Greens give a thumbs-down to the House energy bill, urge Obama and the Senate to pass stronger anti-global warming legislation
The Green Party’s national Eco-Action Committee is sharply criticizing an energy bill passed in the US House (HR 2454), calling the legislation dangerously inadequate and a concession to polluting industries.
Greens, currently preparing for the party’s 2009 annual national meeting in Durham, North Carolina, are urging the US Senate and President Obama to reject the bill and instead enact stronger policies to curb global warming. The meeting takes place from July 23 to 26 (http://www.ncgreenparty.org/2009-ANM.html);
“The Energy Bill passed by the US House of Representatives is not a transition to a sustainable energy future,” said Audrey Clement, a Virginia Green and member of the Eco-Action Committee. “It moves us in the wrong direction by subsidizing more coal and nuclear power, and it’’s far too weak in its support of earth-gentle renewable energies
and in its effort to reduce carbon emissions.”
Greens called the the bill’s cap on greenhouse gas emissions a fraction of what it should be and said that the cap is undermined by the allowance of annual “offsets” that allow polluters to keep polluting. “These offsets are a handout to large corporations,” said Ms. Clement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Green Drinks Open House - With Whole Foods Jericho and Greener Country Store – Monday August 10th, 5-8 PM. Jericho Commons Shopping Center, 429 North Broadway, Jericho 11743. Click Here for Directions
Coming Soon – Watch for the dates – First annual Southampton Green Drinks “Beach Party” in Mid August, Green Drinks Open House at the Wales Darby Energy Room, Western Nassau County Green Drinks, Five Towns Green Drinks
Charitable Events
Ellen’s Run – Family Event to Benefit Breast Cancer Patient Support Services. 5K race/walk. Sun August 16th. 9 am sharp. New Location: Southampton Hospital
Live and Learn
LONG ISLAND SOUND MEDITATION – All environmental issues are symptoms of a far deeper issue – human separation from the rest of nature. Renew your spiritual relationship with LI Sound to find inner peace. A shamanic-based meditation. Older children welcome. Peter Maniscalco guides. Summer Sundays through Labor Day weekend. Meet: 10:30 am, Shoreham Beach parking lot, N. Country Rd., Shoreham. Info: 631.874.4104.
Sierra Club Long Island Water Sentinels Invites you to taste wine and meet LI artists Martha Clara Vineyards 6025 Sound Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901 Sunday, August 16 1:00pm – 5:00pm *Cost: $25.00 pay at door RSVP: Linda Freilich, Coastal Waterways Chair, turton@optonline.netor Sally Anne Keller at sawatercolor@optonline.net*100% of funds go toward buying water test kits *20% of artists’ earnings pledged to the cause
Renewable Energy Long Island (RELI) – Free public seminar on Renewable Energy, Town of East Hampton – July 30 – 6:00-8:00pm www.renewableenergylongisland.org for more info
Green Living LI Meetup – August 6th at Bobbi-Que, 70 W Main St, Patchogue, NY 11772, 631-447-7744. More details at http://www.meetup.com/Living- Green-Long-Island/calendar/ 10788718/. Michael Brylewski of Organic Cleaning in Hampton Bays will be speaking about the benefits of green cleaning your home.
Discovering a Sense of Place Discussion Course – Starflower Experiences 516-938-6152 :info@starflowerexperiences.org This 8 session course will meet Tuesday evenings at Manor Farm. The purpose of the Discovering a Sense of Place course is: to understand the meaning of a bioregional perspective, and what it would mean to develop one, to consider the benefits of consciously developing an intimate relationship with your place, and to explore what it might mean to protect the place where you live. Starts October 6 Download a registration flyer at www.starflowerexperiences.org. More info at www.nwei.org
Permaculture Design Course – Starflower Experiences 516-938-6152 :info@starflowerexperiences.org Permaculture design is a comprehensive set of principles and theories regarding sustainability. This is an internationally recognized certification program which, upon successful completion of the course, the student is now enabled to teach and practice permaculture design. Download registration form www.starflowerexperiences.org
Stony Brook Advanced Energy Research Center Annual Conference - If you are in any way involved in the search for innovative solutions to the world’s energy needs, then Advanced Energy 2009 is the one conference you cannot afford to miss. On November 18 & 19 the energy world will be focused on the Hyatt Regency Long Island hotel in Hauppauge, New York. Mark the dates on your calendar today! For info or to register Kathleen Ferrell at kferrell@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, or by telephone at (631) 632-4625.
