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SUMMARY:Retire Your Lawn: Plant Hope with Judith Black
DESCRIPTION:30-40% of all land is privately owned.  What if the faith groups\, businesses\, local governments\, schools/universities\, and individuals with purview to this earth took responsibility for its’ and planets’ health? This program offers 5 models for transitioning from a traditional manicured lawn to the one that could: \n–   Save the efficacy of your lower back\n–   Eliminate mowing\n–   Limit watering\n–   Help our earth and waterways by eschewing added nutrients and lawn chemicals\n–   Support all rungs of the food chain\, by promoting biodiversity\n–   Up the ante significantly for both carbon and water absorption\n–   If you choose\, grow enough highly nutritious food to feed friends family and community \nWe have that power to do this! \nThis event is free. \nAbout Judith Black \nJudith Black is an American professional storyteller\, who has toured internationally\, telling stories to a wide ranging audience in the United States\, Europe\, and the Near East. She has produced thirteen CDs\, and won a variety of awards\, such as the coveted Oracle Award. Her work has been featured in venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Montreal Comedy Festival\, and has been featured seven times at the National Storytelling Festival. In addition she has produced a variety of seminars and workshops for storytellers. She has been commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior\, National Public Radio\, religious institutions\, and non-profit organizations to create original stories that strengthen their respective missions. \nBlack studied education at Wheelock College\, and drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During her 24-year tenure as an adjunct professor with the Lesley University Graduate School\, Black developed and implemented instruction in the use of storytelling to extend cognitive\, curricular\, social and emotional objectives in the educational setting. Black has also been instrumental in introducing story slams in Amsterdam\, Finland\, and Sweden\, emphasizing personal experience and authenticity in shaping stories for public telling.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/retire-your-lawn-plant-hope-with-judith-black/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Decarbonization,Environment
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SUMMARY:The Truth About Rare Earth Elements Mining with Dr. Jeremy Williams
DESCRIPTION:Rare earth materials play a crucial role in solar panels and electric vehicles. These materials possess unique properties that optimize the absorption and conversion of sunlight into electricity. All essential for electrification and decarbonization–but where are the rare earth materials coming from? What is being taken\, and how does it impact the sites it’s taken from? More importantly\, how does it impact the people? Is there a way to mine without creating new sacrifice zones? \nThis event is free. \nAbout Jeremy C. Williams \nDr. Williams is a geoscientist who utilizes geochemical and geophysical techniques to understand the fluid migration of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs\, investigate the role of redox conditions and mineral resources\, and understand the significance of acid-base reactions and their environmental effects. He is a Assistant Professor\, Department of Geology at Kent State University.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/the-truth-about-rare-earth-elements-mining-with-dr-jeremy-williams/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Decarbonization
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SUMMARY:The Gardener's Gathering
DESCRIPTION:After you attend *Transition Your Lawn* on March 16\, celebrate the start of the gardening season with The Trustees! The 50th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering brings Boston-area growers of all kinds together for a free day full of informative workshops\, engaging exhibitors\, networking\, and inspiration. \nCelebrate the start of the gardening season! The 50th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering brings Boston-area growers of all kinds together for a free day full of informative workshops\, engaging exhibitors\, networking\, and inspiration. The event will feature an array of garden skills workshops\, and a day long exhibitor’s hall with opportunities to network with local urban agriculture and garden groups. There will be at least one workshop each session that is offered in Spanish or with Spanish translation. \nThis event is free. \nAbout the Trustees \nThe Trustees care for nearly 52\,000 acres\, including 120 special places – all around Massachusetts. For more than a century\, The Trustees has been on the ground in communities across Massachusetts\, working to protect special places\, providing loving care of our reservations\, building creative new programs to engage people\, and sharing our expertise with neighbors and partners across the state. \nThe Trustees of Reservations preserve\, for public use and enjoyment\, places of exceptional scenic\, historical\, and ecological value.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/the-gardeners-gathering/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Curry Center
CATEGORIES:Environment,Spiritual Resilience
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SUMMARY:Author and Activist Gerry McGovern discusses his latest book\, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology
