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Responding to the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster
Report and Action Information
 Louisville
June 2010
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Event Overview

15000Greetings,

The June 3rd Gulf Oil Disaster event was a good beginning.  We had around 170 people in attendance including representatives from over a dozen action groups, two local television stations and the Courier Journal.

There was general agreement around the understanding that while BP's gross failures caused this disaster, we as participants in our culture's addiction to cheap petroleum hold some of the responsibility for this crisis.

We agreed that while most of us are not in a position to participate in direct clean-up action on the coast there was still much we could do in response to this disaster.  The two major focuses of action that emerged were creating policy change through various expressions of activism and the supporting of a variety of initiatives that contribute to a profound reduction of our dependency on fossil fuels.

In this newsletter are details on these initiatives, information on upcoming events and more.  Coming soon will be video from Wednesday's event and more updates on local activities.

Together we can seize this moment to make a better world.

In Solidarity,    Mark Steiner
 
 
Local Initiatives to Plug In to

15000 Farmers
www.15thousandfarmers.groupsite.com
Gary Heine  garyh@heinebroscoffee.com

Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation
www.cartky.org
David Coyte  dcoyte@juno.com

EarthSave Louisville
www.louisville.earthsave.org
Nate Pederson  npederson@humana.com

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
www.kftc.org
KA Owens  firstwave9@juno.com

Kentucky Solar Energy Society
www.kyses.org
Sam Avery samuelavery@gmail.com

Louisville Climate Action Network www.louisvillecan.org
Sarah Lynn Cunningham  info@louisvillecan.org

Louisville Earth Action Group
Margaret Stewart     margalou2@yahoo.com

Sierra Club Louisville
www.louisville.sierraclub.org
Aloma Dew aloma.dew@sierraclub.org

Transition Towns
www. transitionkentucky.ning.com
Terrell Holder  thholder@bellsouth.net
 
Related Links

oil kids
 
Gulf Coast Volunteer Opportunities

Audubon Action Center   www.audubonaction.org
Nature Conservancy   www.nature.org
National Wild Life Federation   www.nwf.org
Alabama Coastal Foundation   www.joinacf.org
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Volunteers FaceBook Group
 
Upcoming Local Events

Move On. Org rally at Douglas Loop
Thursday, June 10 at 5 pm
bring signs and bring at least one person with you

Louisville Sustainable Living Fair
Friday June 25 4 - 9pm
Rastetter St (between Payne St and Frankfort Ave)
50 plus booths, Food and Fun

Hands Across the Sand on the Riverfront
Saturday, June 26
The Sierra Club will join in this national day of action with local Hands Across the Sands events around the country.  These events will be a coalition effort with other national groups including MoveOn, Oceana, and the Audubon Society.  
Our message:  President Obama: "It's time to move our nation off of oil." (coal as well in Kentucky).

Louisville Sustainability Forum
Meeting the 1st Wednesdays at noon
at Earth and Spirit Center
behind St Agnes Church on Newburg Road

Community Ritual of Mourning and Loss
Date and location to be announced
hosted by Cultivating Connections


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Things to Do, Ways to Help

Write Letters to the Editors
Eat locally grown food
Try Meatless Mondays or
Go Vegetarian
Attend the events above
Buy A Monthly TARC Pass
Ride Your Bike

Give encouragement and direction to
     our political leaders
Call John Yarmuth 502-582-5129
Call Mitch McConnell 502-582-6304
Call President Obama
1- 202-456-1111

Yes Magazines's Six Things To Do About the BP Gulf Disaster

Nature Conservancy's Ways you Can Help Page

Sierra Club Beyond Oil Campaign
(email the president, watch video report)

Here's LCAN's localized, incremental approach
 

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