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Moscow, Sandpoint, and Spokane activists of Spokane Rising Tide and Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) enthusiastically invite regional community members eager to design and stage public education events and protests to the third annual Stand Up! Fight Back! Against Fossil Fuels in the Northwest! information sharing, brainstorming, and strategizing sessions [1, 2]. Opponents of coal, fracked natural gas and oil, and tar sands extraction and transportation projects are converging from northern Idaho and eastern Washington for these urgent planning gatherings. Like Missoula comrades of Indian Peoples Action, Blues Skies Campaign, and several other groups, who have been meeting since November 19, participants could talk about campaign strategies, creative tactics, and practical arrangements for upcoming training workshops, panel discussions, and direct actions [3]. The Missoula potluck convergence shared “thoughtful dialogue about stopping TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline and all other forms of extraction,…forming an allegiance among local eco-warriors.” More information at: Wild Idaho Rising Tide.
— a light lunch will be provided – thanks to Pat & Dan R
(we meet 3rd Sunday every month – next meeting is February 15)
Agenda to include:
We have two special guests this Sunday. The PESC meeting, about one hour, will be followed by Climate Forum meeting about 1 or 1:15 pm. We will discuss joining with the Coop for several environmental films at the Kenworthy. Please send additional agenda items to me.
Brett Haverstick, Friends of Clearwater, will review a joint event in March regarding Snake River dam breaching and port dredging. We also plan to collaborate on Chris Caudill’s Salmon Restoration and the effect of the dams later in the year.
Tim Hatten, entomologist, will review the effect of neonicotinoid pesticides on our bee population, a major concern not only for farmers but for all gardeners in the Palouse. How to restrict their use locally. How we can encourage Monarchs with native northwest milkweed.
April 24-26, 2015 PESC Climate Forum with Maria Talero
Looking for people to help with fundraising, outreach, organizing, and/or publicity.
Tentative Schedule for April 24–26
- Friday night in the 1912 Center Great Room: Plenary multi-media presentation with audience participation.
- Saturday (Great Room 8:30–4pm)(Fiske and Art Rooms 1–4pm)
- Morning workshop: Climate Courage Skills and Strategies: How Ordinary Citizens, Students, and Families Can Face the Climate Crisis Together, Instead of Alone.
- Afternoon workshops: “Introduction to climate change activism on the Palouse” and “break-out groups and tabling”.
- Concurrently in Afternoon: Fostering a Courageous Climate Change Ministry (private workshop for faith leaders).
- Saturday Night Dance, Potluck, Film (UUCP Basement)
Names for this event are still tentative: “Palouse Climate Courage Kickoff” or “A Climate Change Plan for a Resilient Palouse.”
Maria L. Talero, Ph.D.
Maria Talero will be the leader for most of this weekend event. Maria Talero is a Denver-based community climate change educator and former philosophy professor who is developing an innovative approach to climate change communication, organizing and activism. Her research-based methodology draws on a paradigm called “embodied cognition” to identify the stages of transformation (for both individuals and communities) that lead to courageous and powerful climate change activism. She is a hands-on, mindful and passionate presenter and facilitator with 15 years of experience as an educator, and she currently organizes a monthly community group in Denver, Colorado called the Climate Courage Resilience Circle. She offers leadership trainings and workshops to non-profits, schools and communities of faith in Colorado. She is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. She is a 2014 NAAEE Community Climate Change Fellow as well as a board member and team leader with 350 Colorado and 350 Denver.
YouTube videos of Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On8pZi4KuxY,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zPh1pwZGA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM9xTfv089k.
(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.
Can geothermal energy aid in mitigating climate change? University of Idaho PhD candidate Cary Lindsey will give a talk on the “Future of Geothermal Energy” Tuesday, January 20, in the 1912 Center Fiske Room at 7:30 p.m. She will discuss her research from Yellowstone Park and other “hot spots” as well as local geothermal projects. This presentation is sponsored by PESC and the UUCP Environmental Task Force. For further information, contact Pat Rathmann.
(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.
Crystal Layman, First Nations from Alberta, will speak about tar sands; other topics include Wolves, and Grizzly Bear Recovery. Contact/Like us on Facebook “Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment”. Thanks and happy new year to all!!! Food and beverage for all. Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 8:30 to 4:30 pm at Washington State University, College of Education Bldg, Cleveland Hall. PESC is a co-sponsor.
(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.
This month’s meeting will take place at a private residence. Please contact Rob Briggs at palouseregion@
If you haven’t yet been to a CCL chapter meeting, this would be a great one to attend–free food, free drink, and the chance to take what Dr. James Hansen calls, “the most effective step you can take to save creation for your grandchildren.”
(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.
The Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition general meeting and committee meeting, for our special event “Building a Resilient Palouse in the Age of Climate Change: A Forum for Thoughtful and Courageous Action”, are this Sunday, 2/15. The general meeting is at 12pm noon at the UUCP Yellow House, and the committee meeting, which anyone is welcome to join, will follow at 1:30pm.
(Tuesdays throughFeb 24):, [http://www.pullman-wa.gov/docman/doc_download/4054-pdf-pullman-parks-recreation-brochure-winter-spring-2015] [p. 22], Contact Pat Rathmann if you have questions she has been in touch with Pete Haug, instructor.
New Documentary Exposes Destructive Tar Sands Mining Plans in Utah
Moscow Idaho – An award winning documentary film that exposes plans to strip mine vast landscapes in the upper reaches of the Colorado River watershed will screen at the UUCP on Monday, February 23 at 7:00 pm.
Last Rush for the Wild West: Tar Sands, Oil Shale and the American Frontier was named as one of the 10 Best Eco-Docs of 2014 by EcoWatch and also earned the Audience Appeal Award from Moab International Film Festival. The film highlights efforts already underway to strip mine almost a million acres of tar sands and oil shale deposits across eastern Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. Potential strip mines would overuse and pollute the delicate watershed that 36 million people living in drought-stricken areas downstream depend on for drinking water, agriculture and recreation.
The film’s director Jennifer Ekstrom, who was born and raised in eastern Washington, will attend the event to introduce the film and host a post screening question and answer session.
Click here to view the film’s website and trailer: Last Rush for the Wild West Also, see Last Rush for the Wild West flyer.
“Making this film has opened my eyes to the magnitude of destruction on the horizon if strip mining for tar sands and oil shale is allowed to gain momentum in America,” said Jennifer Ekstrom, producer and director of the film. “The massive strip mines already approved by the State of Utah are setting the stage for what could be one of the most destructive and polluting industrial complexes in our Nation. Utah’s approval process did absolutely nothing to protect public health or the environment, but there is still time to stop these devastating projects before it’s too late.”
“Last Rush for the Wild West presents a compelling look at an issue that is important to all Americans,” said Pat Rathmann of the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition and Helen Yost of WIRT. “We are pleased to host this screening and help bring awareness about this unprecedented threat to our cherished publicly owned landscapes, water, air and climate.”
Last Rush for the Wild West highlights a resolute contingent of Utah citizens and local experts, as well as indigenous leaders from tar sands impacted communities in Alberta, Canada, as they encourage American taxpayers and voters to stand up with them and stop this impending disaster.