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Film Screening – Age of Consequences

Hosted by the Wildflower Climate Change Action Team and Extinction Rebellion ATX – The Wildflower Climate Change Action Team and Extinction Rebellion ATX are hosting a screening of “Age of Consequences” at Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church. Age of Consequences is an Emmy-nominated investigation of how climate

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Student Strike
Blogs
Amy Stansbury

These Students Are On Strike… For The Climate

Community. And local action.   This is how Emma Galbraith and Matthew Kim fight off the climate scaries.   You know the feeling. That scary, depressed, funk that is so easy to fall into when reading article after article about how bad climate change really

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Climate Storytelling Workshop
Amy Stansbury

Climate Storytelling Workshop

Hosted by the Sunrise Movement ATX and Our Climate Voices – Storytelling has the power to change hearts and minds in a way that facts and figures never can. The climate crisis is, at its core, a justice issue that is impacting each of our

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Eileen
Austin Orgs You Should Know
Amy Stansbury

Yes. Parents Can Be Climate Activists Too.

Guest Post –  from Eileen McGinnis   Eileen McGinnis is an Austin-based writer, college instructor, and activist who founded The Parents’ Climate Community in Summer 2019. You can follow her blog about inspirational caregivers and creators in history at eileenmcginnis.com   Nearly 40 years ago, my mother-in-law

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Working Together For A Green New Deal
Amy Stansbury

Working Together For A Green New Deal

Hosted by Mike Siegel for Congress, TX-10 Indivisible, Sunrise Movement Austin, Our Revolution Texas, ADAPT, NETCO Dems, Progressive Democrats of America, & Texas Drought Project Join us as we sit down with representatives from the labor, environment, and youth movements to discuss how we can

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Earth
Amy Stansbury

Austin Sierra Club Climate Change Committee Meeting

Hosted by the Sierra Club Climate Change Committee – Presentation: Saguaros, Sequoias, Yosemite and the Paradise Fire Presenter: Bruce Melton, Climate Change Now Initiative, ClimateDiscovery.org Special Date Because of Labor Day – September 9, 6:30-8:00pm, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Office, 6406 N I-35, Ste. 1805 (entrance on Middle

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Austin Climate Strike
Amy Stansbury

Austin Climate Strike

Hosted by the Austin Climate Coalition – Walk out from your school, home, or place of work on 9/20 at 9 AM! Attend an action around the city, then meet up at 12 PM at the Texas Capitol Building for a program of speakers and

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World Rainforest Day
Climate Change
Amy Stansbury

The Amazon Is Burning… But What Exactly Does That Mean?

You’ve read the headlines. You’ve seen the photos. The Amazon is burning.   But what exactly does that mean? Earlier this week, we sat down with Marshall Huggins, chief of staff with the Rainforest Partnership, and asked him this exact question.   (The Rainforest Partnership

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Eileen McGinnis

September Meeting: The Parents’ Climate Community

Hosted by the Parents’ Climate Community – The Parents’ Climate Community is a monthly meet-up for parents and other caregivers who want to take action on climate change. This month’s guest is Annette Lucksinger, author of EXPLORING AUSTIN WITH KIDS. Lucksinger will lead a discussion

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