Monthly PESC meeting.
There is a documentary on our energy future called “Switch” http://www.switchenergyproject.com/ Showing at Borah Theater, U of I at 1 p.m. on the 23rd; also showing there at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.
PBS’s Frontline: A Climate of Doubt examines the cooling of the global warming issue in today’s political arena. Four years ago, climate change was a hot issue and politicians from both sides seemed poised to act. Today public opinion on the climate issue has cooled considerably. Politicians either ignore it or proclaim their skepticism. What’s behind this massive reversal? On Oct 23, FRONTLINE goes inside the organizations that fought the scientific establishment to shift the direction of the climate debate. In our area, this program will be showing at 9:00 p.m. on Channel 7 and at 10:00 p.m. on Channel 12.
There is a documentary on our energy future called “Switch” http://www.switchenergyproject.com/ Showing at Borah Theater, U of I at 1 p.m. on the 23rd; also showing there at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.
Family event: Discover the world that perks up when the sun goes down! Bring flashlights. Costumes encouraged. Go to the PCEI website for more information.
Would you be interested in car-pooling to see this? Annie Leonard, who made the film “The Story of Stuff” and also “The Story of Change” (available on YouTube) will be speaking at the Fox Theater on Wednesday, 10/31, from 5-7pm. Her film will be shown at 4:30 (or it can be viewed on line as well). http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/2012-spokane/speakers-events.html?log-event=sp2f-view-item&nid=361160251
What Do We Currently Know about the Impacts of Climate Change on PNW Agriculture? http://breeze.wsu.edu/csanr_series/
Occupy Spokane and Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) organizers have rescheduled the event to offer brunch at 10 am, participant introductions at 11 am, and discussions and presentations throughout the afternoon. Moscow carpools to Spokane will depart the WIRT Activist House (918 South Jefferson Street) and the Rosauers east parking lot sign (411 North Main Street) at 8 am on Saturday and return to Moscow after a late afternoon meal and/or message projection demonstration in Spokane. Please join us in devising our second wave (after the mid-August Coal Export Action in Helena) of regional actions against proposed West Coast, and especially Boardman, Oregon, coal ports and associated increased coal train traffic.
For accommodations, further information, or to RSVP, contact the Occupy Spokane Clubhouse at 509-535-4040 or ocspch@gmail.com and join the facebook group Stand Up Fight Back Against Big Coal in the Northwest at https://www.facebook.com/groups/369381406473710/. Spread the word about this gathering!
Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
Palouse Food Innovation Summit this Monday, 11:30-4:30 (Livestock 8-11:30) at 1912 Center; the afternoon session from 1-4:30 looks especially relevant and well-planned. See details on attached flyer; it appears that everything is free including lunch and registration did not seem to have a deadline: www.uidaho.edu/
A Mock Oil Spill event on Terrell Mall at WSU, on the Todd Hall steps from 12pm-4pm on November 5th. At 12 noon, Bob Grandchamp will speak about his experience as an Americorps volunteer during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At 12:30 pm Pierre Wensel will speak about alternatives to petrochemical fuels, including his algae research. Everyone in the Palouse community is welcome to join in picketing, helping to cleanup the “oil spill”, or just coming to be a part of this environmentally conscious event. The event is being organized by the ASWSU Environmental Task Force, WSU Environmental Science Club, and WSU Wellbeing.
The next “Transition Town” meeting.
This is the Moscow premier of this film, the 2nd in a series on the Alberta tar sands. This prize-winning documentary narrated by Sigourney Weaver describes the biggest construction project on the planet in the Alberta tar sands which is destroying a Canadian wilderness and costing lives. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited to this free presentation on Friday, November 9, at 7pm at the UUCP basement, 420 E 2nd St., sponsored by PESC and the Unitarian Church.
PESC Monthly Meeting.
This will include the PESC group and another group presenting waste/recycling and consumption.