Long Island Environmental Groups
EECO Farm – Win a John Deere Mower/Tractor! Raffle tickets only $20 Three for $50. Tickets sold at EECO Farm Stand
55 Long Lane, East Hampton & Balsam Farm Stand Town Lane, Amagansett. All proceeds will support EECO Farm Drawing on Saturday, September 5 at EECO Farm’s Pot Luck Picnic 6 PM
Group for the East End – Friday Forum: Algae, Aquaculture and the Environment – Can We Really Farm the Bays? July 17th 9 to 10 am. Join Group for the East End President Bob DeLuca and his award-winning co-host, WLIU 88.3 FM radio’s Bonnie Grice for an informative discussion about algal blooms, what they can tell us about the health of our coastal waters, and how they impact the viability of commercial shell fishing and aquaculture for the future. Joining Bob and Bonnie for this discussion will be John Aldred of the East Hampton Town Hatchery, Karen Rivera of the East End Marine Farmers Association, Greg Rivera from Cornell Cooperative Extension’s shellfish and aquaculture program, and Dr. Steve Tettlebach, a Marine Scientist and Local Shellfish Expert.
Peconic Land Trust – Bridge Gardens – Join us for Friday Evening special events – www.peconic.landtrust.org
Babylon Green Party – On Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature a showing of Michael Moore’s film, “Sicko” The film uses humor to point out the sad state of medical coverage in the United States. It outlines how much more successful a single-payer universal healthcare system has been in every other industrialized country. This showing is an extension of the Babylon Green Party’s 100 Days series which discusses issues that President Obama needed to address in his first 100 Days. http://www.BabylonGreens.org The event will be held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) http://www.piscescafe.net. For info call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public.
Rangers of the Earth Program Day- Starflower Experiences 516-938-6152 info@starflowerexperiences.org – Rangers of the Earth helps upper elementary learners understand basic ecological processes, develop positive feelings about being in the natural world, and use their new understandings and feelings to change their own environmental habits. This full-day session will provide an overview of the program, give you a chance to experience some of the activities (both indoor and outdoor), and help you find out how your group can participate in the program. This workshop is for classroom teachers, outdoor leaders, those who care for wild places, and others interested in seeing a model earth education program. November 15, 2009 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Sweet Hollow Hall, West Hills County Park. Download or request registration flyer www.starflowerexperiences.org
Earth Education Workshop – Starflower Experiences:516-938-6152 info@starflowerexperiences.org Join us for a full day of stimulating sessions and demonstration activities introducing earth education. Earth education programs help learners understand basic ecological processes, develop positive feelings about the natural world, and use their new understandings and feelings to begin making change in their own environmental habits.November 14, 2009 8:30 – 5:00 at Sweet Hollow Hall, West Hills County Park, Melville. Download or request registration flyer www.starflowerexperiences.org
LI Naturally environmental fair – Starflower Experiences 516-938-6152 info@starflowerexperiences.org This is our annual environmental fair to be held at Manor Farm in Huntington.September 26, 2009 10 am – 4 pm Just come – no signup required. www.starflowerexperiences.org
Local Government
More Planning for the Great Greening of Southampton – Thurs. July 16th 5:30 pm Rogers Memorial Library – Open meeting with the Town’s Sustainable Southampton Green Committee to learn about local initiatives. 283-0774 x 523 for reservations.
Schools
DONATE USED BIKES NOVEMBER 7 & 8, 2009. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00p.m. at The Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, NY. Bikes will be shipped to Ghana, West Africa to be used as socially, economically, and environmentally appropriate and sustainable transportation technology, helping people break the poverty cycle, providing access to school, work, health care, and market places. In collaboration with The Village Bike Project.org, we have already sent nearly 2000 bikes to Ghana! Re-Cycle your cycles and help The Wheatley Afri-Bike Coalition change more lives in rural West Africa. And please help us spread the word by posting this info at your local bike shop, house of worship, community center, etc. For more info and other drop off locations in Nassau and Western Suffolk, please contact Steve Finkeklstein at (H) 516-334-2375, (W- school year) 516-333-7143 or earthfink@aol.com and check the school website this fall at ewsdonline.org.
Long Island Green Businesses
Workshop with Wendy Eden – Certified Hippocrates Health Educator/ Nutritionist/ Speaker – Raw Living Foods, Wellness, and Anti-aging – Reverse cancer, diabetes, obesity, depression and many health challenges. Saturday July 18th, 2009 2pm-4pm ANANDA YOGA and WELLNESS 20 Hampton Road Southampton,. NY www.anandayogawellness.com 631-204-1219
Go Solar Saturday Solar Tour - Educational seminar on solar energy. See how solar electric and solar thermal work first hand in our SunShack. August 15, 2009 10 a.m. - Noon Signup at gosolar.com 631-727-2224. Also Sept. 12th and 19th
East End GreenFest – Weekend of August 1st and 2nd. 2 day outdoor festival celebrating the latest green solutions in a fun and informative setting. Festivities include live music from local musicians, healthy and organic foods and beverages, interactive displays, speakers, kids activities, speakers, hand on demonstrations, exhibits and shopping for natural and sustainable products. Strawberry Fields Fairgrounds – Rt 48 in Mattituck. For more info 631-470-3933 or www.eastendgreenfest.com
Second Annual Solar Day – August 8th 12pm Eastern Energy Systems 631 779 1026. mfroehlich@e2sys.com - Event will be held at our Renewable Energy Demo Home Facility (3305 Alrich Lane, Laurel). Live Music, Food, Local Farm Products, Wine Tasting, Green Vendors. Renewable Energy Tours and Presentations will be given hourly promoting education, conservation and energy efficiency and production.