DESCRIPTION:Our current ways of life are unsustainable\, and we–and generations after us–are already living with the consequences\, in spite of decades of warnings. Gerry McGovern’s new book\, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology\, examines how we got here as well as what we can do for future generations. In his words\, “we must protect and resist”. \nCollapse is coming. Driven by AI\, data centers\, bitcoin\, greed. All the devouring mining\, the relentless toxic waste. And ‘great’ men’s fragile egos and insatiable need to dominate. What will we leave those who must come after us? How did we get here? \n“The timing is perfect: just as the public is waking up to the human and environmental toll of big tech and its ballooning infrastructure\, along comes this book. In 99th Day: A Warning About Technology\, journalist Gerry McGovern takes us around the globe—from Ireland to Spain to Brazil and West Africa and beyond—to share stories of those whose lives have been upended by mining\, chemical dumping\, and corporate land grabs. Deeply researched and written with heart\, 99th Day is essential reading as we grapple with what a “green transition” really means.”\nJudith Schwartz\, author of The Reindeer Chronicles \nThis event is free. \nAbout Gerry McGovern \nGerry McGovern has spent most of his career focused on reducing data waste\, particularly with his method Top Tasks. He has published nine books. His upcoming one\, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology\, deals with a rapidly oncoming environmental and civilizational collapse driven by the excesses and wastes of our abusive technological society\, and particularly by white male supremacy culture. His 2020 book\, World Wide Waste: How digital is killing the planet and what to do about it\, focused on reducing digital waste. His new book\, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology\, will be published in February 2026.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/author-and-activist-gerry-mcgovern-discusses-his-latest-book-99th-day-a-warning-about-technology/
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SUMMARY:Caring for the Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:A weekend retreat for those doing emotional labor—such as therapists\, healthcare workers\, and climate justice organizers—using the Work That Reconnects spiral to process climate grief and build resilience together. The workshop features an anti-oppression approach\, focuses on resistance actions\, offers vegan and gluten-free meals\, is wheelchair accessible\, and accommodates neurodivergent needs. \nThis gathering is for anyone who identifies as doing emotional labor in their daily work or activism\, including: \n\n\n\nMental health\, social work\, and healthcare professionals\nClimate and social justice organizers and activists\nCaretakers\, mutual aid workers\, and community support roles\nAnyone who regularly holds space for the pain of others or for the pain of the world\n\n\n\nWe offer this workshop specifically for people who do emotional labor because this work has been consistently forgotten\, undervalued\, and disrespected under capitalism. It is work that disproportionately falls to women\, people of color\, queer and trans people\, and disabled people. We believe a just world is one in which emotional labor is taken seriously\, fairly compensated\, and supported by care for those who carry it. This workshop is our small and humble contribution toward bringing that world into being. \nCost is sliding scale ($0–$500) with free scholarships for BIPOC and low-income participants. Full attendance\, including an integration call\, is expected. \nFor more information\, click here \nAbout the Co-facilitators\nJulia Levine (she/her) is a New York-based social worker with theatre roots. She brings drama therapy into her social work practice to address mental health implications of the climate crisis with individuals and groups. Julia currently provides therapy and case management for people across the lifespan\, prioritizing trusting and collaborative relationships as the foundation for healing. She is drawn to practicing Work That Reconnects because of the integrative\, iterative\, and transformative nature of the spiral to support life on earth. You can reach Julia via Signal at 314-313-1914  or via email at juliaslevine@gmail.com  \nAlex Chambers (they/them) is a climate justice organizer who engages in direct action and civil disobedience to mitigate the worst impacts of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Living outside the gender binary taught them to notice where systems draw hard lines between people from different walks of life\, and between humans and the living world. They’ve been facilitating climate grief circles for the past five years and are currently developing their Work That Reconnects facilitation skills. You can reach Alex via Signal/text at 774-804-2270 or email at alex@foragedlandscape.com
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/caring-for-the-caregivers/
LOCATION:Cambridge Cohousing
CATEGORIES:Spiritual Resilience
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SUMMARY:No Kings Rally
DESCRIPTION:We cannot institute just and science-based energy and climate policies if we don’t live in a democracy. This is why we continue to stand with No Kings\, and will stand with them on March 28.\n\nPlease check here to find an event near you.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/no-kings-rally/
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