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Happening This Week
'Chop' Vote, Women's Day March, Waste Pits, Paddling Woodlawn
Deceleration’s free Happening newsletter delivers to your inbox events to help grow and deepen community while interrupting ecological crisis. Deceleration is rooted in San Antonio and serving the South Texas bioregion. You are receiving this email because at some point you signed up for news, analysis, and events from Deceleration. We recently split our news and events into separate newsletters.
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Rush Deadline |
Volunteer to Serve on San Antonio’s SA Climate Ready Committees |
Seats are open on the two SA Climate Ready committees, tasked with helping guide implementation of the City of San Antonio’s 2019 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. If you are interested, click through here, click ‘Apply Now,’ and scroll down to Climate Ready. There are open seats on both the Technical/Community and Equity committees and members up for reappointment. But seeing as the last two meetings of the Equity committee have been cancelled for lack of attendance, that may be the surer bet for motivated residents.
Deadline to apply is Friday, Friday, March 3.
Need help? Contact: Nancy Cano, Boards & Commissions Coordinator at (210) 207-7253 or via email at Nancy.Cano@sanantonio.gov. |
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City of San Antonio’s controversial Brackenridge Park remodeling job demands about 50 trees be axed in Phase One. Expect resistance at this Austin hearing that could clear the way. | |
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Mark the artists organizing this exhibit among those firmly opposed to the violent harassment of (normally) internationally protected migratory birds and elimination of heritage trees. | |
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Splash into Science is an immersive snorkeling program which provides low-impact educational fun in the spring-fed, crystal clear waters of Spring Lake. | |
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Immersive creator Pamela Martinez continues Teletextile’s DAM! series, a celebration of art, sound, and nature. We recommend you RSVP. Also: A moment of silence for the destruction of Bird Island, please. | |
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The theme this year is inspired by the words of Fannie Lou Hamer and the work of Audrey Lorde: “No one is free til everyone is free, even though their shackles are different from my own!” | |
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1:30pm CST Friday, March 3
Deceleration shared the work of Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson—one of the researchers guiding the science behind the drive for a Green New Deal—in a recent newsletter. Jacobson argues convincingly that even Texas can kick fossil fuels and shift to a reliable, affordable energy grid with existing technology while growing jobs. Here’s your chance to hear from Jacobson directly on the findings contained in his book “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air.” He is joined by Ken Cook, who some of you know as a cofounder of the Environmental Working Group, which works to protect human health and the environment.
Registration: https://www.samuellawrencefoundation.org/first-fridays-march-3rd-23 |
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Around the Bend |
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The ever-motivational Commission Shifts leads a conversation about proposed state waste pit rule amendments—and how to influence the rulemaking by submitting public comments. | |
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Expedition School brings paddleboard, kayak, and canoe rentals to Woodlawn Lake Park. The group is promising future youth programming, environmental clean ups, custom adventure teambuilds, and accessible adaptive recreation. | |
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Join San Antonio Astronomical Association at Government Canyon State Natural Area for an evening of stargazing and planet watching. | |
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Hear from leaders of Gulf Coast frontline communities about their experiences of environmental racism and take digital action in solidarity with them. Recommend. | |
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This sexual assault survivor spent 2021 raising awareness of women’s safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her personal birdwatching goal along the way and setting a new Lower 48 Big Year record. | |
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This Week’s Most Popular Story at Deceleration.news
A new report assessing global climate risk to the built environment, identifies Florida, California, and Texas as among some of the most threatened territories on the planet due to global warming impacts.
Story Here.
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Youth Grants for Water Projects |
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That’s ~$11,000 (USD) smackeroos for youth-led sustainable water projects!
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) just launched the 2023 Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC) and invites youth from Canada, Mexico and the United States to submit entrepreneurial innovations addressing water challenges, including drought, climate change, toxic chemicals, water quality, and more. This year’s challenge will also support the ongoing efforts of the United Nations International Decade for Water Action, with a special focus on the connection between water and climate change. Guidelines and submission form here.
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$1M for San Antonio Eco Scholars
San Antonio’s Solid Waste Management Department and Office of Sustainability will be awarding $1M in grants to local schools to support the city’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) goals. Your project could qualify for up to $10,000! Make sure your school is on board—cuz that’s where the money goes. Application form is here.
More info: English or Spanish. |
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