[GPSCC-chat] Earth Day 2011

[Caroline Yacoub]

I say "Amen" too. To find outstandingly green people, I suggest we go to our 
respective farmers' markets and ask the VENDORS. Most of them are very 
knowledgeable about green issues.
Caroline




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From: fred <fredd at freeshell.org>
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 11:24:23 AM
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day 2011

I say, "Amen."

How about a public Earth Day demonstration of some kind honoring/supporting some 
exemplary business or government entity that has, and is taking a leading role 
in environmental friendship.

Fred

On 12/27/10 8:41 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:
> This year will be the 40th Earth Day.  This is troubling for me given that we 
>seem to be losing the battle with those who really don't care.
> 
> In the budget skirmishes that are sure to fuel most of the political 
>discussions in the first quarter... CA budget is a mess and the Tea Party types 
>new to Congress want to make waves... one prime target is the "socialist" 
>manipulation of society brought about the "environmental fascists".  At the 
>Federal level, the major target will the the Environmental Protection 
>Administration (EPA).  Efforts will be made to defund the EPA and some of the 
>Tea Party types campaigned on the idea of eliminating the EPA entirely.
> 
> What happens on Earth Day 2011 will be all the more telling since the EPA seems 
>to be the only hope of limiting greenhouse gas emissions.  With the  current 
>Senate rules, there will never be a vote on any new climate legislation.
> 
> For the first Earth Day, there was broad bi-partisan support in Congress.  The 
>CoChairs of the First Earth Day were Sen. Gaylord Nelson (Dem from WI) and 
>Representative Pete McCloskey (Republican from CA).  Actually Pete's district 
>was on the Peninsula and that made it very local for us.  Nelson has long since 
>passed but McCloskey is still fighting that battle where he can, now most often 
>in court rather than at the polls, though his return to electoral politics in 
>2006 gave many Republicans permission to vote against Richard Pombo.
> 
> With the increasing urgency of climate change and the need for action, I am 
>suggesting the the Green Party SCC, along with our friends in San Mateo, take 
>the lead in creating a major event for Earth Day 2011.  Greens need to  take the 
>lead in creating a new ecological consciousness.  We need to own the issue, not 
>just to go along with some other organization that might be less interested in 
>political results.
> 
> If not us, who?  If not now, when?
> 
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