Great Stuff: From Cart to Art Event

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From Cart to Art Fundraiser .... October 11th! Register Today! View this email in your browser Here is a sneak peak at some of the art items that have been donated to Straub Environmental Center's "From Cart to Art"! This is just a sampling.... Purchase tickets today to see the other gorgeous art pieces to be auctioned off - all made from recycled materials! Straub Environmental Center is excited to announce the social event of the year, "From Cart to Art".   FOOD!   BEER!   WINE!   LIVE entertainment!  All for $20/person or $40/couple   When?  Saturday, October 11 from 6pm - 8pm Where?  2505 Mission St., SE Salem, 97302 (the former Capitol Subaru building on the corner of Mission St. & 25th St.) Who?   Join other environmentally concerned community members for a night of fun, entertainment and learning about ways to become more sustainable and environmentally responsible! All while supporting Straub Environmental Center and our environmental education programs*! What? This innovative and creative approach to reuse and recycling is a way for artists, businesses, groups and individuals to share unique ways to be stewards of the earth by taking gently used, recycled items from their blue bins to create art! The art will be auctioned off at From Cart to Art and all proceeds will aid in supporting environmental education for all community members. Click here to purchase tickets for the party of the year!   * The Straub Environmental Center (SEC) has shaped environmental education over the years, moving learners from awareness to knowledge to influencing attitudes and motivating new individual behaviors and community action. SEC's role in our community as an environmental education leader informs and influences the entire mid-Willamette Valley by creating real change and having a measurable impact on our environment. SEC educational programs help attendees become more passionately involved in protecting and caring for our natural environment by teaching sustainable practices and motivating people to become stewards of the earth. Click here to purchase tickets for "From Cart to Art" Copyright © 2014 Straub Environmental Center, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you attended one of our programs and gave us your email address. Our mailing address is: Straub Environmental Center PO Box 12363 Salem, OR 97309

