South Seattle Climate Action Network – Defend Our Climate Action and Discussion

Please join us for an empowering conversation about the state of our climate and how we can cultivate hope so that we can work to protect and restore our planet. We will meet at the Beacon Hill Library in South Seattle at 6pm on August 30.

As we suffer unprecedented heat waves, ferocious fires, and chaotic storms, we feel even more outraged and impatient for effective action to address these challenges.

Fortunately, powerful revelations and inspiring opportunities are also more available than ever.

On Aug. 1st, the New York Times devoted their entire magazine to revealing how close we were to preventing climate devastation in the 1970s and 80s; and how those dreams were crushed by Exxon and other fossil fuel companies that decided to embark on a disinformation campaign rather than committing to renewable energy. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html

“A Green New Deal in the Evergreen State”, in the latest Nation magazine, Aug. 13/20, lauds our Initiative 1631 as a national model of hope and community-based solutions. https://www.thenation.com/article/green-new-deal-evergreen-state/

On Thursday, Aug. 30 at 6 pm at the Beacon Hill Library, we will gather to discuss these articles and how they will help us advocate for 1631 and other legislative proposals.

We, at SSCAN, know that taking action is a way for us to choose hope. We want to be able to tell our friends, family and children that we are working to try and preserve a habitable planet. We do this with love and we do this in community because we know that in hard times, we need to laugh and hold our hopes and fears together

http://www.southseattleclimate.org/event/discussion-support-group-new-friends-action/