Upcoming


ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FILM SERIES
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:00pm

Al Gore's 'AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL -- TRUTH TO POWER'
Donations requested
Unity Center
1717 N. 73rd St.
Wauwatosa, WI

 A discussion is to follow, hosted by Barbara Richards of the local chapter of the Sierra Club. 
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Appeals Chief Judge Lisa Neubauer and Appeals Judge Brian Hagedorn are running in the election for Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Find more information at Ballotpedia
To see a sample ballot for your WI address, go here.
Two screenings of National Geographic Society’s
'Paris to Pittsburgh'

Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Brookfield Public Library

Thursday, April 18, 2019
​Wauwatosa Public Library

​Refreshments and conversation 6:30pm
Movie starts 7:00pm

​Don't miss these FREE screenings

Hosted by Citizens Climate Lobby-Milwaukee West Chapter
​350 Milwaukee Meeting:
Tuesday, April 9, 7- 8:30pm
​at the Urban Ecology Center

Margaret Swedish will speak on how we deal with the global warming crisis on an emotional and spiritual level.

The Center for New Creation educates and fosters dialogue about critical ecological and social justice issues, encouraging careful social analysis and reflection to identify root causes of environmental degradation, injustice, and social violence, and strategic, community-based actions in response. The CNC supports creative and just alternatives to the status quo and emphasizes the importance of solidarity and common effort across national and economic boundaries in the work for a better world
Shorewood Environmental Film Festival
Friday, April 12, 7:00 – 9:00pm
3930 N Murray Ave, Shorewood, WI

'Reinventing Power'

The Shorewood Conservation Committee is launching its third annual Environmental Film Festival this year. An amazing crowd of almost 100 people were on hand to watch and discuss the first two films.
Admission is FREE

The Sierra Club documentary takes the viewer across the U.S. to learn how people are making clean energy achievable. One promising takeaway is that jobs, economic growth, and innovation do not have to be sacrificed for a better environment. "Reinventing Power" focuses on eight people whose lives have been changed by the renewable energy industry. Join us to learn about Shorewood's own efforts to green up our energy footprint locally.
​Earth Day 2019
Monday, April 22 is Earth Day
Events April 19 - 22
Next U.S. Youth Climate Strike
​Friday, May 3
 "It’s going to take bold action to bring about bold solutions to this crisis, and we’re not afraid to show our elected officials that we mean business. On March 15th, youth in the US will join thousands of youth across the globe striking from school for climate action. And we need your support." - Isra Hirsi, US Youth Climate Strike​
Watch this space as more information becomes available

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Petitions

350 Milwaukee's petition to Senator Tammy Baldwin asking her to support the Green New Deal

The petition, with about 1400 signatures, was delivered to
​Senator Baldwin's Milwaukee office
633 West Wisconsin Ave, Suite 1920, Milwaukee
on ​Friday, February 15.

​The key points of the petition are:
  • Cut ties with the fossil fuel corporations rigging our democracy.
  • Support visionary legislation like a Green New Deal to create millions of good green jobs and hasten a just and equitable transition to 100% renewable energy for all.
  • Stop all new coal, oil and gas projects.
  • Hold big polluters responsible for misleading the public and wrecking the climate.​

As of March 13, 2019, we haven't had a response from Senator Baldwin, or her office, though we were promised a response by her staff.
Read more here.

This is a 350 Milwaukee Campaign
Tell BlackRock's CEO: Stop Funding the Climate Crisis
It’s time for BlackRock to put their money and power where their mouth is. Send a message now to CEO Larry Fink to be a true leader and stop investing in climate destruction!​
This is a Sierra Club Campaign
 Support Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

For the first time ever, someone in Congress has a plan that is ambitious enough to address the climate crisis.
Newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing her fellow Democrats to create a Green New Deal – a plan to transform our economy and society at the scale needed to stop the climate crisis.
Sixty Seven Representatives (only one - Mark Pocan - from Wisconsin) and Eleven Senators (none from Wisconsin) have signed onto the Green New Deal resolution. Add your name now to help make sure the Green New Deal is on the agenda as Democrats take power in the House of Representatives.

Click here to read, and sign, the petition to House Democrats!

