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March 2nd Protest at the Capitol Hill Power Plant

“The worldwide daily reliance on coal is the danger; this is one small step to raise awareness of that ruinous habit and hence help to break it.”
–Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry

If you’re interested in participating, please let us know how we can keep in touch with you as details of the event are finalized.

We think the time to act has arrived, and we hope you will join us in Washington, D.C. on Monday, March 2, in order to take part in a civil act of civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill.  Learn more>>

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For more information about the event, please contact Ted Glick at ted@chesapeakeclimate.org or 240.396.2155.

The City From Below

March 27-29

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Assignment:
Timeline of Waste/Surplus

We would like to make a timeline of “waste/surplus” in broadest sense.
Previously we did a timeline of “water” where we asked students to
research water from 15 billion years ago to present. In this assignment we
asked people to think about about “water” from many perspectives; synchronized
swimming, history of “ice”/ “bling” etc. We had very interesting results when
trying not to limit the conceptual net we cast in thinking of “water”.
(see photos below: recycled water bottles filled with research citations hung
in an arc on the wall)

We would love to work with your class to create a similar timeline of “waste/surplus”.
We are hoping that each student would collect 10 citations (5 from the internet and
5 from the library/non-digital sources)

Conceptual routes:
We live in a time of extreme disparity between those living in scarcity and those that
create scarcity. The current global economy produces an abundance of food and consumer
goods that create waste and by-products that are either unusable or in some cases illegal
to use (food surplus). How has waste been dealt with throughout history? How far can we
cast our conceptual web to think about creating a timeline of surplus/waste?

Possible arc’s the timeline could traject upon:
Surplus creates scavengers, history of scavenging, history of satellite probes
that never made it to space, recycling, creative reuse, scrapping, collectors,
urine harvested for nitrogen turned into fertilizer…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_waste_management

Wanted:
Research citations:
100 words or more text (and or images)
-source of citation:
–print out of book (book cover)
–author
–page number
–website/url

Deadline:
March 23, 2009
Contemporary Museum
high noon.

We will lay out all the citations, discuss and create a timeline with the materials
in the museum.

GOforChange invites you to participate in a fun new project.

What is the best thing are you doing to lower your carbon footprint or have a lighter impact on the planet? — OR — What would you do if you could do anything?

Drop us a postcard that illustrates your answer. Include a brief note (if you wish) on the reverse, and mail your postcard to:

GOforChange
2002 Clipper Park Rd
4th floor
Baltimore, MD 21211

We will post these on the website, starting in March.

We are planning a gallery show for Apri, so watch this space for details as they develop.

And, please help us get the word out about this project. Share with your networks!