Sunday, April 29, 2012

Earth Day 2012 has passed . . . now what?

The Earthcare group has been somewhat quiet the past few months, although several of us participated in the Carbon Fast and others were involved with the Framingham Earth Day Celebration, or styrofoam recycling at Grace.  But coming up in May are a flurry of events we invite you to consider -- one that would only require about an hour of your time, another that would mean a weekend, and one just an evening. Take your pick!

Event #1 -- Perhaps less than hour -- show up at the Wayland Town Library on Saturday, May 5th at 9:30 a.m. to help draw attention to this "climate dot" as part of 350.org's "Connect the Dots on Climate Change" Day.  You may remember that the Wayland Library was severely damaged by the spring floods of 2010. This is the kind of extreme weather we can expect to see more of as carbon dioxide levels continue to soar.  Come be counted with those who care and want to see real limits on carbon.

Event #2 -- A weekend commitment -- Transition Framingham is offering a "Training for Transition" course the weekend of May 12-13, to learn skills to build local resiliency in the face of peak oil and climate change.  See the Transition Framingham website for more information.

Event #3 -- An evening commitment -- Earthcare Framingham is hosting a viewing of a movie about the Transition movement on Tuesday, May 29th, 7 p.m. at Edwards Church. Come learn more about this grass-roots movement with a positive vision about how to "transition" away from fossil fuels to a new economy.