Green New Deal - Sunrise Movement - Website
The left must be bold and back a green new deal - The Guardian
The Green New Deal, explained - Vox
The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal - The Intercept

350 Milwaukee is a supporter of the Green New Deal!
​The Foxconn Solar Petition
During September and October the Clean Power Coalition-SEW gathered more than 600 signatures for a petition to We Energies and Foxconn. Perhaps you are one of the signers.
​
​Read We Energies response here.
Click here to help stop the oil pipeline that would go through Wisconsin

In the News

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
 - NPR
We're unleashing our imagination and exploring a dream, a possible future in which we're bringing global warming to a halt. It's a world in which greenhouse emissions have ended.
Youth climate strikers: 'We are going to change the fate of humanity' - The Guardian
Exclusive: Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on 15 March, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations
Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos
Listen here! - The Guardian
Protest by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg snowballs to last day of World Economic Forum

Read one of Greta's Facebook posts - 350 MKE Facebook

Watch Greta's TED Talk
European colonization of Americas helped cause climate change
 - The Guardian
​Research finds killing of native people indirectly contributed to a colder period by causing deaths of around 56 million by 1600
Environmental Photographer Captures Climate Change
 - Fresh Air Podcast on NPR​
The new documentary 'The Human Element' follows photographer James Balog as he captures images of rising sea levels, melting glaciers and roaring wildfires associated with climate change.
Americans’ climate change concerns surge to record levels, poll shows - The Guardian
Total of 72% polled now say global warming is personally important to them, Yale said, as 73% accept it is happening
More Than 600 Environmental Groups Just Backed Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal - gizmodo​
Pressure continues to mount on Congress to get its act together on climate change. The latest salvo came on Thursday, as 626 groups delivered a letter to every member of Congress laying out their support for a Green New Deal and their demands.
U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed - New York Times
America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years, according to a preliminary estimate published Tuesday.
Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study  - The Guardian
Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now
How we can combat climate change  - Washington Post
The world has until 2030 to drastically cut our emissions. Where do we begin?
​JULIANA v. U.S. - CLIMATE LAWSUIT Updates
Our Children's Trust elevates the voice of youth to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere for the benefit of all present and future generations. Through our programs, youth participate in advocacy, public education and civic engagement to ensure the viability of all natural systems in accordance with science.

Youth Call on the Colorado Supreme Court to Vacate Opinions After Court of Appeals Judge was Found to Have Racial Bias in Their Anti-Fracking Case
​ - January 24, 2019

​Our Children's Trust press releases are here
This is how your world could end - The Guardian
​In an extract from his book Ends of the World, Peter Brannen examines mass extinction events and the catastrophic outcome of rising temperatures for all the world’s population.
How to change the minds of climate deniers
​ - Grist via The Guardian
Recent polls have found the number of people who believe climate change is real has jumped. What convinced them?

To take on climate change, we need to change our vocabulary
​ - Grist via The Guardian
When we talk about saving the planet, we employ the narrative of war. Does it only deepen our divisions?
10 Reasons to Feel Hopeful About Climate Change in 2019
​​ - Sierra Club
Humanity’s on the brink, but signs are emerging that we’ll pull back
Migration and climate change are deeply connected

350.org has released a 2 minute video where they help break down the connections between climate change and migration, this is one of the most important stories our movement needs to be telling right now.
Watch it and share!
There are also additional articles on climate change and migration

More on this subject: The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change - The Guardian
Climate Change Is a Public Health Emergency
 - Scientific American
​Here are eight reasons why
Not all environmentalists eat tofu: the hunters fighting climate change - The Guardian
​Progressives should think twice about who their allies are. Conservatives, especially those who hunt, can be alarmed about climate change too
How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone - The Guardian
​Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth’s ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989
Founders of plastic waste alliance ‘investing billions in new plants’ - The Guardian
European NGO says firms are likely to be at centre of global boom in plastic production
Katharine Hayhoe: 'A thermometer is not liberal or conservative' - The Guardian
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. In 2018 she was a contributor to the US National Climate Assessment and was awarded the Stephen H Schneider award for outstanding climate science communication.
How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet
by Bill McKibben,  The New Yorker
​With wildfires, heat waves, and rising sea levels, large tracts of the earth are at risk of becoming uninhabitable. But the fossil-fuel industry continues its assault on the facts.

350 Milwaukee in the News


​Coverage of 350 Milwaukee protesting Trump - Milwaukee Courier
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​350 Milwaukee's Keep it in the Ground Protest - Wisconsin Gazette

Larry Hoffman talking about solar power - Wisconsin Public Radio

George Martin talking about oil trains - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Julie Enlsow on the Paris Climate Agreement - Milwaukee Courier
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Our Upcoming Meeting

Next meeting Tuesday, April 9th, 2019  7pm
Riverside Park Urban Ecology Center 1500 E. Park Place,  Milwaukee