June 2023 Climate Action Calendar
Here's a brief list of various online and Rogue Valley in-person activities this summer that may be of interest to you. Check back as...
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ROGUE VALLEY VOICE
Advocating for a Sustainable Future
Our voice in southern Oregon for emerging, sustainability
Our Mission is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. This blog complements the Rogue Valley Voice Facebook page.
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Rick Bonetti
- May 27
- 4 min
Zest For Life
"Le gout de vivre" or zest for life is a theme frequently used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to refer to the life force that animates...
Rick Bonetti
- May 1
- 3 min
AI and Our Human Future
On May 1, 2023, the New York Times reported ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead. "Dr. Geoffrey Hinton said he...
Rick Bonetti
- May 1
- 4 min
May 2023 Climate Action Calendar
Here's a brief list of online and Rogue Valley in-person activities that may be of interest to you. Check back as this post will be...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Earth Day 2023
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Oregon Interfaith Power & Light Advocacy Days
Cherice Bock of Oregon Interfaith Power & Light (OIPL) Advocacy is inviting people in Representative Pam Marsh's district to a virtual...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Human Energy Project
April 18, 2023, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m, PDT or on Zoom - Congregational UCC-Ashland, as part of their Adult Education program, is...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Solving the Climate Crisis
April 26, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. PDT - Pachamama Alliance will present a webinar Resilience and Possibility in These Times: Solving the...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Cosmogenesis
Cosmologist, Dr. Brian Swimme's 2022 book Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe is the story of an unfolding universe, one...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Global Kinship: Exploring the Emerging Noosphere
Global Kinship will present a Zoom webinar entitled Cosmogenesis and the Noosphere on April 6, 2023, at 1 p.m. PDT. This will be an...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 2
- 7 min
April 2023 Climate Action Calendar
We just returned from a trip driving through some northern California redwoods, impressed by the stunning beauty and majestic grandeur of...
Rick Bonetti
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Ecumenical Advocacy Days
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a virtual gathering scheduled for April 25-27, 2023 from 5:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.PDT. This "annual gathering of...
Rick Bonetti
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Creating Ecozoic Practices
Deeptime Network will be offering a 4-week Zoom course on Creating Ecozoic Practices, on Tuesdays, April 4 - May 2, 2023, from 4-6 p.m....
Rick Bonetti
- Mar 6
- 1 min
March 2023 Climate Action Calendar
March 7, 2023, at 11 a.m. PST - Climate Cafe Multifatih will host a zoom presentation Africa’s Youth Raise a Global Voice to Shape a Just...
Rick Bonetti
- Mar 6
- 1 min
EcoSpirituality
The BTS Center is offering an eight-week online course EcoSpiritual Leaders: Encounters with Wholeness on Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:30 p.m....
Rick Bonetti
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Full Moon Monthly Spiritual Gatherings
Unitarian Universalist Ministry For Earth (UUMFE) will have its Monthly Spiritual Gathering on Zoom on March 7, 2023, at 4 p.m. PST....
Rick Bonetti
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Leaky Stoves and Deadly Gases
United Church of Christ's monthly Creation Justice webinar on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 10 a.m. PST will be: Leaky Stoves and Deadly...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 21
- 2 min
The Art of Saving the Planet
"Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher who founded the Plum Village...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Cohort For Congregations
“Resilience Hubs are community-based locations that nourish existing relationships and trust in the community to help prepare for the...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Building Resilience
" According to Brad Reed, Campaign Director for Building Resilience, "Our buildings and homes account for more than one-third of the...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Celebrate Youth Leadership
Image from the film's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/youthvgovfilm On Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. PST...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Treasury Investment & Climate Protection Act
From: Cherice Bock, EMO/OLIS Re: Oregon HB 2601 (The Treasury Investment & Climate Protection Act) There is a hearing coming up this...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Faith Climate Action Week 2023
Oregon Interfaith Power and Light (OIPL) is making plans for next year's Earth Day April 22, 2023 and Faith Climate Action Week April 14...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 10
- 1 min
The People’s Hearing to Stop GTN XPress
From Maig Tinnin at Rogue Climate: "Federal regulators did not hold a public hearing on TC Energy’s GTN XPress fracked gas pipeline...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 9
- 1 min
The Energy Future of Congregations
Interfaith Power & Light and its partners are hosting a Zoom webinar: Planning the Energy Future of your Congregation on February 21,...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 8
- 6 min
EMO Earth Summit 2023 Recap
Earth cookies baked by Linda Hammer-Brown, served at the Earth Summit. On February 5, 2023, from 1:30-5 p.m., PST Ecumenical Ministries...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 7
- 1 min
The Land Back Movement
February 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. PST - the monthly installment of UCC's Creation Justice Webinars will address the Land Back Movement,...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 6
- 3 min
An Evolutionary Hope for the Future
In 1967, when I was just entering graduate school at UCLA, history professor Lynn White Jr. had his article The Historic Roots of our...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 3
- 1 min
Resilience Over Climate Abuse
The Unitarian Universalist Young Adults for Climate Justice caucus is looking for support as they will be heading to New Orleans in April...
Rick Bonetti
- Feb 1
- 2 min
February 2023 Climate Action Calendar
February 4, 2023, from 9 a.m. to Noon the Rogue Basin Water Action Community will have its 2023 Kick-off Event at the Medford Library...
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