This is one of the local branches of the national 350.org of Bill McKibben fame. They have been active for about 2 years, now, and have spun off at least one other new group. Their membership is large and they can draw crowds, as they did for the PDX People's Climate March in September.
They are working on better communication, and here is their first Newsletter:
Welcome to
the first issue of our
new monthly
newsletter
We are looking for
submissions! We’re
looking for those among
you with an inclination to
creation, the writers, the
poets, the journalists and
the documentarists, the
songwriters and the poster
painters, the engaged
actors of every shape and
size. Your stories are
important, and will help
inspire and motivate
others facing the same
daunting issue of climate
change you are.
This
is a grassroots
movement, and as the
people who’ve chosen to
get involved your voices
deserve to be front and
center. So whether your
tools are the pen and
paper, the easel and
palette, or the strings
and the pick, submit!
Send submissions
to: submissions@350pdx.org
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Climate
March Marches
Onwards!
A large
contingent of
Oregonians, many
of whom traveled
across the
country aboard
the climate
train,
joined 400,000
fellow marchers
in New York
City for
the largest and
most diverse
climate march in
history. Marchers
took to the
streets across
Oregon in
alliance with
the People's
Climate March in
NYC, with over
5,000 marchers
in Portland,
over a hundred
in Bend,
hundreds more in
Eugene, crowds
in Hood River,
over a hundred
at the Community
Earth Fair and
kids’ bike tour
in Salem, and a
communal
gathering
in the
small town of
Manzanita- all
came together
and drew
attention to...Read
more
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350PDX
joins Portland
Jobs with
Justice
We’re proud new members of Portland Jobs with
Justice (JwJ),
a coalition of
more than 90
labor
organizations
and community
groups
dedicated to
protecting the
rights of
working people
and supporting
community
struggles to
build a more
just
society...Read
more
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Tax-Deductible
350PDX
We are
pleased to
announce that
350PDX has
received
501(c)(3)
status. In
other words, we
are now a
non-profit for
tax purposes.
For you, our
supporters, this
means donations
you make to us
--including all made since January 9, 2014-- can be
deducted from
both your Oregon
and U.S.
taxes....Read
more
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Ready
for Action?
President
Obama speaks
of an "all of
the above"
energy policy.
We climate
activists
engage in "all
of the above"
methods of
tackling
fossil fuels.
Using a
variety of
strategies
& tactics,
from
letter-writing
to presenting
testimony,
from
legislative
advocacy to
carrying
signs, we each
do our part in
the growing
climate
justice
movement.
Some members
of our climate
community also
choose to
participate in
and/or provide
support for
non-violent
direct action
and civil
disobedience.
Collaboration
between
climate groups
and those
organizing
direct action
has produced
the Climate
Action
Coalition....Read
More
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350PDX
is proud to
co-sponsor the
following coming
events &
actions
This week:
Important Public
Hearing on Oil
and Coal in WA
TODAY!
Thursday,
10/30,
5:00-8:30 PM
Red Lion Inn,
2300 Evergreen
Park Drive SW,
Olympia, WA
Northwest
communities
are facing an
onslaught of
coal export
and
oil-by-rail proposals. If
oil and coal
companies are
permitted to
build their
proposed
facilities, they
would turn our
beloved region
into a fossil
fuel corridor. Make
your voice
heard. Find
out more
Student
Divest summit at
PSU
PSU students are hosting the Divest Student
Network
training this
weekend.
Representatives
from across
the nation are
coming to
Portland to
update one
another on
their
campaigns,
develop
cohesive next
steps, and
build skills,
with the goal
of increasing
the regional
and national
coordination
among schools.
Find
out more
Ecumenical
Ministries of
Oregon's
Interfaith Power
&
Light workshop:
how to face the
mess we're in
without going
crazy
Saturday, 11/1,
2014, 9am-4
pm
First
Christian
Church, 1314
SW Park Ave.
$40
suggested
donation
includes lunch
With our planet and economies in crisis, our
political
process in
chaos and our
cultural story
in transition,
many of us at
times feel
hopeless,
cynical or
despairing.
Active Hope is
an empowering,
creative
stance for
meeting these
challenges.
This
workshop—based
largely on the
work of
eco-philosopher
Joanna
Macy—explores
new ways in
which we can
face these
issues, find
inspiration
and embody our
gifts for the
healing of our
world.Find
out more
This month:
Change
the Course
Leadership
Summit
11/15, 11:00am-5pm; 11/16, 12:30-6pm
Concordia
University
Library, 2811
NE Holman St.
Portland, OR
(note:
location
subject to
change, so
please RSVP if
interested)
This summit is
free of charge
As dedicated
as we are to
halting the
march of the
fossil fuel
industry, we
seldom take
the time to
envision what
the world
would be like
if we
succeeded.
Our
allies at
Rainforest
Action Network
are leading a
free, two-day
workshop to
develop that
picture and to
come up with
strategies to
make it
happen. Find
out more
Sierra
Club's public
forum: Oregon
Beyond Coal to
Clean Energy
Campaign
11/19, 7pm,The Portland Building,1120 SW
5th
Oregon still
gets one-third
of its energy
from coal
plants.
Pacific Power,
Oregon’s
second biggest
utility
company, is
the worst
offender,
getting
two-thirds of
its energy
from coal
plants. We can
do better.
Instead of
buying coal
from
out-of-state
plants,
Oregon’s
utility
companies
should invest
in clean
energy sources
that create
new jobs in
Oregon.
Clean energy
has already
brought over
$9 billion of
investment and
an estimated
5,000 jobs to
Oregon,
supporting
local
communities
across the
state. Come
hear about the
efforts to
urge the
Oregon State
Legislature to
pass
legislation
that
transitions
Oregon off
coal power to
clean energy
by 2025.
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For more
frequent updates, events
& actions, don't
forget to like us on
Facebook
We look forward to hearing
from you,
Maya, Ryan, Sandy, Bonnie,
Adriana & the rest of
the 350PDX team
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