http://amherst350.afscwm.org Organizing to support the climate health of the planet Fri, 28 May 2010 18:06:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During the Sustainability Festival in Amherst a while back, our Amherst350 group (principally Dylan Klempner the videographer and editor) filmed several people, including Alan, M.A., Leila, and Shel, responding to questions about the environment.  Some segments of the responses are on today's editorial page in the section "Voice of the ... http://amherst350.afscwm.org/2010/05/amhersts-sustainability-festival/ Read the REPORT of our trip! On March 14th, 2010, six members of the Amherst 350 group went to Washington D.C. where we spent Monday lobbying with staffers of our senators and Representative John Olver. We are the second group headed up to D.C. in partnership with  Pioneer Valley Climate’s ... http://amherst350.afscwm.org/2010/02/we-are-going-to-washington/ The Leadership Campaign is calling on Governor Patrick and the legislature to put Massachusetts on the road to 350 by committing to 100% Clean Electricity in the next 10 years.  Leila Quinn of the Campaign spoke about it at our Jan 18 meeting, and we signed its Community Letter of ... http://amherst350.afscwm.org/2010/01/we-have-signed-in-support-of-the-leadership-campaign/ On December 2, 2009, The Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org took an historic step in the desperate fight against climate catastrophe:  They petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national pollution cap for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  They put out a call for organizations to ... http://amherst350.afscwm.org/2009/12/we-have-joined-in-a-petition-filed-by-the-center-for-biological-diversity-and-350-org-to-cap-greenhouse-gas-pollution-under-the-clean-air-act/