SPG continues to work at finding more ways for Pacific Grove to transition to more sustainable practices..
On January 9th, 7 pm at the Museum
Tama Oliver of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project encouraged us to consider what Pacific Grove
could be doing to deal with and slow ongoing climate change.
At the Febuary Program
Christine Lima, Organizer of hOURbank,
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Do the Math: The Movie,
created by Bill McKibben and
350.org, tells the story of a rising grassroots movement.
Its goal: to change the sobering math of the climate crisis and take back our democracy.
From the urgent campaign to divest from fossil fuel to the fight against all the big money
that owns our representatives, this groundswell can change the face of our country and our lives.
Here is the flyer.
Afterwards, we broke into small discussion groups to brainstorm actions we might undertake, as individuals or organizations. Below are some ideas that emerged:
Reach out to families and children and
teens to create change. |
Letter writing to representatives Monning and Stone. |
Debra Gramespacher, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board,
will talk about how local homes and schools are already saving money by using solar panels,
and how entire communities can do the same.
Program flyer.
Our speakers
Doug Dowden, Monterey Regional Storm Water Management
and
Oona Johnsen, landscape architect
had tons of information on how to contribute to a healthier Monterey Bay
through storm water management practices that help keep water from running off property into storm drains.
We also learned about rebates soon to be available for various Low Impact Development strategies
in which residents of Pacific Grove and the Monterey Peninsula can take advantage of.
Program flyer.
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he
deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record
of the world's changing glaciers.
Program flyer.
Updated January 29, 2014. |