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---CLIMATE ACTIVISM TRAINING--- Bill McKibben Featured Keynote Speaker Mike Tidwell Activist and Grass Roots Training Harvey Ruvin and Captain Dan Kipnis Guest Speakers Thursday, November 29, 5-9 pm Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Room 2106 Want to learn more about climate activism and what you can do to help fight global warming? Bill McKibben is a best selling author and has been a lifelong champion of the environment. His first book, End of Nature, brought global warming into the public eye and is considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. His new book, Fight Global Warming Now, provides a hands-on guide to stopping the world’s greatest threat, climate change. He is also the author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.  In 2006 he launched the largest demonstration, Step it Up, in the fight to stop global warming and show citizens that the power is in our hands. Mike Tidwell is Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, one of the most effective regional climate groups in the country. Leave inspired with concrete skills that will make you a better leader and organizer in your community.  In addition, Tidwell is the author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities, as well as other books. Harvey Ruvin is Clerk of Miami-Dade County and Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Task Force. Captain Dan Kipnis is with the Florida Wildlife Federation and on the Climate Change Advisory Task Force. This Free Workshop is Sponsored by Local South Florida Organizations Including: Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College Biscayne Nature Center      Operation Green Leaves Young Friends of the Everglades Faiths United For Sustainable Energy Environmental Education Providers of Miami-Dade County, Inc. One Campaign Miami Broward County Audubon Society Green League of Broward County                         The Earthman Project Dream in Green Emerge Miami Tropical Audubon Society Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus - Building 2000 - Room 2106 300 NE 2nd Ave Downtown, Miami Link to campus map http://www.mdc.edu/wolfson/GeneralInfo/campus_map.asp RSVP: Space is limited to 150 - please RSVP with your contact information by November 21st  floridastopglobalwarming@gmail.com

 

Volunteers Needed Event: Harvest Festival benefiting the Historical Museum of Southern Florida Dates & Times: Saturday, November 17 – Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 10 am – 5 pm Early Bird Private Sale - 8 to 10 am on Saturday, November 17 Location: Fair Expo Center, Home of Miami-Dade County Youth Fair, 10901 Coral Way, Miami, Florida We will need approximately 200 volunteers each day for many different tasks.  Including but not limited to: Ticket Taker Stage Help Membership Booth Money Room Rovers Volunteer Sign-In Admissions / Ticket Sales Beverage Sales Education Tent Runners Antique Car Showcase Re-Enactor Village The Commons The Village Information Booths The volunteers will be needed between the hours of 7:00 am – 5:00 pm on Saturday, November 17 and 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on Sunday, November 18. If anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at rene.tpg@comcast.net or at 305.883.9387. Thank you in advance for your time and I look forward to working with the students.

 

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Miami-Dade County Cooperative Extension Service and the Division of Plant Industry Present Ficus Whitefly and Other Ornamental Pest Problems Wednesday, November 14, 2007 CEU’s : 3.5 D&R, O&T, PVT and 4.0 LTD CLM, LTD L&O Applied for FNGLA and ISA PROGRAM 9:00 a.m. New Pests on Ficus sp. (whitefly, thrips and gall wasp) Ornamental Pest Update – Identification and Management of Introduced Pests Dr. Catharine Mannion, University of Florida TREC 10:40 a.m.  Break 10:55 a.m. Africanized Honeybees and Bee Proofing Your Landscape Adrian Hunsberger, Miami-Dade County Extension Service Plant Alternatives to Ficus Less Susceptible to Pests Henry Mayer, Miami-Dade County Extension Service Reducing the Spread of the Whitefly and Other Ornamental Pests Rosamaria Quinones, FDACS, Division of Plant Industry 12:35 p.m. Adjourn and CEU completion

Call Congress today to get the Energy Bill Passed this year.

By mid-November Congress could have the chance to vote on a new Energy Bill that could bring innovation, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and curb global warming. 

 

We need to let our elected officials know we care about our country's energy future and  we want a strong Energy Bill passed this year.

 

Make the call to your Representative and BOTH your Senators today.

 

Tell them the Energy Bill needs to include national fuel economy standards of 35 mpg by 2020 and a national renewable electricity standard that requires that 15 percent of all electricity generated come from renewable sources like solar and wind.

 

Call your Representative and BOTH your Senators today:

 

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart……………………….…1-202-225-4211

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart……………………………1-202-225-2778     

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen …………………… 1-202-225-3931

 

Senator Bill Nelson…………………………………………...1-202-224-5274

Senator Mel Martinez………………………………………...1-202-224-3041

 

Background Info:

The Energy Bill is the first time in decades that Congress has the opportunity to make real progress to putting our country on the path to a clean energy future.

 

The Energy Bill needs to raise fuel efficiency standards to 35 miles per gallon and require that 15 percent of our electricity be generated by wind, solar and other renewable power.

 

A bill that contains fuel efficiency standards of 35 mpg and require renewable power could save consumers more than $25 billion at the pump and billion mores on our home energy bills. 

 

The Energy bill could cut our projected global warming emissions 20 to 30 percent by 2030.

 

The Energy bill will create thousands or new clean-energy jobs in emerging industries of solar and wind.

  

Also, consider writing a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald. Send your short letters to Heraled@herald.com

 

Thank you!

And the planet thanks you too.