutes a month or hours a day\, join us to build a mass movement to stop climate change. Or join another group fighting this vital cause.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/austin-sierra-club-climate-crisis-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Monthly Program - ONLINE: The Austin Energy Rate Case
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom. In the future we will mix Zoom programs with in-person/hybrid programs.\n \nZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449\n \nWe’ll start off with Announcements on current events…\nTonite’s main program is\nAssuring a Clean Energy Future in Austin and Texas:\nThe Austin Energy Rate Case\, the Public Utility Commission\nSunset Process\, and You\nwith Cyrus Reed\, Ph.D.\nConservation Director\, Lone Star Chapter\, Sierra Club\n \nCyrus Reed will cover two big topics that will impact the future of Texas and Austin. First\, Austin Energy has proposed significant changes in their rates and rate design that could undermine efforts to build a clean energy future in Austin\, and close the Fayette Power Plant. Fortunately\, no decisions will be made until later this year\, and we can make a difference.\n \nSecond\, following the catastrophic winter storm Uri\, and the failure of the ERCOT grid\, the Legislature has tasked the Public Utility Commission with making changes to our energy market\, while also putting the PUCT\, ERCOT and the Office of Public Utility Counsel through sunset\, meaning a unique opportunity to influence what our electric future will look like in Texas.\n \nCyrus Reed has served as Conservation Director for the state chapter of the Sierra Club for the last 15 years. He has a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin\, with a focus on water policy and the dispute over the Rio Grande water with Mexico. Reed serves on several committee at ERCOT\, is the state chapter’s main lobbyist during legislative sessions\, and also serves on the City of Austin’s Electric Utility Commission.\n \nPrior to becoming conservation director\, he served as Sierra Club’s lobbyist on energy and air quality issues during the 2005 and 2007 legislative sessions\, and directed the Texas Center for Policy Studies\, an environmental policy and advocacy organization based in Austin\, for five years. He is presently working on energy issues and their impacts. Cyrus has also worked as a journalist and has spent considerable time in Mexico\, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Reed also has been a Girl Scout and Boy Scout leader as well as a volunteer soccer coach. He is married with three children\, only one of whom is still at home.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-monthly-program-online-the-austin-energy-rate-case/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Climate Feedback Loops Program: Three Films and a Panel Discussion with Local Climate Organizations' Leaders
DESCRIPTION:At the Sierra Club’s monthly Climate Crisis Committee meeting\, which is open to everyone and will also be available on Zoom\, we’ll plunge into feedback loops and tipping points\, processes that could dramatically accelerate global warming. That these processes have started is clear but when they might hit critical levels is a big unknown.\n \nLast year\, a series of five short educational films about Feedback Loops was introduced in a program with Greta Thunberg and the Dalai Lama. At this introduction\, Greta said\, “We cannot solve the climate emergency without taking these feedback loops into account and without really understanding them. That is a crucial step.”\n \nAt our Climate Crisis Committee Meeting on July 5\, we will watch three of these films (total 45 minutes)\, the ones on the Tundra\, Albedo\, and Forests. Following the films\, local climate leaders will discuss their reactions to these films\, why (and whether) understanding feedback loops is important to climate activists\, and how their particular organizations can use this information in their work. We will conclude with a whole group discussion.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/climate-feedback-loops-program-three-films-and-a-panel-discussion-with-local-climate-organizations-leaders/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Film-Screening,Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Coral Reefs & Climate: Sierra Club Monthly Climate Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Austin Sierra Club will have its first in-person meeting in two and a half years Tuesday\, June 7 at 7 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church at 4700 Grover Ave. We will also stream the meeting via Zoom. Connect on Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5133069449\n \nCO2 levels have overshot 420 ppm for the first time in several million years. The climate crisis isn’t waiting for us to get our act together. The power of oil takes no time off. We need to act now! We need everyone who can to help in this fight. Come see if the Sierra Club has a role that fits what you want to do to fight climate change. Discussion: 7:00 – 7:30 pm\n \nPresentation: Coral Reefs and Climate Change by Juli Berwald\, author of Life on the Rocks and Spineless\, 7:30 – 8:30 pm\n \nCoral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extra-ordinarily diverse\, deeply interconnected\, and full of wonders. When they’re thriving\, these fairy gardens hidden beneath the ocean’s surface burst with color and life. They sustain bountiful ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off\, beset by warming oceans\, pollution\, damage by humans\, and a devastating pandemic.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/coral-reefs-climate-sierra-club-monthly-climate-meeting/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin\, 4700 Grover Avenue\, Austin\, TX\, 78759\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Lecture/Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Spring Picnic
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Bring your own food; not Potluck\n \nJoin the Austin Sierra Club for our annual spring picnic at Zilker Rock Garden. There will not be a formal meeting\, just a great time with like-minded folks with plenty of visiting and conversation and our first opportunity in two years to see familiar and new faces.\n \nWe’ll also be honoring the newly-announced winners of the ASC Environmental Leadership Scholarships for high school seniors. Everyone is welcome\, members and guests alike.\n \nPlease bring your own sack-dinner and utensils if needed\, so that no one will need to share or handle common utensils or dishes. The Club will provide canned water and drinks\, or you can bring your own. Zilker Park prohibits alcohol\, styrofoam\, and glass containers.\n \nPlease consider biking\, carpooling\, or taking Cap Metro to the event. For parking you will need to download the Park ATX app to your phone and have a credit card.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-spring-picnic/
LOCATION:Zilker Park\, 2100 Barton Springs Rd\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outdoor/Fitness,Party With a Purpose
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SUMMARY:Sierra Club Climate Change Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change Committee Meeting \nJoin us on Zoom! https://zoom.us/j/5133069449\nIn-person events have been cancelled for all Sierra Club activities through February 2021. Dang.\n \nYou can also join our Zoom video conference here: https://zoom.us/j/5133069449 .\n6:30-7:15 or 7:30 – Presentation to be announced \n7:15-8:00 Climate Change Committee Meeting – Discuss Action Teams and allow people to sign up to continue the work to stop climate change\, an imperative if we want our current civilization to survive. We’ve formed Action Teams on Austin Energy\, the Permian Pipeline\, Rio Grande Valley Support\, Carbon Fee & Dividend\, People Power\, Data Entry\, and Presentations and more. We have identified additional action teams we’d like to form\, including Transportation\, Climate Justice\, Partner Organizations\, School Education\, and Social Media. Whether you have only minutes a month or hours a day\, join us to build a mass movement to stop climate change. Or join another group fighting this vital cause.
URL:https://theaustincommon.com/event/sierra-club-climate-change-committee-meeting-24/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Activism/Protest,Networking
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