New film on climate from Charles Ferguson
Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson has a new film out that's now posted on Huffington Post. But it will be taken down soon. Continue reading
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Giving Tuesday: Reality Kitchen
In case you missed it, KLCC did a story on the nonprofit Reality Kitchen for Giving Tuesday. Continue reading
Activist Alert 11-25-2015
• The Global People’s Climate March is happening around the world and the local event begins at 2 pm Saturday, Nov. 28 at the corner of 7th and Pearl, then at 2:20 will be a family-friendly march over Ferry Street Bridge or the DeFazio Footbridge to Alton Baker Park. Participants are asked to wear yellow. Organizer Mary DeMocker says that around 3 pm, “we’ll make a video for world leaders and Gov. Kate Brown of hundreds of us transitioning from a huge oil drip formation to a giant living sun.” The gathering is in anticipation of the U.N. Continue reading
Jennifer Frenzer-Knowlton (revisited)
Happening People
February 2008: After graduating from the University of Michigan in economics, Jennifer Frenzer-Knowlton spent three years on Wall Street. “I saw the avarice of capitalism,” she says, so she returned to her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, for a law degree. “I felt that a woman needed teeth in her credentials.” She also got married, and when her physician husband took a job on the Makah Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington, she was hired by the tribe. “I worked on economic development,” she says. Continue reading
Poker For Guns Draws Players, No Protests
Young American’s for Liberty Poker Night a surprisingly tame event
After all the anticipatory hubbub over the Young American’s for Liberty Nov. 20 Liberty Poker Night at UO’s Erb Memorial Union — during which the YAL’s local chapter was denied event funding by the UO student government — the tournament itself was a surprisingly tame event. Among the predominantly male crowd, not a single protester appeared. Continue reading
City To Issue Requests From Private Sector Only For Kesey Square
City of Eugene to issue a request for expression of interest for Kesey Square
The Kesey Square saga continues: The city of Eugene announced it will issue a “request for expression of interest” (RFEI) for the Kesey Square parcel at Willamette and Broadway, but has not put out an actual decision to sell the square to a public process. In an email to Mayor Kitty Piercy and the City Council sent Nov. 18, Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary says that city staff is currently “drafting a request for expression of interest, which will more formally ask if there is other viable private interest in redeveloping the parcel.” Continue reading
Police Force Homeless Family To Move On Cold Night
A member of a homeless family that includes a three-month-old baby, says they were ordered out of their illegally parked family van by Eugene police officers on a cold night Nov. 19, and told their van would be towed. Continue reading
Mayor Piercy Signs Fossil Fuel Petition
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy signed on to a West Coast-wide petition Nov. 21 that calls for politicians to halt all new adoption of fossil fuel infrastructure. Using the political momentum behind the Portland City Council’s landmark Nov. 12 vote to ban any new fossil fuel infrastructure in that city, the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN) is hitting up mayors in Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver B.C. and other cities from California to Canada sign the petition. Continue reading
Belly Restaurant Sees Changes, Former Owner Eyes New Options
Chef Brendan Mahaney sold his popular Eugene restaurant, Belly, to new owners in September, but he already has plans to open another place. “I’m dreaming of a casual, New Orleans-style restaurant,” he says. Contrary to rumors, Mahaney says his choice to sell Belly was “bittersweet,” but not made for any dramatic reason. Continue reading
News out of Alberta regarding tar sands
The government of Aberta is fiinally taking a hard look at the environmental implications of tar sands mining. Is this in response to Obama's killing of the Keystone XL Pipeline and upcoming climate talks in Paris? Continue reading