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THE ENVIRONMENT TV

WEEKLYNEWS

July 28, 2014

 

THIS WEEK’S ORDER OF TOPICS

ETV WeeklyNews: July 28, 2014

-Journalist: Ken Gale, Mercy Van Vlack, Peter Rugh, John P. Duffy, Jr.,
-Green Faith’s “Divest and Reinvest Now” campaign with Steve Knight….(1:00 – 18:18)…..Ken Gale
-The Bee Report: New Study Finds Bee-Killing Pesticides in 51% of “Bee-Friendly” Plants and Garden Centers…….(18:20 – 22:41)…..Mercy Van Vlack
-Australia: Rooftop Solar Drops Daytime Need For Commercial Electricity……………(22:43 – 26:58)……Ken Gale
-Survey: Our Environmental Beliefs. Where Will They Lead Us?…..(27:00 – 30:33)……Ken Gale
-The People’s Climate March……….(30:35 – 48:32)……Peter Rugh, John P. Duffy, Jr.
-An Analysis: The Future of Local Environmental Bans….(48:34 – 52:00)……Ken Gale

Journalist:

NewYork City

Ken Gale, John P. Duffy, Jr.
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Manhattan

Mercy Van Vlack, Peter Rugh
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Steve Knight, Episcopalian and GreenFaith Fellow as our interviewee.
BPI Multifamily Building Analyst
LEED Green Associate
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

August

-Anytime environmental links to new video shows.

First episode to: Green Gotham, a 1/2 hour interview show about New Yorkers who are making great green things happen. This episode: an interview with Michelle Andry, Program Coordinator of the Urban Assembly School For Green Careers, a specialty public high school on the Upper West Side with one of its recent graduates, Kendy Francois (bound for Ithaca College next month).
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9FnqHUGWnDngT8nu1snPFw
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/100003267

-Sundays, every other week (8/3, 8/17 and 8/31), at 11 AM, THE ENVIRONMENT TV series on MNN1 Cable, Channels (TWC-34), (RNC-82) and (FiOS-33). Or go to: theenvironmenttv.com for each of the series if you miss the slotted time schedule.
-Monday, August 4, 2014 at 5 PM. Flyering, especially for People’s Climate March of 9/21/14, along with info about Fracking, Renewables, etc., sponsored by United For Action. Location:
Bryant Park at the southeast corner of 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas

-Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 5 PM, a Universal Peace Day at Union Square in sympathy with a bell ringing ceremony at the exact moment of the Hiroshima bombing (7:15pm). Flyering, especially for People’s Climate March of 9/21/14, along with info about Fracking, Renewables, etc., sponsored by United For Action. Location:
We will meet at 4:45pm at the Gandhi statue in Union Square Park.
-Thursday, August 7, 2014 from 3-6 PM, Southeast corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Union Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Flyering about the dangers of fracking and climate change, and the need to transition to renewables, etc., sponsored by United For Action.
-Saturday, August 9, 2014 from 11 AM to 1:30 PM, Corner of Hudson Street and West 12th Street, sponsored by United For Action. Flyering about the dangers of fracking and climate change, and the need to transition to renewables, etc.
-Saturday, August 16, NATIONAL HONEYBEE DAY
-ALSO: Saturday, August 16, 2014, from 11 AM to 1:30 PM, Corner of 9th Avenue and 57th Street sponsored by United For Action. Flyering about the dangers of fracking and climate change, and the need to transition to renewables, etc.
SEPTEMBER 2014

-Sundays, every other week (9/14), at 11 AM, THE ENVIRONMENT TV series on MNN1 Cable, Channels (TWC-34), (RNC-82) and (FiOS-33). Or go to: theenvironmenttv.com for each of the series if you miss the slotted time schedule.

-Friday evening, September 19, at John Jay College for Criminal Justice
A Symposium:
Today’s Fossil Fuels and the Future of Our Children’s Health
Sponsored by
The Mothers Project
in partnership with: Center for Environmental Health and
Sustainability and Environmental Justice
For More Information contact: info@themothersproject.org

-Sunday, September 21, People’s Climate March and other rallies, NYC.
More info to be announced
Some Source Materials:

Ken Gale:

My facebook page is wbaiecologic

Australia: Rooftop Solar Drops Daytime Need For Commercial Electricity

Thanks to the group Pacem in Terris in Wilmington, Del for bringing the Australian article to my attention.
Article: “Even if coal were free, it couldn’t compete with solar”
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/even-coal-free-couldnt-compete-rooftop-solar-88808

Survey: Our Environmental Beliefs. Where Will They Lead Us?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-more-skeptical-of-climate-change-than-others-in-global-survey/
http://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/environment.html

An Analysis: The Future of Local Environmental Bans

Home

Mercy Van Vlack

Gardeners Beware 2014 Study, co-author Timothy Brown, Ph.D., the Pesticide Research Institute. Tips for consumers and a complete list of the co-releasing organizations and cities where plant samples were gathered can be found at www.BeeAction.org.*_

Friends of the Earth – U.S. is the U.S. voice of the
world’s largest federation of grassroots environmental groups, with a presence in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth works to defend the environment and champion a more healthy and just world. www.FoE.org

Steve Knight:

The link to GreenFaith’s divestment campaign at their website is:
http://greenfaith.org/programs/divest-and-reinvest
The link to our meetup page is here: http://www.meetup.com/Religious-Communities-for-Divestment-and-Reinvestment/

Peter Rugh

convergeforclimate.org

peoplesclimate.org

systemchangenotclimatechange.org

twitter.com/JohnReedsTomb

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