We hope you will join local climate activists for 350 Humboldt’s General Meeting on tonight ( January 28), at 6 PM, on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84370554552?pwd=V2phMDBOUlNiS3hLL1BQSHNIVDFTQT09
We’ll be discussing a number of actions we can all take toward reducing climate change. A complete agenda is below.
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350 Humboldt General Meeting January 28, 2021
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Poem: Chosen and read by Hayley
Land Acknowledgement
1. 350 Humboldt would like to acknowledge that where we live and hold our meetings in Humboldt County is on unceded territory and ancestral homeland of indigenous nations which include Tolowa, Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Wailaki, Wiyot, and Yurok.
We thank indigenous nations who have been caretakers of the land. Additionally, we recognize that the well-being of all people is bound up with that of indigenous peoples, and we must all take action on the climate.
This acknowledgement compels us to take action by supporting the Anishinaabe peoples to resist the Line 3 Pipeline that is designed to carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. I encourage you now to sign this link to add your name to the petition to President-elect Biden to halt Line 3 construction immediately. CLICK HERE
*For more information on Land Acknowledgements we recommend watching Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy’s presentation on What Good is a Land Acknowledgement.
2. New Committee: Offshore wind. Report on developments to date
3. Speaker series. Rabbi Naomi Steinberg on Restoring the World and Restoring the Soul, Monday February 1, 2021. 7 pm on Zoom. What are the dynamic connections between political activism and spiritual practice? Rabbi Steinberg will explain Hebrew terminology, share stories and songs, and discuss how efforts towards environmental protection and social transformation interface with personal and spiritual transformation. Sign up at the 350 Humboldt Facebook page or CLICK HERE
4. Regular committee reports
· Local – Katy
· Legislative/national/regional – Dan and Mary
· Art – Hayley
· Book club: Reading All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson. However, you can participate without reading the book since book clubbers will each summarize a section and lead a discussion.
Please contact Deborah for more information, [email protected]
The zoom link for the, 7pm meeting is: HERE
· Letter writing party: Deborah
Good news:
“Avangrid Inc.’s New York utilities have agreed to limit the growth of natural gas use in their territories, as state regulators continue to challenge gas distributors to evolve their business model.” MORE HERE
“Researchers in Britain unveil a new method to convert carbon dioxide into jet fuel. Researchers led by the University of Oxford published a study on a new scientific process that would transform carbon dioxide in the air into an alternative jet fuel that could be used by existing aircraft and result in “carbon-neutral” emissions. Using oxides of iron, manganese and potassium as a catalyst in flowing hydrogen, the researchers pioneered a process that pulled carbon dioxide out of the air in a laboratory setting and resulted in a liquid they think could act like jet fuel.” CLICK HERE
Lee Dedini spotted this article showing that feeding cows a special seaweed can reduce the methane the cows emit by 98%. Lee has contacted the UC Agricultural Extension here for follow up. CLICK HERE
And of course Joe Biden was sworn in as President and he has appointed an all-star cast to work on climate change, making it a priority in every department not just the EPA.