A regional resource for Cape & Islands climate activists
March 5, 2020 | v. 6
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UPCOMING REGIONAL
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TOWN MEETINGS
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HOW TO WIN
AT TOWN MEETING
A regional strategy meeting with Mass. Climate Action Network (MCAN) Executive Director Carol Oldham
Wednesday, March 18
6-8pm
Conference Center
Cape & Islands Association of Realtors
22 Mid Tech Drive, West Yarmouth, MA
The Cape Cod Climate Emergency Initiative is sponsoring an important meeting of the entire coalition and climate action networks supporting Declarations of Climate Emergency at spring town meetings Cape-wide. Whether you are involved in climate work, or simply curious, all are welcome!
Our keynote speaker will be Carol Oldham, Executive Director of the Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN), whose presentation —
How to Win at Town Meetings
— will offer local activists the tools and tactics needed to win Town Meeting votes in all Cape Cod towns this spring.
There will be plenty of opportunity for Q&A, problem-solving and brainstorming. Please help spread the word by forwarding this email to friends and colleagues. And don't forget to RSVP below.
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In case you
missed it....
A
new coalition of citizen activists, environmental organizations, town boards, faith communities and others
— the Cape Cod Climate Emergency Initiative — has recently formed to focus attention and action at the municipal level, Cape-wide, on the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero at the earliest time feasible.
Spearheaded by citizen activists at 350 Cape Cod, the newly formed Cape Cod Climate Emergency Initiative includes the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative, Center for Coastal Studies, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Cape Cod/South Shore, Faith Communities Environmental Network, Sierra Club Cape Cod, and Extinction Rebellion Cape Cod.
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LOCAL MEETING SCHEDULE
Climate Emergency Initiative Meetings By Town
(as of 3/6/20)
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Existing or just-forming climate action networks have scheduled meetings in most towns to discuss outreach and planning for their upcoming town meetings. Already involved or simply curious? All are welcome! Please attend.
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Barnstable
Climate Action Network
Monday, March 16, 6pm
Cape Space, 100 Independence Drive, Hyannis
Brewster
Climate Action Network
Meeting coming in April....stay tuned!
Bourne
Climate Action Network*
Wednesday, March 25, 6pm
Jonathan Bourne Public Library
19 Sandwich Rd, Bourne
*jointly with Bourne Recycling Comm. Movie Night
Chatham
Climate Action Network
Saturday, March 21, 10am
Chatham Community Center
702 Main St., Chatham
Dennis
Climate Action Network
Thursday, March 26, 6pm
Dennis Police Station
90 Bob Crowell Rd., South Dennis
Eastham
Climate Action Network
Thursday March 26, 6pm
Eastham Public Library
190 Samoset Rd., Eastham
Falmouth
Climate Action Network
Wednesday, March 11, 7pm
Falmouth Public Library, Herman Room
300 Main St., Falmouth
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Harwich
Climate Action Network
Monday, March 23, 7pm
Brooks Free Library, Thornton Room
739 Main St., Harwich
Orleans
Climate Action Network
Currently not scheduled.
Provincetown
Climate Action Network
Currently not scheduled.
Sandwich
Climate Action Network
Wednesday, March 25, 6:30pm
Sandwich Public Library
142 Main Street. Sandwich
Truro
Climate Action Network
Saturday, March 14, 10am
Community Room, Truro Public Library
7 Standish Way, North Truro
Wellfleet
Currently not scheduled.
Yarmouth
Climate Action Network
Saturday, March 28, 1pm
South Yarmouth Library, Leonard Room
312 Old Main St., South Yarmouth
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Things
you
can do to participate.
- Forward this email to friends and colleagues concerned about the Climate Crisis and who might want to become active in their own communities.
- Plan to attend the regional Climate Action Network Coordinating meeting — "How to Win at Town Meeting" — on Wednesday, March 18 in Yarmouth.
- Contact us at capecodclimate@gmail.com to connect with Climate Action Network (CAN) leaders in your community and let us know what town you are from.
- Get active with (or start) a CAN in your community by serving as a coordinator or participant.
- Visit the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) website to view some of their tools and webinars on local opportunities to mitigate the climate crisis.
- Pledge to attend your spring town meeting and to vote FOR the Declaration of Climate Emergency.
- Remain active with your local CAN. And join an energy committee (or start one!), attend planning and selectboard meetings. Stay active.
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A refresher: Town-based Climate Emergency Declarations look much like this
While each is different, all town declarations share the basic principles described below
[Sample]
Eastham's Declaration of Climate Emergency
"
The Town of Eastham
recognizes that the climate emergency, driven by human activity including energy consumption and land use practices and leading to global warming, rising seas, deadly storms, dangerous heat waves, acidifying oceans, and melting ice sheets, poses an imminent threat to the health, safety and economic security of the residents of the Town. The Town of Eastham therefore adopts as its policy the objective of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions from human activity within and by the Town to zero at the earliest technically and economically feasible time, and directs that all officers and departments of the Town take such measures within the scope of their respective responsibilities and authority as may be necessary and prudent to facilitate such policy and objective."
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Massachusetts Legislative Resources
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This newsletter is curated and compiled by Fran Schofield. Got a great local climate story? Let us know.
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The Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to reach carbon neutrality
—
or net zero
—
on Cape Cod and the Islands of Massachusetts by enhancing communication, collaboration, and activism among organizations, programs, and individuals committed to mitigating the climate crisis.
All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
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