Get your ticket today to an incredible evening - Backbone Awards presented to US Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson for their courageous leadership, as well as awards to 3 relentless activists fighting for the orca, the immigrant children, and for a just future. … [Read more...]
Update on “Green New Deal” Conference, Sept. 15-17, Washington DC
We have exciting news! UUs for a Just Economic Community is co-hosting a conference, Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue, Building a Movement for a “Green New Deal” September 15-17 in Washington, DC. Why the long name? It’s about framing—and we’ll talk about it. Can't go? … [Read more...]
UU Climate Action Network Roundtable Calls Restructured
Beginning this month, UU Climate Action Network is kicking off a restructuring of the UU Climate Action Network (UUCAN) Roundtable calls, which will be a herculean effort of coordination and onboarding for a while until we can get into the new pattern and rhythm of things. If we succeed, the impact … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Act Amid Global Extinction Crisis
“I know that gutting the Endangered Species Act sounds like plan from a cartoon villain, not the work of the president of the United States,” Healey said during a call with reporters. “But unfortunately that’s what we’re dealing with today.” The goal of the overhaul is clear: to “undercut the … [Read more...]
Did the City of Tacoma Hide Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Safety Documents from the Public?
For Immediate Release – August 7, 2019 The City of Tacoma withheld emergency response planning models about Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility from the public. Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma (ACT) recently obtained Public Disclosure Request (PDR) results (See … [Read more...]
Save the Date: Fellowship of Reconciliation Fall Retreat, Nov. 16, 2019, Olympia area
Olympia climate activists from several organizations and members of the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons are working with three powerful speakers to put together a retreat that addresses the intersectionality of climate and nuclear issues. Save the date, November 16th, 2019/More … [Read more...]
Sierra Club Organizes Actions on Green New Deal
The Sierra Club, in conjunction with the youth group Sunrise Movement, has organized national action on the Green New Deal, which has also been endorsed by the UUA (see below). Sierra Club leaders are hosting debate watching parties, where people interested in pressuring the Democratic National … [Read more...]
UUMFE Organizes UUs for Green New Deal
After the UUA General Assembly passed an Action of Immediate Witness endorsing the Green New Deal (see below), the UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) began actions to work for passage of the Green New Deal. The UUMFE has organized climate activists by state and region and appointed coordinators for each. … [Read more...]
The Green New Deal: Online Panel Discussion Can Spark Your Congregation’s Climate and Economic Justice Activism
Much has been said and written about the political aspects of the Green New Deal. The substance of the Green New Deal has not gotten as much attention. House Resolution 109, introduced by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, lists the goals of the Green New Deal. These goals are captured into two … [Read more...]
Scientist Warns Breaching a ‘Carbon Threshold’ Could Lead to Mass Extinction Event Common Dreams
The study, which was completed with support from NASA and the National Science Foundation, also notes that even though humans have only been pumping carbon into the oceans for hundreds of years rather than the thousands of years it took for volcanic eruptions and other events to bring about other … [Read more...]
A Tulalip Perspective: Understanding Treaty Rights in today’s landscape
A disruption of the food chain is currently occurring in the Pacific Northwest as sea level rise, pollution and ocean acidification are causing an alarming decrease in the salmon and orca populations. Climate change is not only affecting the Salish waters, but also threatening tribal ancestral lands … [Read more...]
Seven ways tribes are repairing the Salish Sea and Washington waterways
Indian Country Today by Richard Walker Tribal nations in Washington state are facing environmental challenges ranging from protecting wildlife habitats and waterways to protecting the livelihood of Washington state residents from toxic chemicals that have been released into the environment and … [Read more...]
Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue, Building a Movement for a “Green New Deal”, September 15-17, 2019, Washington DC
Advocacy Conference on Environmental Justice, Class and Race by UUs for Just Economic Community, UU Ministry for Earth and UUSJ "We have twelve years!" The Green New Deal has spurred debate on the need for bold actions that make big differences. Carbon pricing is being debated. 156 Million … [Read more...]
UUA Endorses Green New Deal
Starting with the premise “the Green New Deal manifests key UU values — both “the interdependent web” and “justice, equity, and compassion”— the UUA passed an Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) on June 22, 2019 at the General Assembly in Spokane, Washington. Among the actions that UUA … [Read more...]
Washington governor withdraws support of LNG plant, sides with Puyallup Tribe
The Puyallup Tribe received some good news on Wednesday when Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced he no longer supports the construction of a liquified natural gas plant (LNG plant) on the Puyallup River Tideflats in Tacoma. The plant, which the tribe has opposed since 2015, would produce up to … [Read more...]
Comox Valley Fellowship Calls for Declaration of Climate Emergency
June 18, 2019 Four municipalities in British Columbia’s Comox Valley have agreed to declare a climate crisis, spurred in part by actions taken by the Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship (CVUF). The municipalities’ declarations followed a letter issued by the CVUF’s social and environmental … [Read more...]
UU Young Adults for Climate Justice Network Zine Call for Entries
The UU Young Adults for Climate Justice Network is curating a zine exploring the threads between theologies of place and climate justice, and we want YOUR art! Art is a powerful tool for change, and we will use this zine to mobilize our communities and connect our movements. Intergenerational … [Read more...]
Strengthen Local Climate Commitments Campaign
The Strengthen Local Climate Commitments (SLCC) campaign provides resources and peer support for UUs to find out how their local elected leaders are doing on their climate commitments — and then to help them aspire higher so that humanity can realize a Just Transition to an ecological civilization … [Read more...]
NW UU organizations supports kids’ climate law suit
The JUUstice Washington Board of Directors and the Social and Environmental Justice Committee of the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship have voted to to become signatories on an interfaith amicus brief to be filed on behalf of the youth in Aji P. v. State of Washington. This case has been brought by … [Read more...]
Join Backbone Campaign to Save the Orcas, several dates around Washington State
Backbone Campaign is honored to co-host two screenings of the highly anticipated Dammed to Extinction - in Seattle this Friday (June 7) and on Vashon Island next Tuesday (June 11). We are also co-sponsoring two more Human Orca Murals next weekend, bringing our total of Human Murals up to 13 since … [Read more...]
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