{"id":139711,"date":"2024-06-27T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=139711"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:40:39","slug":"stop-killing-out-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/stop-killing-out-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Killing Our Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Climate Crises\/Solutions meeting. with Bob and Victoria, Sunday, July 2nd in Howson Hall at 6:30 pm for\u00a0 pot luck & 7 pm for the meeting. MAKE A DIFFERENCE & HAVE FUN<\/div>\n
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As we look at transitioning Green Sanctuary Leadership we must examine what we have been working on and how to go forward.\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Burning fossil fuels produce CO2 and other gases that trap the heat over us like a green house.\u00a0 Harvard\/UT study<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Here are our primary working projects: Stop Killing our Climate\/all life:<\/div>\n
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1. Replace Austin Energy\u2019s new fossil fuel burning gas plant proposal with the\u00a0The\u00a0Community Plan<\/u>\u00a0created by energy savvy volunteer Austin Community Members and voted unanimous approval by the \u00a0city Electric Utility Commission.<\/div>\n
Our role: We are part of a city wide team that is promoting\u00a0The Community Plan<\/u>\u00a0to our community and City Council.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2. Close, cleanup and replace the coal burning Fayettee Power Plant with battery storage and clean renewable energy generation.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Our role: We are part of a long standing community team that continues to keep this issue in the City Council and community group’s focus. \u00a0See more about closing down Austin Coal Plant<\/u><\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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3. Climate Actions:<\/u><\/div>\n
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A. Increase Climate awareness and promote practical actions: Continue to host\/promote Bob & Victoria\u2019s\u00a0WHAT YOU CAN DO\u00a0<\/strong>monthly Climate Crises\/ Solutions Mtgs and follow up actions.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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B.\u00a0 Encourage and support our church participation in preparing for the National UUA Climate Revival-August\/September. Church Members\/staff are attending UUA free trainings on getting ready to rollout the Climate Revival activities<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n
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C.\u00a0 Support Bob Hendrick’s continued Leadership and organizing around the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) share availability of those financial resources with our congregants and community to lower their carbon footprint\/electric bill.<\/div>\n
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4.\u00a0 Watch dog the attempts to overcome (appeal) the court decision to not allow high level nuclear waste be shipped by train and dumped<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in West Texas near the Ogallala Aquifer.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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More good climate news from:\u00a0talkingclimatenewsletter@outlook.com<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
“The climate and biodiversity crises are bigger than any one of us. The only way we can create a better world fast enough is to\u00a0work together \u2013 and stay informed.<\/strong>\u00a0The good news is there are many ways that you can help. I challenge you to bring people along with you on this journey.<\/div>\n
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  1. Stay Curious<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 if a headline seems too good or too bad to be true, look further.<\/li>\n
  2. Counter the Narrative\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 be willing to wade into the difficult conversations because, as Katharine says so frequently, talking about these crises is one of the most important things you can do.<\/li>\n
  3. Ask Hard Questions<\/strong>\u00a0of your community leaders and the businesses that you support \u2013 how are they showing up for climate and for nature and for people?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nWe have years, not decades, to solve these crises; but I\u2019m confident that,\u00a0together, we can find a way.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    We will keep you posted as New Leadership for Green Sanctuary Ministry emerges. Contact Rev. Chris if your interested.<\/div>\n
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    Beki & Richard Green Sanctuary Ministry\u00a0<\/b>green@austinuu.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
    \u201cTogether We Nourish Souls, Transform Lives & Do Justice to build the Beloved Community” \u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Climate Crises\/Solutions meeting. with Bob and Victoria, Sunday, July 2nd in Howson Hall at 6:30 pm for\u00a0 pot luck & 7 pm for the meeting. MAKE A DIFFERENCE & HAVE FUN \u00a0 As we look at transitioning Green Sanctuary Leadership we must examine what we have been working on and how to go forward.\u00a0 \u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139711"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139716,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139711\/revisions\/139716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}