Collaborative Leadership Program, May 19th

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments Interested in learning more about leadership and organizing? Are you passionate about building collective capacity to make impactful changes in the UO campus and broader communities? Lucky for you, the Climate Justice League invites you to the Collaborative Leadership Program! This will take place May 19th from 10am – 5pm on the UO campus, in the Education Complex, Room 276. The CLP is open...
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Phones for Loans Fundraiser

Posted by on May 14, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments If you have any old cell phones lying around your apartment, don’t throw them away! The University of Oregon Microfinance Initiative is collecting used cell phones as part of a fundraiser for the Haitian non-profit Fonkoze. Phones will be collected in the sustainability center at the bottom level of the EMU, and will be resold to companies that specialize in recycling and repurposing them. All...
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Become a Changemaker!

Posted by on Apr 24, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments YOU’RE INVITED!!! Attend the 2012 Northwest Sierra Student Coalition’s Summer Training Program (NW SPROG). It is a youth led and directed summer camp held from June 24 to July 1 at Camp Fife in Goose Prairie, Washington. During the week-long training, you’ll learned how to work with the media, meet with decision makers, facilitate a meeting, recruit people to a cause, to promote...
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Stop Coal Trains, Bring Climate Justice to Eugene

Posted by on Apr 16, 2012 in Fossil Fuels, Uncategorized | 1 comment Update: No Coal Eugene got some great local media today! http://kezi.com/news/local/244341 As coal plants in the United States continue to close, local organizations around the country appear to have struck a blow to the industry. But in reality, as coal consumption decreases in our country, global demand continues to rise. A result of this shift in demand can be found in recent proposals to ship...
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The Last Mountain: Coal Movie Screening

Posted by on Feb 25, 2012 in Uncategorized | 1 comment The Climate Justice League Beyond Fossil Fuels Campaign presents: A story about the fight for the last great mountain in Appalachia, where community members and environmental activists are pitted against a coal company that wants to explode it to extract the coal within using mountaintop removal. In the Northwest, coal giants like Peabody Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to transport coal...
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Edible Campus: A Campaign for a Good Garden

Posted by on Jan 14, 2012 in Uncategorized | 1 comment The Edible Campus campaign is the latest campaign to join the Climate Justice League, and is working to support the construction of on-campus gardens and other edible plantings. Our first project is focused on the East Campus Grove, the working title of a garden planned for the empty lot adjacent to the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living (CASL) on 18th and Moss. The project is a...
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