Webinar: The Psychological Impact of Climate Change

The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change Webinar from ecoAmerica on Vimeo.

Hi Everyone!

Here a FREE Webinar Beyond Storms & Droughts: The Psychological Impact of Climate Change presented by the APA & EcoAmericawhich was presented this past Thursday.

In addition, here are some other resources they are providing:

* Full Report

* 1 page summary report 

* Blog Post

Any questions let me know.

Saving 30M Salmon!

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Northern California is attempting to save 30 MILLION baby salmon from hatcheries which are being effected by the severe drought they are having. They are doing this to save the King Salmon 1.4 BILLION dollar fishing industry & 23,000 jobs! As you know Salmon is a wonder source of Omega 3 for all of us so Thank You CA!

OK Govt Makes Sustainability Harder!

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This is just hard to believe! The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill which now heads to the Governor to sign to make it more costly for people to have solar panels on their homes or have small wind turbines. Of course this was supported by all the major electric companies! Sigh!!!! This is why it is soooo important for you all to educate yourself on climate change and methods of reducing it! AND...VOTE!!!!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

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Here is a very short video on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) if you want to know a bit about what Tuesday's Green Drinks will be about or if you can't make it you can get started learning about it with this video. Hope to see you Tuesday!

Beauty Beads Causing Environmental Problems

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Very interesting video on Beauty Beads causing a problem for the environment! Check your products for polyethylene or polypropylene and try looking for some which do not contain them. The video mentions a few without these chemicals but there are others.

Green Drinks: Mar 18th

 

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The next Green Drinks will be Tues March 18th at the Brickstone Brewery in Bourbonnais. 6pm Social & 6:30 program starts. The topic will be Consumer Supported Agriculture - What It Is & How It Works by Eric Sexton of Nature's Choice Farm. Hope to see you there! 

Student Sustainability Summit

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The 3rd Annual SMHEC Student Sustainability Summit will be held at Moraine Valley Community College on April 25th from 8:30-2:30pm. This is the Friday of Earth Week! The theme this year is "I Am Sustainable Because..."

There will be a wide variety of presentations & discussion sessions and food will be a Sustainable as possible as well. Kankakee Community College is a member of SMHEC so it is FREE!

You can find information to register on this flier.

If there is enough student interest KCC may be able to provide transportation.

Please let me know if you would like to attend. You may use it for Extra Credit for my class.