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We are excited to announce that two of our classic discussion courses are now offered at a reduced rate.
Published in 2008, NWEI’s first course on climate change, Global Warming: Changing CO2urse is now available for $15. This four session course contains useful information about our current state of affairs based upon human-caused climate change, how we got here and what we can do to change course. Place your order online, or call us at 503-227-2807 to purchase this informative and useful discussion course. Also, stay tuned for info about an upcoming supplement to this course, available in spring 2012!
Healthy Children, Healthy Planet is now available for $12. As relevant today as it was when first published, Healthy Children, Healthy Planet examines the impact of media culture on our children, explores alternatives to the material focus of celebrations, considers the importance of nutrition and healthful eating, and addresses the importance of a child’s connection to nature. Healthy Children, Healthy Planet shows that to care for Earth is to care for your family.
We encourage to you to promote sustainability in your community by organizing an NWEI course this winter! Remember, the right conversations can changes lives. Happy New Year!
Today we continue our focus on transportation by looking at ways to broaden our reach. Individual behavior change is necessary and important in creating the world in which we want to live. Individual actions inspire, motivate, and change culture, especially when enough people work together to make a difference. Here at NWEI, we focus on individual behavior change and small group learning through our discussion courses and in our EcoChallenge.
But we also see the vital importance of working together to change our infrastructure, political systems, and broader cultural constructs, as well.
Today’s proposed action is: Broaden your reach.
Cars produce about 20 percent of U.S. carbon emissions and consume about 44 percent of the oil we use. Consider contacting your representative about implementing a fuel tax or raising the standards for fuel efficiency in your state. Environment America is working on some great campaigns aimed at getting America off oil.
Also, consider contacting your Congressperson and Department of Transportation and telling them of the merits of a U.S. Bicycle Route System, an interstate network of bicycle routes for national non-motorized transportation. You can find out more information here and see what’s going on in your state here.
For the weekend:
Enjoy non-motorized fun, for your health and for the health of the planet. Go for a bike ride, either to a destination you’ve already planned, or just for fun. Or take a hike and enjoy the weather your area has to offer in the spring. Take a picture celebrating your surroundings and how you got there. Send your pictures to contact@nwei.org, and we’ll post them on our blog!
Kathleen Dean Moore “wants future generations to have a world that is rich with possibilities, where her granddaughter can hear the sound of frog songs.”
As part of the Moral Ground Movement, Kathleen and over 100 other contributors ask the question, What will move people to act to save their beloved Earth?
To learn more about this movement, join in a conversation with Scott Russell Sanders, Kathleen Dean Moore, and Bill McKibben on January 18 at 7 pm eastern time to discuss the moral imperative of taking action on the climate crisis. The important new book Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril explores the notion of the ethical duty to take meaningful action to curb climate change.
This is a unique opportunity to hear from some leading voices in this ethical action discussion, and to share your own thoughts and questions.
When: 7 pm Eastern time, 4 pm Pacific, January 18. This is a free event, but normal long distance rates apply.
Call in using these numbers:
712-432-1000
Access code: 581688569#
If you find that line is full or busy, join us by using this secondary number:
712-432-1001
Access code: 452001681#
This conversation will be moderated by Orion Magazine staffers and recorded. The audio will be made available for listening at any time on Orion’s website.
Feel free to email your questions or thoughts for the panelists in advance to: ehoffner@orionmagazine.org
Additionally, Kathleen Dean Moore will be reading at Powell’s Philosophy Café on February 6th, 2011.
4:00 pm
Powell’s Books
1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR
Ryan Harper
Deborah McNamara
Kerry Lyles
Mike Mercer
Lacy Cagle
Carolyn White
Rob Nathan