A must-see: GMO, OMG! Thurs, Oct. 9th PLUS sneak peak of Nov film

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Subject: GMO, OMG! Thurs, Oct. 9th PLUS sneak peak of Nov film
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raising awareness, one film at a time Upcoming Documentaries & Guest Speakers Fall/Winter-2014 salemprogressivefilms.net   Click here to email us.  503-881-5305 503-851-4028 In This Issue October Film November Film   What we do and why we do it The Salem Progressive Film Series (SPFS) mission is to raise awareness and educate the community on important current, local, national and world issues, provide a public forum for discussion and further research, and stimulate personal civic involvement.   Each month, we show high quality documentaries followed by expert guest speakers and an audience discussion.   Where and when we do it Every second Thursday from September to May. 7PM, doors open 6:15   Historic Grand Theatre 191 High St. NE Downtown Salem, OR.     Our Sponsors  Historic Grand Theatre   Salem Weekly   LifeSource Natural Foods   John Gear Law Office   Salem Summit Co.    South Salem Cycleworks   Marion County Environmental Services   BAM Agency   Cascade Baking Co.   Zena Forest, LLC   Salem City Club   Salamander Designs   Nathan Good Architects PC   Allied Video   Salem City Watch   Marion County Democratic Party   Oregon Environmental Council   Quick Links... Our Website More About Us     Please join us one week from tomorrow,  Thursday October 9th, for the screening of the documentary GMO, OMG.    "GMO OMG is an excellent film that accurately describes the complexities of the GMO controversy while making it a very personal, touching, and humorous journey to find non-GMO foods." - The Organic & Non-GMO Report -    "...GMO OMG could be the film that bridges the knowledge gap for hundreds of thousands of Americans and allows us to reach that 'tipping point'..." - ALT Health Works -   See below for more information about the film and guest speakers.   Also, see below for a sneak peak at the November Film!!   If you'd like to become an Individual Supporter of SPFS, for only $65 we will mail you a pass that gives you entrance to all 9 films, from September through May. See the information at the very bottom of this email.   Thank you for your continued support.  Upcoming Film  Thursday, October 9th -- 7 PM   "GMO, OMG"   Who controls the future of your food? GMO, OMG explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity's most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. Director Jeremy Seifert investigates how loss of seed diversity and corresponding laboratory assisted genetic alteration of food affects his young children, the health of our planet, and freedom of choice everywhere. Each of us unknowingly consumes genetically engineered food on a daily basis. Yet the risks and effects to our health and the environment are largely unknown. The film accurately describes the complexities of the GMO controversy while making it a very personal, touching, and humorous journey to find non-GMO foods."   This is a timely film, since we will be voting on GMO labeling (Measure 92) on November 4th. Come and learn more about the issue of GMOs and labeling.    Films website and trailer:  http://gmofilm.com/     Guest Speakers:   Ivan Maluski, Director of Friends of Family Farmers     Scott Bates, Oregon Right To Know, GMO Labeling Campaign    -----------------------------------------------------------------   Thursday, November 13th --7 PM   "Citizen Koch" With the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling opening the floodgates for unlimited political spending, it's now easier than ever to buy an election. But what happens when the voters realize that the billionaires and corporations doing the buying do not have the people's best interests at heart? This question is at the core of CITIZEN KOCH, the new documentary from the Academy Award®-nominated directors of Trouble the Water, Carl Deal and Tia Lessin.   The filmmakers break down the politically-motivated maneuvering behind the Supreme Court case that changed the way our democracy works, making way for the 2010 midterm elections that ushered in a new wave of ultraconservative Tea Party politicians. The Tea Party positioned itself as a citizen-powered, homegrown movement borne from sheer patriotism, but was actually one of the most well-funded and corporately-orchestrated political operations in history. Republicans capitalized on this new era with huge gains not just in Washington, DC, but across the country.    Become an Individual Supporter of SPFS Help support the Salem Progressive Film Series.    Your financial contribution will allow us to bring high quality films and expert speakers to Salem.    Not only will you have personal satisfaction, but you will also be helping to strengthen our community. And your donation is tax deductible.   For only $65, we will mail you a pass for all 9 films, September through May. And, your name will appear as a supporter on our loop video. Mail your check to: PO Box 13184 Salem, OR 97309   Thank you!     ---------------------------------------------------------------------   We are not just an audience. We are not passive witnesses, sitting in a dark theatre. Many of the documentaries that we bring to Salem can be difficult to watch, but sometimes it's what we need to jolt us into action. The goal of SPFS is that each and everyone of you can resonate with our films, and by working together with discipline and persistence, we can overturn unjust authority.

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All have a role in reducing lead emissions at Hillsboro Airport (editorial) | OregonLive.com

http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2014/09/all_have_a_role_in_reducing_le.html

Interesting editorial on toxic lead pollution from aircraft. Very revealing of the Oregonian mindset, which is the same one dominating in Salem, the one that says "It can't hurt you if you don't think about it."

To the Oregonian, rural Oregonians don't matter -- their solution isn't to make the easy fix, stopping use of leaded gas, but rather to send the lead emissions out to be sprayed around where we grow food.  Freaking brilliant.

Lead is a persistent, potent neurotoxin that damages the brain permanently.  When sprayed on crops, it enters the food chain and winds up in us.  When sprayed over urban areas, it gets on everything and begins being consumed with food and drink (in this era of eating while driving, who washes before touching every bite of food?).  Good comment on the article repeated below.

Miki Barnes4 days ago

The Centers for Disease Control has stated that there is no safe level of lead in a child's blood and recommends eliminating this toxin at its source. The largest source of airborne lead emissions in the U.S. are airports, especially airports that accommodate piston engine aircraft like Hillsboro Airport which ranks in the top one percent, 21st in the nation, out of nearly 20,000 U.S. airports in lead emissions.

