Hi Earth Champions,
We had a remarkable showing of two films for the International Uranium Film Festival 3/18. We met several church members there. Few folks know the real forever mining/land waste cost, Native people’s abuse, costly equipment, dangerous plant construction and dangerous performance and failures of nuclear energy. Here is the website if you want to know more: www.uraniumfilmfestival.org.
Disarming Toxic Empire is a free conference at U.T. Austin, March 21-22, focusing on the unjust aspects of nuclear testing, production, storage, and weaponry . (Although the Conference may be past when you read this the link is informative.)
Green Sanctuary Ministry has been part of a team to stop high-level forever Nuclear Waste being trained into Texas and dumped in the Permian Basin close to the Oglala Aquifer. Fed. Court says “NO” but they are appealing/lobbying.
Mark your calendar for Sierra Club/Green Sanctuary Hosting First Tuesday 4/2 Climate Crises/Solutions 6:30 p.m. Potluck; 7:00 p.m. Meeting in Howson Hall. See you there.
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What You Can Do
Picture description: Three people sitting on a patio playing a card game. There’s an innovative new way to talk about climate change: the “Climate Conversations” card deck developed by Dr. Lauren Cagle at the University of Kentucky and some fellow Kentuckians worried about our shared future.
The card deck helps walk people through a 4-stage conversation about feelings and attitudes related to climate, and it doesn’t require a grasp of the more technical aspects of the science itself. “This game aims to create conversations, having participants work through their own relationships with climate change while envisioning a climate resilient future,” PDFs of the cards are free to download and print from the group’s website and Climate Conversations brings the game to events around Lexington, Kentucky. Check their calendar for future events, or email them to invite them to join an event you might be hosting or to ask for tips on how to host your own. The cards are available in English, Spanish, Dutch, and there’s even a K-12 English version for the classroom!
WATCH: The trailer “A Brief History of the Future” airing on PBS
