ACT NOW!!!

Vote on Friday!

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-24-waxman-markey-activism/

MEETING TONIGHT!!!

Meeting tonight at Flying Star in Nob Hill at 7 PM. Come excited!

Momentum towards international climate change pact

By the looks of it, humanitarian organizations like Oxfam are starting to make an impact!

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31066&Cr=climate&Cr1=copenhagen

“The scale of the potential humanitarian challenge presented by climate change in the future is huge,” said John Holmes, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), one of the UN bodies involved in the IASC.

“This is a defining moment to ensure that the challenge is not insurmountable and human suffering is minimised,” added Mr. Holmes, who is also the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator.

More than 20 million people have been displaced by climate-related sudden-onset natural disasters in 2008 alone, according to a new study by OCHA and the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

The total number of people affected by natural disasters has risen sharply over the past 10 years, with an average of 211 million people directly affected each year, nearly five times the number impacted by conflict in the same period.

Extreme and slow-onset climate events – such as floods, storms, droughts, rising sea levels and desertification – are impacting more and more people each year, with the most vulnerable including women and children, those already struggling with poverty, insecurity, hunger, poor health and environmental decline.

Climate change is also expected to dramatically affect patterns of migration and population movement, with many millions to be displaced by prolonged droughts, repeated floods or storms, according to an IASC news release."

Albuquerque Pridefest - THANK YOU!

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by the Oxfam booth at the Albuquerque Pridefest this past weekend! It was wonderful to see so many people who support poverty eradication and substantive change on environmental policy. If you signed up for the listserve, thank you so much! Please let us know about the volunteer activities you are willing to do; there are many opportunities.

Thank you as well to Allie, who came out and manned the table for most of the afternoon.

Don't forget, we have a group meeting on Thursday night at 7:00 pm at the Flying Star Cafe in Nob Hill. Amy and I will be there. Please bring your ideas and your passion.

~Mark

Conference Call with Waxman and Markey - Climate Change

Fantastic opportunity available!!

For anyone who is interested, there is a national conference call on climate change with Representatives Harry Waxman and Ed Markey, the co-sponsors of ACES, this coming Wednesday at 2:30. Contact me or Amy at nmoxfamactioncorps@gmail.com for more details.

Should be very exciting.

- Mark

Movie Screening - Sustainable Santa Fe

The advocacy group Sustainable Santa Fe is hosting a film and post-viewing discussion on June 11, 2009 at the Santa Fe Complex at 624 Agua Fria in Santa Fe. The movie is entitled "The Money Fix" and it focuses on the national money system. A $5 donation is suggested.

Though the movie does not focus on climate change, the movie appears informative nonetheless.

Information is available via email at info@santafealliance.com.

Oxfam America Press Release; Sites needed for Sisters on the Planet Screening

Hey everyone,

A recent press release on climate change from OA: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/press_releases/historic-house-climate-bill-passes-first-test-more-resources-still-needed-for-hardest-hit

Also, if anyone has any ideas about places, organizations, etc. that would be willing to hold a screening of "Sisters on the Planet," please let us know. We're consulting various organizations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, but we have had little luck to date.

Hope everyone is well!