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DESCRIPTION:The Unitarian Universalist Society\n\nand OccupyForum present…\n\n \n\na 
 special presentation on climate change\n\nwith author and 
 environmentalist\n\n \n\nMark Hertsgaard\n\nSurviving Climate Chaos: 
 Reframing the Climate Question\n\n \n\nMonday, January 26, 2015 from 6 to 9 
 pm\nFirst Unitarian Universalist Center\nMartin Luther King Room\n1187 
 Franklin Street, corner Geary Blvd, SF CA\n\n \n\n​“Over the next 50 
 years, climate change will transform our world in ways we have only begun 
 to imagine. Humans have changed the weather on the planet, and the battle 
 to prevent climate chaos has become the race to survive it. Climate change 
 worsens already existing conflicts over water supplies, energy sources, 
 weather-induced migration -- and it undermines the very ecosystems that 
 make life possible. Besides striving to lower the global thermostat, we 
 must take steps to prepare our societies for the serious climate impacts 
 that are already in the pipeline.”\n\n \n\nMark Hertsgaard has spoken and 
 written about global warming for more than 20 years. At the birth of his 
 daughter, he was struck by how much more rapidly the earth's warm-up has 
 come upon us, and by the evidence of these changes. In his most recent 
 book: HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth, Hertsgaard travels 
 the globe to cover climate change effects and policy. He writes: “This 
 book is both a father’s cry… and a deeply-reported blueprint on how all 
 of us — as parents, communities, companies and countries — can navigate 
 this unavoidable new era.”\n\n\nHerstgaard will address how these 
 changing conditions especially affect peoples living around the equator and 
 in low-lying countries as the oceans rise. What does this mean for them? 
 What will it mean for us? How can we begin to prepare for these inevitable 
 mass migrations?\n\n \n\nLike the 400,000 people who traveled to the 
 streets of NY to marshal action on the climate chaos upon us, we must not 
 remain silent. We must\n\n​become part of the movement and contribute, 
 using our best capabilities. We need thousands of ordinary heroes to step 
 forward\n\nand create a new future.\n\n \n\nMark Hertsgaard is the author 
 of six books and a long-time contributor to leading media outlets around 
 the world, including The Nation, Harper’s, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, 
 Businessweek, NPR and the BBC. Food &Water Watch, 350 Bay Area, The 
 Sunflower Alliance, Rising Tide, and Roots Rising will offer audience 
 members brief descriptions of their climate work, and be available to 
 welcome people who'd like to get involved.\n\n \n\nDonation: $8. – no one 
 turned away for lack of funds\n\nRefreshments available, wheelchair 
 accessible\n\nRSVP: uus4peace@gmail.com or call 415-595-7306\n\n 
 \n\nSponsored by the Unitarian Universalists for Peace & Justice,\n\nthe 
 Green and UU-UNO committees of the UU Society,\n\n​in collaboration with 
 OccupyForum SF\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/12/18766770.php
SUMMARY:Special Event on Surviving Climate Chaos!
LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street\ncorner Geary Blvd.,\nSan Francisco, CA - 94109
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/12/18766770.php
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