Heres the whole line up starting this week. Sat, April 26th 10am during the Co… ift.tt/1r3lhFt Heres the whole line up starting this week. Sat, April 26th 10am during the Convergence Day in Parr Field at Enos Elementary School. to May Day schedule of Convergence events! ift.tt/1lo6rGh Global Climate Convergence Earth Day to May Day (April 22-May 1) Events For your convenience, here is a complete list of events, dates, times, places and descriptions: Tues, April 22 Earth Day Global Peace Walk arrives in Taos! 9am at Taos Visitor Center to Kit Carson Park. Join the Global Peace Walk for their annual walk from Santa Fe to Taos that arrives in our town on Earth Day. Bring banners, signs, and a spirit of peace to the Visitor Center and join the march that proceeds through town to Kit Carson Park. At 12pm in the park, there will be festivities, a cherry blossom tree planting ceremony, a Mayor’s proclamation, and a ceremony by the elders. Invite your friends: ift.tt/1i1nyzE Wed, April 23 Kathy Kelly, peace activist & Voices For Creative Nonviolence 7pm Unity of Taos, 69 Blueberry Hill Rd. Peace activist and director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Kathy Kelly, will speak on drones, peace, and creative nonviolent activism. This event is cosponsored by Campaign Nonviolence, Peaceful Skies Coalition, Code Pink Taos. Invite friends to this event: ift.tt/1jozng1 Thurs, April 24th Forum with the Town of Taos 7pm Mural Room, Old Taos County Courthouse 104 North Plaza Bring your questions, comments, and concerns as representatives of the Town of Taos discuss tourism and marketing. How do climate change, nationwide income inequality, and the declining economy impact the Towns notions of tourism? Fri, April 25 Author/Actress Rivera Sun reads Hope at the End of the World 7pm Moby Dickens Bookshop, 124 Bent St. Author/Actress Rivera Sun reads a new writing, “Hope at the End of the World”. This never-before-heard piece takes the listeners on an incredible journey that captivates the imagination and captures the mythic story of our times. In the story, a young woman, Hope, grapples with the uncertainty of climate change and the yearning to help ensure a future for humanity. Invite your friends to this event: ift.tt/1i1nxM8 Sat, April 26 Convergence in Parr Field: speakers, discussions, • 9am Banner & Art Making for the 2pm Community Parade • 10-11am Pat McCabe on Sustainability • 11am-1pm In Praise of Mother Earth Open Mic • 12pm Love-In-Action Taos hosts a Potluck Picnic • 1pm Live Music • 2pm Community Parade Children, Elders, and All Welcome! • 3pm Miguel Santistevan speaks on What can food security in northern NM look like in a climate change context? • All day: Go Solar Today! campaign, Green Chamber & John Dunn shops offering discounts, and local nonprofits including Code Pink, Love-In-Action Network, Peaceful Skies, Renewable Taos, and more present information, projects, petitions. • Check out website ift.tt/1lo6rGh as other events are added on this day. Sat, April 26th Peoples Mic Poetry Night, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Historic Old Taos County Courthouse Mural Room 104 North Taos Plaza.The Peoples Mic Poetry Night is having its second monthly open-mic gathering (for all ages and degrees of experience). For those that wish to share the stage and gift the people with poetry, please arrive by 7:15 PM to sign-up. This event is being held in conjunction with the Global Climate Convergence events that are happening in Taos from Earth Day (April 22) through May Day. This event is free to the public, but donations will be gratefully accepted on behalf of Metta Theatre for furthering youth-focused, performance art programs here in Taos. Contact Sage Kohen 575.224.0578 or anewparadigmnow@hotmail Invite friends to this event: ift.tt/1jozng7 Sun, April 27, Dreaming from Turtle Island to Aussieland and Back Again 1pm Mural Room, Old Taos County Courthouse, 104 North Plaza. This sharing from Grandmother Abril Mondragon of the Taos Mountain Grandmothers Council is woven with pictures, painted images, poem, and story of the Wise Ways and Life Ways of the Dreamseed Traditions. This is sure to take you on a majikal, healing and inspiring journey Home to Live Our Dream-visions. Sun, April 27 Taos Time Bank – developing local economic resiliency 2pm Mural Room, Old Taos County Courthouse, 104 North Plaza. Taos Time Bank coordinator Cee Bearden will share information about how time banks work. The Taos Time Bank is an organized data based group in Taos, modeled on timebanks.org and the new hourworld.org. Sun, April 27 Renewable Taos presents the Go Solar Today! campaign 4:30pm Mural Room, Old Taos County Courthouse 104 North Plaza. Join Renewable Taos and our local solar installers to learn about the Go Solar Today! campaign to install 1,000 solar systems on homes and businesses in and around Taos! Renewable Taos will be at this and four Global Climate Convergence events to talk about Go Solar Today, and to do estimates of the cost and rate of return for your house or business. Mon, April 28 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about Climate Change in Taos 7pm Kit Carson Electric Coop Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta Rd. Climate Reality Project presenter Bill Brown discusses the local, state, and federal shifts that need to take place to halt global warming and meet the challenges of climate change. This is the Big Picture lecture … well name the names, state the facts, and outline the major changes we need to implement in an exact timeframe. Tue, April 29 Green Chamber: the courage to confront climate change & the Mora County Fracking Ban 5:30-7pm Mural Room, Old Taos County Courthouse, 104 North Plaza. The Taos Green Chamber of Commerce hosts a discussion of the realities of climate change on our local economy. In collaboration with the Global Climate Convergence, this month’s regular gathering will feature County Commissioner John Olivas and Kathleen Dudley with the Mew Mexico Coalition for Community Rights, speaking about the Mora County ban on fracking, and potential applications of the Community Rights Ordinance here in Taos. With high voltage transmission lines looming, rumors of water transfers to the oil and gas industry circulating, and climate change scheduled to eliminate all the trees in our national forest in 17-50 years, Mora County offers some hard-won lessons to us about sustainability and protecting our natural resources. Wed, April 30, REAP Grants Small Business Solar and Renewable Energy 1:30pm, Taos County Administration building. Applications are being taken for rural small business and agricultural producers for the 2014 Renewable Energy for America Program, (REAP) offered by USDA-Rural Development. Rural Development staff will make a presentation on the program on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 beginning at 1:30 in the Taos County Administration building, Commission Chambers, 105 Albright Street in Taos. The REAP program supports projects like wind, photovoltaic (solar electric) installations, solar thermal (heating) installations; energy efficiency improvements like insulation, upgrades to windows, caulking, higher efficiency mechanical systems and lighting alternatives. Biomass and geothermal projects are also supported. Funding for feasibility studies for renewable energy projects can also be awarded. For more information, or to schedule an interview about this topic, contact Mary Emery at (575) 770-8382. Thurs, May 1 May Day Strategy Session: Where do we go from here? 7pm (please check ift.tt/1lo6rGh for location) Over the ten days of the Convergence, weve learned the issues and heard solutions … now what? Now, we plan the next step! Rivera Sun facilitates this World Cafe style strategy session for community members interested in moving Taos forward toward resiliency in a time of great change.ift.tt/1lo6rGh ift.tt/1lo6rGhift.tt/1lo6rGh Source #Occupy #OWS #occupywallstreet #OccupyHQ #GrassRoots via OccuWorld #Occupy #OWS #OccupyWB #OccupyIMF noworldbank #Usury #LiborGate #DIYMoney
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