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An Afternoon with Alec Loorz
When
Alec Loorz was 12, he saw the film "An Inconvenient Truth." Alec
decided that, since his generation would be the most affected by
anthropogenic global warming, he should do something about it. He
contacted Al Gore,
but was rejected as a climate change trainee because of his age. So
Alec founded "Kids Vs. Global Warming" . Al Gore was then so impressed
that he wanted to meet Alec and soon made him the youngest trainee
ever. Recently, Alex attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen as
a representative of all world citizens too young to vote. Come meet
Alex at CPR. Hear his thoughts about Copenhagen, global warming and his
latest project, the upcoming "Million Kid March 'I-Matter' March."
Sunday, March 7, 3:00 p.m.
Foster Library’s Topping Room, 651 E. Main St.,
Ventura, CA
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Connect informally WITH OTHERS who care about green living and
values
We welcome anyone interested in issues of
sustainability, green choices, ecojustice, and related themes.
Our books are chosen based on topics of interest to participants and
written by authors we wish we could invite in person. We start
with the book and go from there.
WHEN: 1st
and 3rd (and occasional 5th) Mondays at 6:30 pm
WHERE: Java Joe’s coffee
shop, Ste 125
2950 Johnson Drive, Ventura, CA 93003-7249
(805) 642-4332
Java Joe’s offers comfortable seating,
a friendly atmosphere and delicious, affordable coffee, tea and
desserts.
Green Conversations offers inquiring minds and friendly conversation.
For March we are reading Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken
This is a genuinely whole-Earth catalog of environmental and social activism. It hits the reader first as a revelation -- because of the form, scale, and
consequence of the phenomenon reported -- and then as a tool. The world is busy saving itself. With this book you learn where and how to plug into the process.
--Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog
March 15 – Sections 1-5 (p. 1-85)
March 29 - Sections 6-9 (p. 86-190) + skimming of appendix recommended
The book for April/May is Cadillac
Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc
Reisner
April 5 – Chapters 1-2 (pages 1-103) May 3 -- Chapters 7-8 (pages 214-305)
April 19 - Chapters 3-6 (pages 104-213) May 17 -- Chapters 9-10 (pages 306-378)
May 31 -- Chapters 11-12 + Epilogue & Afterword (pages 379-378)
FAQ: Do I have to read the book?” Well……
it is great if you do read the book. On the other hand, if the topic
interests you, please come, even if you don’t always have time to do
all the reading. There's an hour and a half long interview with Paul Hawken at http://fora.tv/2007/05/29/Paul_Hawken_Blessed_Unrest#fullprogram
Green
Conversations is a project of the Ventura Unitarian Universalist
Committee for Green Sanctuary with Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions
and Java Joe’s.
For more information contact Janette at 652-1213 or
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 Sunday, Nov. 1, 3:00 p.m.
Foster Library’s Topping Room, 651 E. Main St., Ventura, CA
Ending the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan starts with getting together with our friends, neighbors and family members and discussing the costs of this misguided adventure. Join us for a screening of the Robert Greenwald film "Rethink Afghanistan".
The screening will be followed by a discussion of how our community should respond to the failing military approach to Afghanistan.
If you were not able to attend this meeting, you can view the film and sign on to the petition for a non-military solution in
Afghanistan at
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/
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CPR has become a coalition partner working with Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World whose goal is the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Please join us in supporting this effort by signing the "Be Free" petition for President Elect Obama at www.nuclearweaponsfree.org. This is an historic time in our nuclear armed world. Pass on this message of hope and opportunity to everyone in your network! |
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Earth Charter Summit Awards Presentations 2009
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Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, in conjunction with VC's International Studies Program, coordinates Ventura County's annual Earth Charter Summit and presents Earth Charter Awards
to those community activists who best embody the Earth Charter's core
values. Please join us in celebrating the Earth Charter and honoring
the 8 local heroes and sheroes selected as this year's Ventura County
ambassadors of Earth Charter Principles:
Respect and care for the community of life
Lance Orozco, Journalist
Ecological Integrity
Shirley and Larry Godwin, Community Organizers and Environmental Activists
Social and Economic Justice/ Richard Weinstock Memorial Award
Craig Christensen, Peace and Social Justice Activist
Democracy, Nonviolence and Peace
Reverend Sandy Liddell, Spiritual Leader for Peace
Earth Charter and the Arts
Margaret Cortese, Founder of Teatro de las Américas
Youth Education and Outreach
Eddie Tuduri, TRAP/The Rhythmic Arts Project/
Youth Activism
Erik Choquette, Filmmaker The Nuclear Genie/
October 11,2008
OUR HONOREES AND YOU MADE THE 7TH ANNUAL A RESOUNDING SUCCESS! THANK YOU
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VENTURA COUNTIES '2009 Nuclear Weapons Tax Bill will be presented by local community leaders at a 12:30 p.m. press conference April 15, 2009 at the Ventura County Government Center. The public is encouraged to attend.As a citizen of Ventura County, this is what YOU and your fellow taxpayers contributed to the continued development of nuclear armaments in tax year 2008:
$ 160,312,341.60 Surprised? Shocked? Outraged?
For information on calculating your communities nuclear expense see below. |
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 Ventura's first public Peace Garden was dedicated August 9, 2008 during the annual Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombing commemoration. CPR joined with the Ventura Beyond War Team, Veterans for Peace and the Peace Coalition of Greater Ventura to develop and donate the first public peace garden in Ventura County. Central to the garden is a beautiful western cedar peace pole inscribed with "May Peace Prevail on Earth" in eight languages. The Ventura City Council accepted this gift on May 12, 2008. A second garden is planned for Ventura's Memorial Park. Donations for the project can be sent to CPR with "Peace Pole" noted in the check memo. @ Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, P.O. Box 364, Ventura, Ca, 93002-0364 |
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 To build a world in which conflicts are resolved nonviolently - a world beyond war.
Beyond War is a revitalization of the Beyond War movement of the 1980's that had 24,000 participants in 23 states in the USA and worldwide. Like its predecessor, Beyond War proposes a new way of thinking about resolving conflicts.
Ventura's Beyond War Team meets the third tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church located at 1338 E. Santa Clara
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