Thurs. March 1st - OBJECT to massive offshore drilling

To respond to plans to dramatically increase leases for offshore drilling of oil and gas, we will gather, with pens or laptops,  as the People’s Ocean + Energy Management (POEM) Assembly to send official comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).  Well-informed members will be present with ideas, literature, BOEM handouts, encouragement, and a good dose of outrage.

Thursday, March 1st, 7-9 pm, Wildflower Church Community Room. Bring your laptop!
Or go to this article from the Austin Sierran to read all about it, and send your comment(s) via the article's link.  The COMMENT PERIOD for this phase ends on MARCH 9.
Trump Abandons Ocean Drilling Protection

SUNDAY, 2/18, 9:30-10:45 am: CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION: Carbon Capture Through Crops, Soil and Grass.

LOCATION: Faith Parlor--across from the Sanctuary at Wildflower Church, 1314 E. Oltorf.
      We will look at alternatives to high-tech carbon capture. This could also be called, "How to Have Your Cow and Your Planet Too" (and incidentally wipe out world hunger). The "dirty secret" of global climate targets is that the scenarios presume that an enormous quantity of carbon dioxide can be captured and safely sequestered, but the means of doing so at scale is unproven. Meanwhile, a new breed of "carbon farmers" is trying to get attention on the promisingly large amount of carbon that photosynthesis can capture in regeneratively managed soils, crops, and grasslands.

      We hope to be able to include guest presenters. Discussion time follows, and may continue afterward at Starbucks.

     Wildflower Church shares its campus with Faith Presbyterian Church.
     For more details, contact Susan Lippman at 512-810-0236