In light of this substantial body of evidence revealing  the pernicious effect of lead on both children and adults, even at very low exposure levels, why does the Oregon Pilots Association view shifting flight training to rural communities as a solution to airport environmental problems? Is the health and well being of rural residents of less importance than urban dwellers? Why should the for profit flight training industry be entitled to degrade the livability and compromise the health of people who have chosen to live in less populated rural settings? For the record, rural and urban residetns alike are  already subjected to Hillsboro Aviation flight training activity over rural communities throughout the area.

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Find out how to save money and cut carbon pollution for free

This is a genuinely great opportunity -- get a totally free energy waste audit of your house, a list of measures to stop it, ranked by economic payoff, and also the contractor kicks $100 to 1000 Friends of Oregon.

Home energy use causes a huge share of our carbon pollution emissions. Anything you do to reduce it helps.

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay."

Friends, you've never seen an email like this from us before, and you may not again. An opportunity with a local, family-owned benefit corporation offers resources to 1000 Friends and, we hope, benefits to you, too. Your feedback is welcome to amanda@friends.org.   By now we all know winter is coming. You could just accept the drop in temperatures and rise in energy costs. Alternatively, you can participate in a program that supports 1000 Friends, makes your home more comfortable, could save you money on your energy bill, and helps realize Goal 13 of Oregon's land use planning program; Energy Conservation.  Will you sign up for a free home energy assessment and earn $100 for 1000 Friends?    This October 1000 Friends is partnering with Neil Kelly, a family business that's been weatherizing homes in Oregon since 1947, to offer free home energy assessments to our supporters through the Clean Energy Works program. At your home energy assessment a certified technician will complete a 100-point performance check of your home's energy use, and make recommendations for the most efficient upgrades to make your home more comfortable.   The funds raised from this partnership will be directed toward our investment in strategic planning. Did you know 1000 Friends turns 40 next year? To chart a course for our next 40 years in Oregon we're investing in plans of our own.    You can help us reach our goal of 25 sign-ups and $2500 toward strategic planning just by signing up for a free home energy audit. Click here to sign up. We thank our friends at Neil Kelly for their generosity, and we thank you for signing up!  All our best, The team at 1000 Friends of Oregon P.S. Learn more about Oregon's 19 land use goals here.

 

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High Country News is always a treat, one of the best publications out there.  Hat tip to HCN for this pointer:

http://www.hcn.org/articles/library-of-congress-photogrammer/

Depression era photos from your hometown

 

Between 1935 and 1944, a group of photographers fanned out to document life across America. The initiative was a public relations move to bolster support for programs under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's contentious Farm Security Administration, which sought to help those hardest hit by the Great Depression. When it was over, some 175,000 photographs were transferred to the Library of Congress and eventually placed online, but they remained hard for the wider public to access.

Now, a team from Yale University has made it much easier to explore the photos snapped by legends like Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Arthur Rothstein, using an interactive web-based map and archive called Photogrammar. The map allows you to view images county-by-county, some of which appear here. "Nobody has seen them all," says Laura Wexler, an American Studies professor at Yale and co-director the project. The photographers who headed West featured plenty of farmers and ranchers. But they also documented female factory workers in Washington, a man stacking magnesium bullion in Nevada, and a New Mexico woman cradling a wall of chili peppers. In every image, says Wexler, there's a story to be told.

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay."

Friends Fall Book Sale -- always a great bargain, with something for everyone.

The Friends of the Salem Public Library will hold their Fall Book Sale, October 16-19 at a special off-site location this year:

1555 12th Street SE.
The site is next to Fitts Seafood and offers free parking. 

Hours and special features include:

4-8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 16
Friends Night–Members only
Memberships available at the door

10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Friday, October 17 & Saturday, October 18

1-5 p.m.
Sunday, October 19
$4 Bag Day!

Cash and checks only will be accepted for purchases.

A wide variety of materials will be available for sale. Prices are: hardback books at $1.25 each; teen and paperback books at 75 cents each; children’s books at 50 cents each; and audio-visual items at 50 cents-$1 each. Specialty and collectible books will also be available for sale at individual prices.

The Fall Book Sale is sponsored by Trader Joe’s and Roth’s.
More information is available at www.salemfriends.org, SPLFriends@peak.org, or 503-362-1755.

