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News includes why environmentalists should care about Occupy Wall Street; Wal-Mart buys urban agriculture group’s silence; renewable jet fuel from alcohol; Solar Decathalon 2011; Bill Clinton says climate deniers make U.S. look like a joke. Happenings include canning at Rice and Spice; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Habitat for Humanity; Community Pride Picnic; Art Workshops for Survivors of Gender Violence; Fall Feast Celebration.
News includes stopping bad things and starting good ones; new atlas shows climate change effects; Josh Fox scores Emmy for ‘Gasland’. Happenings include Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Indoor Cleanup Day at Gaia House; 11 Days for Peace.
News includes meter-long crabs invading Antarctic waters; Bill McKibben reports on Tar Sands Action; farmers who don’t believe in climate change adapt to it anyway; teenager builds tiny home. Happenings include Indian food at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Carbondale 9/11 Truth Conference; Indoor Cleanup Day at Gaia House; numerous 11 Days for Peace events throughout Carbondale.
News includes 9 Ways to Get More of the Time that Matters; Irene one of the costliest storms in U.S. history; lab-grown meat just 6 months away; U.S Navy’s wave-powered buoy plays chicken with Irene, wins; Obama can’t catch a break on oil; Germany sets renewables record; Apple under gun from Chinese green groups; vegetarians enjoy oral sex more. Happenings include Italian at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Testy Turtles and Singing Treefrogs; Vegetarian Thanksgiving; Questions of Faith and Reality; InterVeg vegetarian potluck; Intro to Non-Violent Communication; Support for Good Samaritan Ministries; 11 Days for Peace; healing arts workshops at the Women’s Center.
News includes Energy Tip of the Week; climate refugees are already a thing; airport beekeeping a win-win-win project; Fox admits that the facts back human-made global warming; public opinion on climate has tipped; one billion cars in the world; buying soda with food stamps; how to save money when eating out; Virgina’s earthquak triggers nuclear reactor shutdown; ConAgra sued for calling GMOs natural. Happenings include International Coffee Hour; Critical Mass; Turkish Iftar at Rice and Spice; Gasland film showing at Longbranch Coffeehouse; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; lots of Gaia House events for the Fall.
News includes the Netherlands planning to tax motorists for how much they drive; Obama administration moves against Alaska oil drilling; developing a personal green stimulus plan; fights brew in GOP over climate change denial; Google begins mapping for Street View in the Amazon; Electric Car goes 1,000 miles on a single charge. Happenings include Dayshift Boutique ribbon cutting ceremony; Gavin’s amazing cuisine at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Mission Yard Sale at Carbondale First Christian Church; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Transpoetic Playground.
News includes the many ways in which humans are causing global warming; replacing a coal plant with a green urban development; new LCD screens will make phones solar powered; daredevils rowing to North Pole to make statement about climate change. Happenings include Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Outdoor Cleanup Day at Gaia House; Kestrel Fun Program; Rare and Little Known Plants; Parsley and Sagebrush at Brown Bag Lunch series.
News includes conservative pundits denying existence of record-breaking heat wave; Norway terrorist is a climate change denier; climate change killing baby polar bears; Manchester turns a disused building into a vertical farm; paper antennae pull electricity from the air. Happenings include Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Reptiles at Out of the Wild; Science Center benefit at Varsity Theatre featuring Nighty Night; solar energy classes taught by Aur ‘Da Energy Mon’ Beck.
News includes judge who says tar-sands equipment can’t travel Montana backroads; NYC Mayor Bloomberg gives over $50 million to fight coal; 107-degree overnight temperatures cause for concern; plastic spoons are ridiculous; gasoline costs thirteen dollars a gallon; solar highways transform crumbling infrastructure into something useful. Happenings include Rice and Spice; For the Next 7 Generations at Sustainable Film Series at Longbranch Coffeehouse; Ladies of Divine Worship at Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Observations of 30 year old prairie restoration; Transpoetic Playground.
News includes climate activists protesting transnational oil pipeline; Gore launches new Climate Reality Project; Michigan woman charged with misdemeanor for growing vegetables in her front yard. Happenings include Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Green Earth Work Day; Dragonflies of Southern Illinois; Cleanup of Giant City State Park.
