Greetings Earthlings. As 2022 approaches it seems like a good time to reflect back on some of our past shows and see what calls for some reflection, what needs updating and ponder on what might lie ahead. We'll get into all of that as well as bringing you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and a year's end reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and more but first it's time for.........Revenge of the Critters! 2022 is The Year of the Tiger on the Chinese calendar and a good time to remind everyone that it's not such a good idea for humans to encroach on the big cats traditional habitat.
Yahoo News tells us about a true Fool-on-the-Hill, "The former White House doctor who raved about [The Mad King's] 'excellent' health to a skeptical public is now claiming that the disturbing new COVID-19 variant omicron is nothing but a midterm election ploy by the Democrats. Dr. Ronny Jackson, now a Republican MAGA congressman from Texas, scoffed at the variant the World Health Organization has deemed 'highly transmissible' and 'concerning.' 'Here comes the ... Midterm Election Variant!' Jackson quipped in a tweet.." OK, we think that sounds like an old-school fool, no guns, no threats, no blatant fascistic tendencies, just plain foolishness. How refreshing and a good way to start the New Year.
We just did a search on Repugnican Rep. Ronnie's House website for the term "climate change" but no results were found. It seems he's not aware that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" Jeez, even the National Geographic knows about climate change disasters. What kind of doctor is he anyway?? In a recent piece that venerable publication is perfectly comfortable running headlines and subheads like this: "2021's weather disasters brought home the reality of climate change - Heat waves. Floods. Megadroughts. This year’s weather showed us that climate change is here—and deadly." Also, The New York Times recently began a new series "Postcards From a World On Fire" in which "A team of journalists....has documented one way that climate change is having an impact in each of the 193 United Nations member states....As the video editorial that is at the core of this project says: “Open your eyes: We have failed. The climate crisis is now.” There it is. And speaking of The Paper of Record" they ran a bit of a shocker in late November titled "Saving History With Sandbags: Climate Change Threatens the Smithsonian - Beneath the National Museum of American History, floodwaters are intruding into collection rooms, a consequence of a warming planet. A fix remains years away." Even history is threatened by climate chaos.
In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber the London Review of Books David Wallace-Wells makes the startling observation: "In February 2020, the world began to panic about the novel coronavirus, which killed 2714 people that month. This made the news. In the same month, around 800,000 people died from the effects of air pollution. That didn’t." And this news from The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: "In an unprecedented case the Constitutional Court of Ecuador used the constitutional provision on the 'Rights of Nature' to safeguard Los Cedros protected forest from mining concessions. The Court voted 7 in favor and 2 abstentions. With the ruling, the Constitutional Court must develop a binding jurisprudence in which the Rights of Nature, the right to a healthy environment, the right to water, and environmental consultation must be respected." Score one for Mother Earth. We'll be doing another show on the Rights of Nature in the coming year. Stay tuned! Sad to report Edward O Wilson has left us. He will be missed but his work lives on! . Finally, here's a 2021 recap of pipeline resistance from Grist, the perfect Holidaze gift for your motor head friends.
Get ready for a long trip in the Wayback Machine for this Enviro Show Quote of the Week:
"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
OK, let the show begin! Here's Glen's list of faves from 2021:
And here are links to some of d.o.'s:
*October 1, 2021 An Animal Experimentation Enviro Show
*April 30, 2021 The Dirty Zombie Biomass Enviro Show
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And finally, the last Bus Stop Billboard of the year:
Tuesday January 11, 6:30pm. XR Non-Violent Direct Action Training. Learn how to take part in XR actions at this non-violent direct action training! This training is for people who are interested in potentially doing civil disobedience as well as people who want to play support roles for our actions. You will learn how to engage in non-violent civil disobedience. We will cover some theory behind direct actions, discuss the logistics of arrest and potential legal implications, and talk about the many different roles (beyond risking arrest) that are crucial to successful actions. You will get to talk to a few people who have gone through the arrest process and ask questions you might have. Location: Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/.../tZMsdeqoqTMrHdW2Zvu... Run Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm (we may end early, and are still finalizing timing). We recommend that you attend an 'Heading for Extinction' talk and an XR orientation before you attend our NVDA training. You can find these events on our calendar: https://xrmass.org/action/
Friday, January 14, 12:00-2:00pm. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is developing the Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2025 and 2030 that will incorporate new statutory requirements and public feedback. We invite you to a public meeting to discuss goals and policies for forest protection, management, and restoration. The meeting will be virtual with a presentation, followed by discussion. The presentation will be recorded and posted on www.mass.gov/2030CECP. Webinar and call-in information will be emailed and posted on www.mass.gov/gwsa-meetings on the morning of January 12, 2022.
Tuesday January 18, 7:00 pm. An evening with Terry Gibson, organizer with Neighbor to Neighbor and co-coordinator of Dwight Street Garden in Holyoke as he presents Gardening the Resistance. The corporate food system is broken in many ways. The contributions to our climate emergency through fossil fuel consumption, waste and pollution are clear at every stage of the system from farm to consumer. The other thing running through every stage is inequity, exploitation and racism. The Regenerative Farming, Forests and Food Systems (Rf3), and Racism, White Supremacy, Climate Justice working groups of Climate Action Now, Western Mass, in collaboration with Grow Food Northampton plan to shed light on the situation by continuing our Food Sovereignty Series this winter on Zoom. Go to: Climateactionnowma.org
Tuesday, January 25, 7pm. A conversation with Daniel Bullen around his new book: Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story. This date is the 235th anniversary of the beginning of the rebellion. Register Here
January events relating to Forests & Solar can be found HERE.
OK, see you next year and remember to listen to your Mother!
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