Should the City add ANOTHER developer to our Planning Commission?

The CANDO neighborhood association chair does us all a service laying out the issue as concisely and clearly as possible.  

May all citizens and other neighborhoods join with this sentiment and fend off this destructive, unnecessary proposal that should be called "How to load the dice even further in favor of the sprawl builders trying to bankrupt Salem to line their own pockets."

From: michaellivingston1@msn.com
To: candoboard@googlegroups.com
Subject: FW: Public Hearing Notice - Case No. CA14-06 -proposed amendment to SRC Chapter 6 to amend certain Planning Commission membership requirements
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:49:43 -0700

FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS:

    I'm forwarding this to you for possible action by the CANDO Board by October 7.

    This is a notice of public hearing on proposed amendments to the Salem Revised Code that would increase from one to two the number of members of the city's 7 member Planning Commission of who are engaged in real estate sales or development.  The amendment also would increase from one to two the number of members of the Commission who are engaged in the same trade, business or profession.

    The notice does not identify ANY problem that these proposed amendments would resolve.  The stated reason for the change is that a state statute permits up to two members of the same profession on a city planning commission and most other cities the size Salem allow two, but, Salem restricts it to one.  In other words, Salem's current code complies with state law.  Here's what the applicable state statute says:    

227.030 Membership. (1) Not more than two members of a city planning commission may be city officers, who shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members.

      (2) A member of such a commission may be removed by the appointing authority, after hearing, for misconduct or nonperformance of duty.

      (3) Any vacancy in such a commission shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term of the predecessor in the office.

      (4) No more than two voting members of the commission may engage principally in the buying, selling or developing of real estate for profit as individuals, or be members of any partnership, or officers or employees of any corporation, that engages principally in the buying, selling or developing of real estate for profit. No more than two members shall be engaged in the same kind of occupation, business, trade or profession.

The Planning Commission has broad powers, and diversity of viewpoints is important, particularly on a 7-member Commission.  An increase from one to two of the Commission members who are engaged in the same profession substantially reduces that diversity.  Given that fact, the problem I have with the proposed amendment is -- as I point out above -- there's no identified problem that it seeks to address.   

     The public hearing on the proposed amendment is October 7.   Based solely on the information in this notice, I think that the CANDO Board should take a position in opposition to the proposed amendment.   However, the "staff report" on the proposed amendment has not been issued yet and will come out next week.  I will forward that to you when I get it, and, we can decide then whether to take a position or not. 

MICHAEL LIVINGSTON
Chair  

The Obvious Relationship Between Climate and Family Planning—and Why We Don’t Talk About

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tarico20140926


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We’ll Become ISIS [feedly]

The People's History of the US Military taught me some things, such as how the "scary vet" meme was actually not a Vietnam-era creation, but was present after the Civil War and ever since.

http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781595586285

James Howard Kunstler is a writer and critic of some renown. He has written several times about his guess that we are creating a class of discarded men, veterans, who are going to eventually get fed up and put their training to use here at home to secure themselves some status.

This would be easier to dismiss if Dmitry Orlov, who observed the collapse of the USSR and the chaos that followed, didn't make the same warnings.

http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780865716063

My guess is that they will shift their attention and activity from the mind-slavery of the current Potemkin economy to the very monster we find ourselves fighting overseas: a domestic ISIS-style explosion of wrath wrapped in an extreme ideology of one kind or another replete with savagery and vengeance-seeking. The most dangerous thing that any society can do is invalidate young men. When the explosion of youthful male wrath occurs in the USA, it will come along at exactly the same time as all the other benchmarks of order become unmoored — especially the ones in money and politics — which will shatter the faith of the non-young and the non-male, too. Also, just imagine for a moment the numbers of young men America has trained with military skills the past 20 years. Not all of them will be disabled with PTSD, or mollified with rinky-dink jobs at the Wal-Mart, or lost in the transports of heroin and methedrine.

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We'll Become ISIS