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Rick Bonetti
May 172 min read
[Inside] The Movement
Inside the Movement (ITM) is "a team of climate activists and journalists - the folks at EarthRise, Fossil Free Media, One Earth, The...
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Rick Bonetti
Apr 92 min read
Oregon's 2024 Legislative Session
According to Alan Journet, "SOCAN's Federal and State Project Team survived a rather bland 2024 Oregon Legislative Session." during which...
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Rick Bonetti
Apr 22 min read
National Week of Conversation
April 15-21, 2024 is National Week of Conversation - "An opportunity for Americans to show up for each other and for the country we love....
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Rick Bonetti
Mar 223 min read
Merchants of Doubt
There are deep connections between politics and the fossil fuel industry and campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established...
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Rick Bonetti
Mar 132 min read
State of the Union
On March 6, 2024, President Biden delivered his 68-minute State of the Union address to Congress. It was a partisan message intended to...
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Rick Bonetti
Jan 72 min read
An Ecospiritual Hub for an Ecological Civilization
Wikipedia defines "ecological civilization" as "the hypothetical concept that describes the alleged final goal of social and...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 22, 20232 min read
The Fight Is Not Over
On December 20, 2023 the Oregon Court of Appeals found that Oregon’s cornerstone Climate Protection Program was "invalid on procedural...
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Rick Bonetti
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Competition or Collaboration for a Sustainable Economy?
On Friday, October 20, 2023, at 9 a.m. PDT, ProSocial Commons is sponsoring a webinar with Denise Hearn on Competition or Collaboration...
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Rick Bonetti
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Treasury Investment & Climate Protection Act
From: Cherice Bock, EMO/OLIS Re: Oregon HB 2601 (The Treasury Investment & Climate Protection Act) There is a hearing coming up this...
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Rick Bonetti
Jan 24, 20231 min read
Resilient, Efficient Buildings Task Force
In 2022 the Oregon State Legislature established the Joint Task Force on “Resilient, Efficient Buildings (REBuilding).” This Committee,...
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Rick Bonetti
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Republicans and Climate Change
At the end of 2022, NPR News pondered how the Federal government's response to the climate emergency will be affected as Republicans get...
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Rick Bonetti
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Roadmap to 2035
At its November 17, 2022 meeting, the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) discussed preliminary options for recommending an update to...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Economics of Happiness Conference
On October 27–29, 2017 Local Futures and David Korten’s Living Economies Forum presented at the Economics of Happiness Conference in Port...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 13, 20221 min read
The Great Turning
The collective mission of The Great Turning Initiative at Findhorn is "to cultivate a spiritually-awakened, holistic, life-affirming...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Reversing Economic Inequalities
On Monday, Dec 12, 2022 at 3 p.m. PST Institute For The Future is offering a free to the public behind-the-scenes look at how New Zealand...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 3, 20221 min read
How the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Can Benefit Faith Communities
Did you know that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) now makes it possible for nonprofit organizations to receive a direct payment from...
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Rick Bonetti
Nov 19, 20223 min read
COP27, Capitalism and Climate Change
COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, scheduled to end Friday, November 18, 2022, lingered as nations clash. As NPR puts it, "The main...
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Rick Bonetti
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Centering Africa at COP27
The United Church of Christ’s Creation Justice Webinar series is held on Zoom the second Wednesday of each month.
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Rick Bonetti
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Oregon Ballot Measures
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 is the deadline for Oregon voter registration for the November 8, 2022 General Election. If you are already...
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