With homemade signs and chants, protesters in Phoenix and around the world echo the words of George Floyd, the latest casualty of police brutality against an unarmed, black man: “I can’t breathe.” A white police officer’s knee presses on a black man’s throat for 8 minutes and 40 seconds: “I Read more…
On Fridays throughout the world this past year, students walked out of classrooms and went into the streets to compel action in addressing the climate crisis. What started as a one-person protest by Greta Thunberg has grown to a movement of millions in over 160 countries and at least 2000 Read more…
“You Think You Can Change the Climate?” I was not prepared when an acquaintance at a Super Bowl party asked this question in response to my sharing that I am working on the climate crisis. It seemed a long time before my response, “yes I do.” That got me thinking. Read more…
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training?segment=web_homepage_tile 17,000 Climate Leaders trained and working around the world! You can be trained (for free) by experts in climate change and community organizing in Atlanta or Brisbane, Australia. Dozens were trained this year from Arizona/Nevada, so you will have support and may consider joining the Baja Chapter in Tucson. Read more…
WHAT DO THESE VEGGIES HAVE IN COMMON? Artichokes, asparagus, beets, bok choy, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collard, endive, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, leek, okra (yuk), onion, peas, radish, rutabaga, spinach, turnips. They ALL can be planted in the Phoenix area NOW!
Dove of the Desert United Methodist Church http://www.doveofthedesert.com/ The Board of Church and Society at Dove will be presenting “Global Warming – A Christian Perspective” on Saturday, November 10 in rooms 15/16 from 10:00 am – 2:30 pm. This presentation is the product of months of hard work and Read more…
https://www.umcmission.org/find-resources/new-world-outlook-magazine/2018/october/the-pizza-garden-in-mesa-arizona Along with the Global Missions training I received to become a EarthKeeper in the Methodist church, UMCOR also published some of the projects attendees accomplished when they were commissioned to go back to their communities. Creating a church garden and Green Team were my projects and these Read more…
The Franciscan Renewal Center will be showing two environmental films in the next two months. The movies will be shown in the San Damiano Auditorium. First, on March 21, The Sierra Club is sponsoring the movie Before the Flood. This movie, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey Read more…