HIA Environmental & Energy Seminars & Expo Several “green” seminars & exhibition hall with several “green” technologies October 23, 2009 8 AM – 4 PM www.hia-li.org 631.543.5355
Introduction to Photovoltaics – 8 hour seminar – Windsine, Inc. www.windsine.org 631-514-4166 Sat July 25th. 8:30 to 4:30. Holiday Inn East End, Riverhead. Understand PV before you talk to contractors or do it yourself
from Ballot Access News
Federal Court in Ohio Approves Limited Voting for Euclid School Board Elections
July 15th, 2009
On July 13, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen O’Malley ruled that the city of Euclid, Ohio, should use Limited Voting in its school board elections. The decision, USA v Euclid City School Board, is here.
Euclid has a 5-member School Board, and the city has long used at-large elections for the School Board. Voters elect 3 members in years after presidential elections, and 2 members in years before presidential elections. Euclid’s population is 44.6% African-American, yet no African-American has ever been elected to the School Board. The U.S. Department of Justice had sued Euclid under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and had asked the judge to order single-member districts. The city argued for either Limited Voting or Cumulative Voting. The judge ruled in favor of Limited Voting.
Limited voting means that each voter can only vote for one candidate, even though either two or three candidates are being elected.
The Green Party’s 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina, will feature a visit from former US Representative and 2008 Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and a forum on health care reform. The meeting will take place Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26, on the campus of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Durham.
On Friday afternoon, 3:30-4:30 pm, the Green Party will present a public forum on health care reform and the need for a Single-Payer national health care program (http://www.ncgreenparty.org/2009-ANM%20FORUM.html). Reporters will have the opportunity to meet and interview the forum speakers.
On Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm, Cynthia McKinney will speak in the Miller-Morgan Building’s main auditorium at NCCU about her recent efforts, with the Free Gaza Movement and Viva Palestina, to bring medical and other supplies to Gaza in the wake of Israel’s brutal invasion. Ms. McKinney and other Free Gaza human rights activists were aboard the Spirit of Humanity when it was seized by Israeli gunboats. The ‘Free Gaza 21,’ including Ms. McKinney, were held in a prison in Ramla, Israel, until their release last week.
Ms. McKinney is currently in Egypt on a Viva Palestina convoy to Gaza, which has been held up by the government of Egypt. According to Viva Palestina’s July 12 update, “The Viva Palestina members who spent the night in their buses at the Suez Crossing after being stopped by Egyptian authorities on July 11 have now rendezvoused in Cairo with British Member of Parliament George Galloway and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who has rushed to join the convoy following her deportation from Israel on Wednesday.”
The Long Island Power Authority and the New York Power Authority have set the wheels in motion to bail out National Grid by purchasing its plants, which National Grid Vice President Robert Catell has labeled “junk.” This begins the process to take National Grid’s toxic assets off the corporate books and place them on the public ledger. It’s a calculated move to benefit Grid investors, bond sellers and bondholders, at the expense of LIPA ratepayers and state taxpayers.
We speak to Jeffrey Deskovic, a wrongfully convicted prisoner who spent sixteen years in prison until DNA evidence proved his innocence. In 1997, nine years before his eventual release, he appealed his conviction to Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The court dismissed his appeal without even considering his innocence claim, in part because of a technicalityâpaperwork from his lawyer had arrived at the courthouse four days late.
Life on Earth is profoundly affected by the planet’s climate. Explore some of the ecological impacts of climate change that have already been observed—right in your own backyard. Here’s a straightforward science-based set of presentation slides on why Congress needs to act this year on Climate legislation.
Powerpoint Presentation Modules on Ecological Impacts
These Powerpoint presentation modules were developed to assist educators, museum docents, and other interested parties in sharing information about the ecological impacts of climate change.
Presentations can be personalized to your geographic region. For your convenience, presenter notes are embedded in the Powerpoint files. (If you prefer, you may download the Full Presentation (5.9 MB) including all geographic regions.)
Step 4: Combine Powerpoint Slides into a Single Presentation and Enjoy!
