{"id":51344,"date":"2021-11-07T19:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/?p=51344"},"modified":"2024-10-10T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T20:00:39","slug":"being-good-ancestors-letters-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/being-good-ancestors-letters-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Being good ancestors \/ Letters to write"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORRECTION: This paragraph should have specified 7-8 pm for the Good Ancestors discussion Monday evening. The mail program also removed the image which is supposed to be below. Trying again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join a 350 Humboldt discussion of how we can be viewed as “good ancestors” by the generations to follow us in 30, 100, and 10,000 years. Monday November 8, 7 – 8 pm.<\/p>\n

To join the discussion, listen to this 7 minute TED talk by UK philosopher Roman Krznaric:<\/p>\n

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Krznaric wrote a book called The Good Ancestors which the 350 Humboldt Book Club is reading. But you are welcome to join without reading the book. \u00a0Here is the zoom link: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84771417096?pwd=Y05JemlPL0QwYjVrT3VtWGF5dGNMdz09<\/a><\/div>\n
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Here is a graphic from the book to whet your curiosity. It is amazing how different the last 40 years have been. So come discuss.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

WRITE LETTERS TO VOTERS<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Write letters and sign petitions on your own or join the 350 Humboldt \u201cchat and write\u201d letter-writing group Sunday evenings at 7pm. Here is the zoom link:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86943045708?pwd=clVqWVJZNEFQSVl0QWd6VCtOZGtWZz09<\/a><\/p>\n

N<\/strong>EW POSTCARD WRITING GROUP FOCUSES ON CITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

We wanted to let you know that we just helped start a new postcard program focused on making sure progressive voters who care about climate change turnout in local elections this November in some key cities with relevant climate policy at stake. It\u2019s www.PostcardsforClimate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unrelated to Postcards to Swing States but has a similar setup.<\/p>\n

Would you be willing to write some of these postcards? The sign-up form is accessible from the website.<\/p>\n

The current campaign is for New Orleans. We have an FAQ with more details: www.PostcardsforClimate.com\/faq<\/a>.<\/p>\n

POSTCARD WRITING TO VOTERS ORGANIZED BY HUMBOLDT ACTIVIST FREDERICA AALTO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is Frederica describes what they are doing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am administering a postcarding network in Humboldt County (presently over 300 writers) and we supply postcards and stamps to writers, which are available for cost at several convenient pickup locations. Have anyone interested in joining us contact me. We mostly postcard for ROV (Reclaim Our Vote), which is non-partisan, but have also postcarded for Activate America (which used to be called Flip the West), which is partisan.<\/p>\n

She can be reached at: faalto@sitestar.net<\/p>\n

VOTING \u2013 POSTCARDS TO SWING STATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please SIGN UP<\/a> to write postcards to make sure Democrats come out and vote. We\u2019ll send you the postcards, addresses and instructions for free. You provide $0.36 stamps and mail the cards. \u00a0A number of campaigns are available on the website.<\/p>\n

With the help of volunteers like you, we wrote 21 million postcards in 2020, and we saw incredible results! Voters who receive handwritten postcards are significantly more likely to vote. You can help us keep New Jersey and Virginia blue!<\/p>\n

Visit our website to learn more about Postcards to Swing States<\/a> and get answers to our frequently asked questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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OTHER LETTERS\/PETITIONS\/CALLS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stand.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

JP Morgan Chase and UBS are some of the biggest financiers of Amazon oil and gas<\/strong> \u2013 the last place in the world where oil drilling should be happening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indigenous communities and partners who are present at COP26 need our support to amplify their call to action and protect the Amazon.<\/p>\n

Will you build pressure on UBS and JP Morgan Chase using our social toolkit and urge them to adopt an exclusion policy for Amazon oil and gas?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Stop the MONEY PIPELINE<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have had some wins over the last three months but only time will tell if they are more than symbolic. AXIS Capital became the first North American insurance company to commit to phasing out coverage for all coal businesses. After hundreds of you swamped its phone lines, Chubb publicly committed to stop insuring tar sands extraction (though we are still waiting on an official policy). Most recently, Chase, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance (which still has loopholes as we covered in a recent blog post<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Click here to tell the founder of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, Mark Carney, and UN Special Climate Envoy John Kerry, that net zero requires Wall Street to abandon fossil fuels.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once every 4 years, the Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) updates the county’s Regional Transportation Plan. That process is happening now, and they want to hear from you about the draft plan they’ve written<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is important. The RTP is the official plan for Humboldt County’s transportation system for the next 20 years, and it helps determine which projects get built and which ones don’t.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The plan is organized around a set of Safe and Sustainable Transportation targets, marking a major shift from previous plans. These critical new targets include:<\/p>\n