WNC Climate Action Coalition
Confronting Our Local Climate Change Challenges
It was a brilliant presentation! Here's the next one:
Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to noon
First United Methodist Church. Waynesville, gymnasium; and Zoom
"An Introduction to Solar Energy: Practical Considerations and Local Policy"
Learn how homeowners, governments, businesses and non-profits are incorporating solar energy for money-and-climate-saving. Hite titles the series “Your Home & Business Toolkit: A Pathway to Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction.”
Presenter: William Hite, WNC CAC Steering Committee;
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments; and Green Environmental Management Systems (GEMS) Committee, Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville
Free and open to the public. Please wear a mask.
Can't attend in person? Email us at MJCinWNC@gmail.com for a Zoom link by Friday, July 15.
It's Plastic Free July! The Canton Public Library will show a documentary "The Story of Plastic" on Tuesday July 12, 6-8 p.m.
On Tuesday, July 26, there will be a "Reduce Your Plastic: Resource Fair" also at the Canton Public Library featuring speakers and local organizations. For home viewing, write to jennifer.stuart@haywoodcountync.gov
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Also in The Mountaineer, online and print, and Smoky Mountain News online
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Ongoing Action Alerts
Install the app ClimateActionNow for 5 urgent actions to take daily.
Earthjustice.org sign-up for action alerts
Union of Concerned Scientists sign-up for actions on climate change
Build Back Fossil Free campaign. You can take part by signing the petition at: https://buildbackfossilfree.org/#take-action
"Climate Emergency"
https://www.pbs.org/video/earth-emergency-6njifx/
"Forest Feedback Loop"
https://www.pbs.org/video/forest-feedback-loop-k8t1gp/
PBS Explains the science
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