CROSSPOSTING for another enviro group with like-minded interests, please see here: What: Climate Leadership Summit Where: Orlando Public Library 101 E Central Blvd Orlando, FL 32801 When: Saturday, November 8, 11am - 5:30pm and Sunday, November 9, 1:15 - 5:30pm RSVP NOW! Today, the climate movement is full of unprecedented energy and momentum. Together, we’re marching in the streets and working to shift our institutions away from fossil fuels. We’re fighting coal exports, fracking, oil trains, and dirty energy in our communities. And, of course, we’re ready to engage in civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL pipeline if and when that time comes. All of these fights are indispensable to shifting our society off carbon and creating the renewable energy economy. But, with so much of our attention focused on fighting short-term battles, it can be hard to find the time to ask one very important question: is what we’re doing enough—is it enough to change the course of history and prevent the worst? And how can we know if it’s enough, unless we start from a shared vision of what’s necessary and work backwards from it? Help us build a vision of a climate-stable world! Our opponents in the fossil fuel industry have a vision for the future they want to see: a future where oceans and emissions rise unchecked, where extreme energy practices encroach on our communities, and where the worst impacts of climate change are shouldered by those least able to bear them. But what’s our vision? From our perspective, building a shared vision of what we want to achieve is a necessary and pivotal step toward making that vision a reality. That’s why we’re launching Change the Course: People-Powered Strategies for a Stable Climate. Change the Course is an invitation to dig deep and think hard about what it would actually take to stabilize the climate and create a just transition to a post-carbon future. CtC_logo_square_300.jpg In the coming weeks, we’ll hold a series of climate-focused workshops and visioning sessions in cities across the country. There’s a summit happening close to you, and we’d love for you to join us there. These two-day climate leadership summits will be a rare opportunity to participate in something big. Together, we’ll crowd-source a detailed vision of what a sustainable and just future would look like — and brainstorm the strategies and tactics that will get us there. So ask yourself: what would it actually take to stabilize the climate and create a more just future? What specific things are in your vision of a just and climate-stable future? The fossil fuel industry and their political allies are pushing us towards climate catastrophe, but a mass social movement can still change the course and chart a new direction toward a just and stable future. The great social movements of history all dared to dream of a completely remade world, despite the prevailing wisdom that things would never change. Now it’s the climate movement’s turn. RSVP here for the summit in Orlando on November 8 and 9. Together, let’s change the course. For the climate, elise_crop.jpg Elise Nabors Action Network Organizer Rainforest Action Network P.S. For information on where other Climate Leadership Summits are happening, visit: ran.org/changethecourse
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