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LIVE @ GROW: Community Climate Change Awareness Evenings

by: boatsie

Tue Nov 22, 2011 at 11:00:33 AM PST


Progressive candidate for Congress Environmentalist Norman Solomon is one of several speakers to talk about the Climate Negotiations in Durban at one of two Climate Change Awareness Evenings at GROW Art & Garden in Mill Valley.

Solomon will appear on Friday,December 9th for the 6:30-8:30 event.

As the official UN Climate Negotiations (COP17) begin, the United States and other developed nations have announced plans to derail the process and postpone until 2020 any international treaty limiting CO2 emissions.

This news comes just days after the release of a November 18   International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report warning of the dire consequences should governments fail to take dramatic and immediate action to curtail an increase in global temperatures to below 2 degrees.

GROW is hosting two community edutainment evenings to address the climate crisis in conjunction with the official UN Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa, which run for two weeks beginning November 28, 2011.

Bookend your week with two Community Climate Change Awareness potlucks -- Monday, December 5 and Friday, December 9, 6:30-8:30 pm -- at GROW Art and Garden in Mill Valley, CA.

Families, business owners, community groups and local politicians are invited to watch live streaming and video shorts of the UNFCCC talks and to participate in discussions with guest speakers who will shed some light on why  global leaders are offering false solutions to combat the threat to the environment due to rapidly escalating global temperatures.

Join your neighbors to watch live streaming and pre-recorded events from the conference (COP17) where negotiators are engaged in a last ditch effort to ratify an extension of the Kyoto Protocol before its 2012 expiration. (Kyoto is the only legally binding document calling on developed countries to cut back on green house gas emissions.)

A number of national and international organizations, including 350.org, Post Carbon Institute, CGIAR, Oxfam, WiserEarth, tcktcktck and the Global Campaign for Climate Action are collaborating to create a climate change primer and provide continuous contextualized coverage with articles, videos, radio shows and art during the two weeks of the climate talks. Their "Earthship" launches Sunday, November 27 at DailyKos

Both GROW events will feature guest speakers, small group discussions and a Carbon Footprint kiosk.

Location
254 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
415.888.8471
Ample Parking
Potluck. BYOB.

About GROW

GROW aims to develop and demonstrate sustainable living technologies while educating and empowering local communities. Offering services to Marin County and the larger Bay Area, through art classes, a ceramic studio, permaculture programs, lectures, workshops and community event space. We are working with Marin Organic Farmstands, to offer a seasonal farmstand. Our goal is to operate a sustainable business by creating a working space for everyone's enjoyment, where abundant foods, arts, and culture thrive, and we can positively impact the surrounding environment by enriching the people who live in it.

 

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