Roy Scranton on Terror, Climate, Anthropocene and What They're Terrified of You Knowing | David Henry Sterry

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-henry-sterry/roy-scranton-on-terror-cl_b_8638720.html

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

Where we are

Paris: Too Little, Too Late

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-12-24/too-little-too-late

Fwd: Winter Solstice 2015 - 5 years of solar at LOVESalem Hq

loudon-wainwright-iii---ill-be-killing-you-this-christmas.mp3

http://www.timegoesby.net/files/loudon-wainwright-iii---ill-be-killing-you-this-christmas.mp3

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

Taibbi nails it again: Trump is our Punishment for Letting TV Take Over

Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" has long been on the LOVESalem short list for most important books ever. Now Matt Taibbi updates the reporting on where it leads when your public discourse is all video:

In this he's just like millions and millions of Americans, who have all been raised on a mountain of unthreatening caricatures and clichés. TV is a world in which the customer is always right, especially about hard stuff like race and class. Trump's ideas about Mexicans and Muslims are typical of someone who doesn't know any, except in the shows he chooses to watch about them.
This world of schlock stereotypes and EZ solutions is the one experience a pampered billionaire can share with all of those "paycheck-to-paycheck" voters the candidates are always trying to reach. TV is the ultimate leveling phenomenon. It makes everyone, rich and poor, equally incapable of dealing with reality.

That's why it's so ironic that some people think the solution to the Trump problem is turning him off. What got us into this mess was the impulse to change the channel the moment we feel uncomfortable. Even if we take the man off the air, the problem he represents is still going to be there, just like poverty, corruption, mass incarceration, pollution and all of the other things we keep off the airwaves.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/its-too-late-to-turn-off-trump-20151209#ixzz3u8IJEIPw

This. 10,000 times this.

Next Tuesday night: Terrific documentary about sustainability and climate change

Please put us on your calendar for next Tuesday, December 15th, at 7 PM

At the historic Grand Theatre for the screening of:

"Cowspiracy, The Sustainability Secret"  

The science and research on the true impacts of animal agriculture is growing daily. Can we continue on our current path when we know that it is not sustainable?

 Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today - and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.

"Cowspiracy may be the most important film made to inspire saving the planet", -- Louie Psihoyos, Oscar winning director of "The Cove". 

Tuesday December 15, 2015 * 7 PM 

"Cowspiracy,The Sustability Secret"

Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, and is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry.

And, methane gas has a global warming potential, 86 times that of CO2, (Science Magazine). 

US Methane emissions from livestock and natural gas are nearly equal, (EPA 2015)

Cowspiracy is a shocking yet humorous documentary revealing the environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.

Guest speakers:

 Stephanie Feldstein, Population and Sustainability Director, Center for Biodiversity

Kerri Zemko, RN, BSN, Oncology research nurse

To view trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SRPk6gB3g0

Great citizen-activism in support of Marine Drive Trail

I made the video (link below) to get more public support for buying the Marine Drive right of way so that we could create a trail that connects the neighborhood to downtown. Please share it with others.

I am available to answer questions. The video is only two minutes long.

https://vimeo.com/148125041

Mark Wigg
p 503 588-2524
c 971 600-6607
POBox 831
Salem OR 97308
 

WORD

Once the golden goose leaves, there's nothing left but them regular gooses."
    — Texas state Representative Garnet Coleman

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