This 28-page booklet is based on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change (2009), a report by an independent panel of experts convened by the National Research Council. It explains general themes about the ecological consequences of climate change and identifies examples of ecological changes across the United States .
Video of Premik’s solo performance at PeaceSmiths at the readmore…
Please join us THIS Sunday, July 19th at 7:30 pm
for a fun evening of music with my favorite band, Bangalore Breakdown!
The place is Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street between East 4th and Astor Place in New York’s East Village. Tickets can be purchased 24 hours a day online at joespub.com. Between the hours of 10am and 9pm, tickets can be purchased by phone at 212-967-7555. Read the rest of this entry »
From a 7/13/09 e-mail from a Cynthia McKinney supporter:
We just received word that the Viva Palestina convoy is still being held in Egypt despite negotiations. Convoy organizers Cynthia McKinney [former Congresswoman, and 2008 Green Party presidential candidate] and George Galloway are calling for protests tomorrow. Those of us who are in Washington, DC will be gathering tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14) outside the Egyptian embassy at noon to demand that Egyptian authorities allow the aid through! Please come out and spread the message!
*Please Forward Far and Wide*
Emergency Protest! Demand that Egyptian Authorities allow humanitarian aid into Gaza!
When: Tuesday, July 14th at 12 noon
Where: Egyptian Embassy, Washington, DC (Van Ness metro – red line) (3521 International Court, NW)
For updates on the Washington, DC protest or to endorse, please contact:
703.231.7553. Read the rest of this entry »
KW: Newsday reports that NY Governor David Paterson has tapped Jay Jacobs, Nassau County Democratic Chairman, to be the Chair of the State Democratic Committee. The vote would happen in the fall.
I find this humorous and resonant. Governor Paterson has a history of being friends with Republicans such as Joe Bruno, and Governor Paterson was not firmly “on the Democratic side” and “loyal to progressives” during the latest NY State Senate coup. And, Jay Jacobs — as noted here before — was once quoted on a Nassau college radio station saying, “The Republican Party is my second favorite party.” Jay Jacobs is no friend of third parties and new ideas. Jacobs understands the gentlemen’s agreement. Jacob’s would be a great choice for politics-as-usual and bipartisan shenanigans in Albany. Read the rest of this entry »
It brings me sad new to say that the Machine (the Molecule Maker) that fueled the Nylon & Steel Band. Mostly the live shows for nearly 7 out of its 10 year run w/ the band was laid to rest in the green dumpster on Monday. Even though the band has not been together in nearly 7 yrs, Molecule Maker (as it was called by the band & the fans) was repaired seven times in the past but, after losing a long battle of its entire liquid that leaked out do to a small crack in the shell. Doctors were unable to salvage it. Ode to Joy was played after it was tossed.
The molecule maker first came into play when the band’s bassist David Bartow was trying to create a psychedelic light show with Drummer Paul Cama in the early 90’s (in the vein of Josh Light Show who did it for the Dead & Airplane in the 60’s.) Read the rest of this entry »
Thurs 7/16/09 @ 5:30 am. new time Green Party Show on Woodbury Cablevision Channel 20 (E Nassau/W Suffolk Suffolk) feauturing acoustic Easy Anthems at the December 2008 Babylon Green Party annual Holiday Party at Pisces Cafe, Babylon.
Thurs 7/23/09 @ 5:30 am. new time Green Party Show on Woodbury Cablevision Channel 20 (E Nassau/W Suffolk Suffolk) featuring Mary Reed Dewar of the LI Coalition for a National Health Plan at the February 2008 PeaceSmiths Forum on Single Payer Universal Healthcare.
Sat 7/25/09 @ 1pm Princess Peapod 20 minute set @ Northport Park. Free.
Wed 8/5/09 @7p. Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature a showing of Michael Moore's movie SickoPisces Café,, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) www.piscescafe.net Come hungry! For directions to the Babylon Green Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public.
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Muntadhar Al-Zeidi was beaten in custody, and then sentenced to 3 years in prison. Thankfully, his sentence has been reduced to only one year. As this article notes, he should go free immediately. Keep him in your thoughts, and consider ways to appeal further.
For Muntadhar Al-Zeidi and for the people he speaks for: "the widows and orphans and the people that died" in the War in Iraq.
By running Malachy McCourt for Governor, the Green Party of New York State retained the right for voters to enroll in the Green Party. You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked "Other" on the voter registration form and writing in the word "Green" on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form.
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We speak to Jeffrey Deskovic, a wrongfully convicted prisoner who spent sixteen years in prison until DNA evidence proved his innocence. In 1997, nine years before his eventual release, he appealed his conviction to Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The court dismissed his appeal without even considering his innocence claim, in part because of a technicalityâpaperwork from his lawyer had arrived at the courthouse four days late.
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