Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change July 22, 2015 6:30 PM P.S. 321, 180 7th Ave Park Slope, Brooklyn
Sponsored by Council Member Brad Landers.
Presentation on One NYC Plan, by William Goldstein, Mayor de Blasio’s top advisor on Recovery, Resiliency, and Infrastructure.
Followed by discussion re: Plan One NYC, local campaigns for 100% clean energy by 2030 and to divest the city pension plan from fossil fuels; the need for a justice transition and equity; Solarizing CD6 in Brooklyn, Off shore wind (as an alternative to the LNG Pt. Ambrose facility); Shared renewables; and Community Choice Aggregation.
Organized by: Campaign for 100% Clean Energy in NY by 2030, Green Education and Legal Fund, Green Party of Brooklyn, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Brooklyn350, People’s Climate Movement NY, 350NYC, and Friends of Clearwater NYC.
350NYC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Saturday July 25 & August 8 | 10am-2pm Tabling in Union Square
Members of the 350NYC Divestment Campaign will be tabling in Union Square from 10am to 2pm. We’ll distribute materials and collect signatures for the divestment petition. Volunteers are needed to help and to coordinate. No experience necessary. We’ll meet at the southwest corner of Union Square. Stop by anytime and stay as long as you’d like.
Contact Jeremy Sierra at jeremiah.sierra@gmail.com if you’d like to participate.
August 1st-8th, 2015- 3rd Annual MoRUS Film Fest-
I (heart) NRCHY; Subversion & the City Series of Outdoor Screenings @ Various East Village & LES Garden Locations –
On Wednesday, August 5th @ 8pm 350NYC presents ‘Sustainable Activism’ @ La Plaza Cultural (Corner of 9th St & Avenue C, NYC) featuring: DISRUPTION, dir. Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott
and IDLE THREAT, dir. George Pakenham
Full schedule and more infoHere
This series of shorts, documentaries and features will focus on New York City, with each night featuring a different theme and taking place in various outdoor garden locations in the East Village. A limited supply of all-inclusive passes for $20.00 are now on sale here or by visiting MoRUS, 155 Avenue C between 9th and 10th Streets during hours of operation. Suggested donation of $5.00 per screening.
CLIMATE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
Corporate Accountability International’s petition to keep Big Energy out of the climate talks.
We are a totally volunteer and unfunded group and we rely on the support of our members to help us cover all the expenses of running our campaigns. We appreciate any contribution you can make at http://350nyc.org/donate/
350NYC Switch to Wind Campaign
Green power purchasing is an essential part of reaching NYC’s goal of 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Please go to our Switch to Wind website for full details. Important TIP! Ask about the different rates for a one-year contract vs. a variable rate.
FOSSIL FREE NY STATE
Assistant Assembly Speaker Felix W. Ortiz (D-Kings) and Senator Liz Krueger (D-New York) have announced the introduction of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (A.8011A/S.5873) that would require the State Comptroller to divest the Common Retirement Fund (CRF) from fossil fuel holdings by 2020.Please contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor A8011 & S5873: Demand an end to fossil fuel investments! Assembly Switchboard (518 455-4100) and State Senate (518 455-2800). Video messages Petition to NYS Comptroller DiNapoli
Sustainable Solutions
Working Group 7 – 9 PM Wednesday, August 12th
Meeting Room #508
(2nd Wednesday of each month)
City Divest Working Group 7 – 9 PM Wednesday, August 19th
Meeting Room #508
(3rd Wednesday of each month)
Affiliated Meetings NYC Grassroots Alliance Monthly Meetin 7 – 9 PM Monday, August 3rd
2 West 64th Street, NY, N Y.
Meeting in the Social Hall
(1st Monday of each month)
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