Action Alerts
Friday, June 9. 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.
An art show rejecting the anti-trans bills and laws that are being put in place all over the U.S and instead celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ artists and performers.
Dress code [optional]: “Punk Rock Queer.”
Hosted by Wild Goose Creative.
Politico calls the Russian Ambassador to the United States "Lonely Anatoly" because his job is to talk with the U.S. government, but the U.S. government won't talk with him.
The U.S. State Department is not talking with the RussianAmbassador about resolving the Ukraine war, but also not talking about much of anything else.
This is dangerous. Failure to communicate only increases distrust and enmity, heightening the risk of nuclear war.
Four blocks from the White House sits the Russian Ambassador's house, the former Soviet Embassy where then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy met with Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to de-escalate the Cuban Missile Crisis by talking. Today, another Russian Ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, is there, but the U.S. State Department doesn't speak with him.
Saturday, June 10
Green Columbus is scheduling an emergency work day to complete planting and maintenance at our Hilltop community tree nursery. Can you spare a few hours to help provide thousands of free trees to Columbus residents this fall? Volunteers will be potting trees, installing bamboo stakes, weeding, and monitoring the irrigation system.
Please head to https://givepul.se/glwl3y to learn more and sign up! Spread the word to your friends and family.
Solar Noon Tuesday will take place again this week, Tuesday June 6th at noon (eastern time) until around 12:45 pm.
Join instructor Jay Warmke on Zoom to ask questions about anything related to solar energy or solar installation.
This is your opportunity to ask questions of fellow PV installers/designers, or just listen to the discussion about topics touching this fast-growing industry.
Zoom Meeting ID: 910 6700 4366
Password: 625623
Monday, June 5, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.
Hosted by Green Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition.
Sunday, June 4, 4:30-6:30pm
Permaculture is a framework for growing food plants, and you can either embrace it all OR incorporate aspects of permaculture into the place you call home. To get a taste of permaculture’s potential, this 2-hour ONLINE presentation will summarize the ethics, principles, and techniques that make this an eco-conscious gardening choice.
Course Objectives
Summarize the ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES of permaculture as a holistic design process and as a lifestyle choice.Summarize the DESIGN GUIDELINES for permaculture in temperate zones and explain the design process.Explain how a permaculturist looks at PLANTS: their functional qualities as well as their aesthetic attributes.Summarize ENERGY FLOWS in the landscape: polycultures, guilds, water catchment, keeping the energy on the land; offer options for the suburban / urban garden.Discuss the PRACTICALITY of permaculture within a modern lifestyle.Permaculture concepts can fit into any garden! There will be interactive Q&A time with the instructor to help you begin your permaculture journey.
aturday, June 3, 2023, 11:00 AM
Join Every Town for Gun Safety for the Wear Orange tailgate, in partnership with We Are Linden.
This is one of two events on Wear Orange weekend, where we wear orange to acknowledge National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Location: Maloney Park, 1701 Joyce Ave, Columbus, OH 43219.
Simply Living volunteered to run a Beverage Booth at the Arts Festival on June 9 & 11. Now we are seeking folks for the shifts.
SL embraced this effort to earn some funds and get the word out about Simply Living and how important green/sustainable efforts are for our community.
Simply Living will share the funds earned with the organizations that help fill shifts with their folks.
Interested? Contact Lynn Stan: lynn.stan@simplyliving.org
Thursday, June 1, 9:30am-1pm
Starbucks, 1085 W. Fifth Ave.
West 5th Starbucks is experiencing anti-LGBTQ+ actions from their manager resulting in making the workers feel incredibly unsafe. Being that it’s pride month, most stores are installing pride flags. Which is what west 5th has done but then their manager came in and RIPPED it from the wall and threw it aside crumbled up on a shelf. When confronted about why he said it was not supported by “corporate” and he didn’t want to get in trouble. Turns out our friend Jill the District Manager is going to be there tomorrow! So store leader Shenby and I have discussed organizing a Sip-in during the day to show the workers that the community stands with them and also openly talk to them (and express to management) that Columbus has PRIDE.
Starbucks thinks they can cash in on pride month but still deny queer partners safety at their stores and disrespect them! We want to show them that Columbus will not stand for hypocrisy!
Tuesday, May 30, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
FirstEnergy wasn’t the only Ohio utility company involved in the H.B. 6 bill and the subsequent $65-million-dollar scandal. Join Common Cause Ohio for a virtual forum on the role that American Electric Power (AEP) played and continues to play in Ohio’s largest corruption scandal.
Moderated by award-winning Ohio Statehouse journalist Morgan Trau, we will hear from Energy and Policy Institute’s policy researcher and writer Dave Anderson, and Kathiann Kowalski, reporter for Energy News Network and Eye on Ohio, both of whom have closely followed AEP’s involvement. They will discuss the role of dark money, the corruption it breeds, and how the company is still benefiting from H.B. 6.
This program is co-sponsored by Ohio Fair Courts Alliance, Energy and Policy Institute, and Sierra Club.
RSVP for this event by using this link.