Faith-based climate action this week
Save the Date Vote Forward: Solving the climate crisis requires a functioning democracy! The UUFC Democracy Action Team is partnering with Vote Forward volunteers, who encourage fellow citizens to participate in our democracy by sending handwritten letters to unregistered and low-propensity voters. Letter writing will begin early March with Zoom and in-person writing events!
CAT sign-ons: CAT worked with the Board to establish criteria for Justice Teams sign-on to and/or endorse justice causes. Applying those criteria, CAT has signed-on to and/or endorsed:
> Support Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty (11/1/23),
> Support Overnight Cooling Center at OSU (11/4/23),
> Oppose GTN Xpress Pipeline (12/14/23),
> Oppose Removal of Councillor Chalynn Ellis (2/2/24), and
> Support Pause on LNG exports (2/13/24).
CAT’s notifications to the Board of these sign-ons are in this folder.
Bottle Drop: Support the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition by using its blue Bottle Drop bags. These are in the lime-green bucket on the window-ledge behind the snack table in the social hall. The Corvallis Bottle Drop is behind the WaFa bank on 9th St.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby: Short video describing CCL’s success with respect to advancing the PROVE IT Act.
TED Talk: Executive director Jonathan Foley presents the Drawdown Roadmap, a science-based framework for identifying the best solutions to use at the right time and in the right place to address climate change while improving human well-being, equity, and justice. This talk is sure to inform and inspire you as much as it did the live audience of hundreds.
Oregon Treasurer’s Net-Zero Plan: Divest Oregon response (generally positive) to this plan