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WESPAC Foundation supports Environmental and Food Justice with a separate listserv used for promoting upcoming events and discussion. WESPAC opposes fracking and two of our members have produced a documentary that highlights Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives on fracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwCKzqVRdQ. We have cultivated an extensive cooperative network of food justice activists around the county who seek to expand access to fresh, local food. We also partner with the Wassaic Community Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture): http://wassaiccommunityfarm.com. To get involved or for more information, please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or by email at [email protected].
The Northeast Climate Confluence
For more info visit: www.ClimateConfluence.org
John Cusack PowerPoint Presentation
Environmentalist John Cusack gave a very informative presentation at WESPAC on June 9th, 2008. Below is his powerpoint presentation on environmental justice. The WESPAC Environmental Committee is planning a series of events with expert speakers and action campaigns....
Northeast Climate Confluence
The Northeast Climate Confluence
July 30 Aug 3rd, 2008
Epworth Camp & Retreat Center in High Falls, NY
www.climateconfluence.org
Hello,
The purpose of this letter is to tell you about the Northeast Climate Confluence and invite you to our next Westchester planning meeting at the end of June 2008 at the WESPAC space at 255 Martin Luther King Blvd in White Plains, NY.
Confluence: a mixing of different streams or weather patterns that flow together and become stronger, resulting in a series of storms.
The Northeast Climate Confluence is a week-long coming-together of movements, groups, and individuals to strategize for action, strengthen our relationships, and share ideas and skills. The same system that wages a daily war on our communities is poised to destroy our very life blood: the earth, the water, our food, and our culture. The power to stop this destruction already flows through our roots, and by combining our knowledge and energy we will create real solutions and decrease our dependence on the institutions that are attacking the planet and all life. The workshops at the Confluence will be organized into tracks with concrete goals. For example, one of the tracks will be a Northeast Disaster Relief Network track, which will, by the end of the Confluence, create a regional network made up of local organizations.
This event was conceived as a response to global warming – the disruption of the planet’s climate caused by industrial pollution that threatens all life on Earth. Global warming/global climate change is still a central focus, but we realize that we can’t simply talk about the issue of climate change and ignore the hundreds of other issues that it is deeply connected to. We are looking to address the political and social “climate” as well as the Earth’s changing climate. It is the combination of both that is already bringing us highly visible disasters like Hurricane Katrina, as well as hidden disasters like higher asthma and cancer rates, mass extinctions worldwide, and ongoing wars.
Water Warriors
Water Warriors Maude Barlow The Nation April 14, 2008 issue _____________________________________________________________________ Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W.H. Auden, First Things First...
Two carbon-market millionaires take a hit
Two carbon-market millionaires take a hit as UN clamps down MoneyWeb ^ | 041408 | Jeffrey Ball Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 10:27:29 AM by Fred OXFORD, England -- Marc Stuart and Pedro Moura Costa have become multimillionaires in a booming new market...
Canada first to label bisphenol A as dangerous
Canada first to label bisphenol A as officially dangerous Would pave way for federal ban Martin Mittelstaedt The Globe and Mail (Canada) April 16, 2008 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/16/8330/ Under normal use, bottles made of polycarbonate, like...
Local Environmentalists and Gas Prices
Hi Enviros - Did you all see this article? The link at the top should take you to the online version, complete with photos! - Fredrica ************************************************************* ...
WESPAC hosts environmental speaker
WESPAC will host the environmental educator and sustainability management consultant John L. Cusack, on Monday, 9 June, 2008, at 4:00 PM at the WESPAC office in Pleasantville, where he will give his presentation, “What We Can Do To Encourage Peace & Environmental Justice by Helping Stop Or Mitigate Global Warming and Climate Change”.
WESPAC on Facebook
Join us online October 12, at 8:00 PM for a teach-in on the Beacon Pipeline and to learn what we can do to stop it coming to Westchester. Register for the meeting link: bit.ly/4ddjc9
Dear Friends and Members of WESPAC,If concrete steps toward a peace deal aren’t taken before the midterm election, we risk the war against Iran spiraling into a permanent, multi-trillion-dollar quagmire.The administration has burned an estimated $2 billion a week on this conflict. These are funds that could build 4,000 new homes every single week or fix our failing roads and hospitals. Instead, our taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a war that a growing number of Americans do not want.We need decisive congressional action before the election.On Tuesday, October 20th, two weeks before the election, join a nationwide coalition to gather at U.S. House and Senate district offices, arriving 30 minutes before doors open to speak directly with lawmakers and their staff as they arrive for the day.Will you join our nationwide call to Congress outside your lawmaker’s office on October 20th to end the war against Iran?WESPAC will be outside of Congressmember George Latimer’s office located at 222 Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains.👉 RSVP and let us know if you’ll be outside your local congressional office.Check out the Action Kit with resources including social media posts, a customizable flyer, and a rally check list to make it easier to organize a rally! Comment endMore information about the nationwide Day of Action can be found here, including a growing list of rallies that are being planned around the country.In solidarity,Nada
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Dear WESPAC Members, Friends, and Supporters,In these extraordinarily challenging times, strong and independent community organizations are more important than ever. We invite you to renew your WESPAC membership—or to become a member for the first time—and help sustain our shared work for justice, peace, and meaningful social change.As we celebrate WESPAC’s 52nd anniversary, we remain inspired by our rich history and deeply grateful for the community that has sustained us. WESPAC continues to serve a unique and essential role as a hub for progressive organizing in Westchester County and throughout the Lower Hudson Valley. You can donate at wespac.org/donate