[CoolCommunities] Fwd: Polar Bears and Climate Change This Friday Night!

Tue Feb 12 12:32:00 PST 2008

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sarah Brown <actionkittery at gwi.net>
> Date: February 12, 2008 8:48:59 AM EST
>
>
> THE POLAR BEAR SURVIVAL TOUR -- ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH FRIDAY,  
> FEBRUARY 15TH, 6:30pm
>
>
> St. John's Stewardship of the Earth Committee presents: THE POLAR  
> BEAR SURVIVAL TOUR, Friday, February 15th at 6:30pm, as part of  
> it's Down To Earth Series.  The event will be free and open to the  
> public and will take place at St. John's Episcopal Church in  
> downtown Portsmouth.  The Down To Earth Series is an array of  
> forums, slideshows, multi-media presentations and films on the  
> environment, with a specific focus on the problem of climate  
> change.  The Series aims to educate Seacoast residents about their  
> connection to the natural world and encourage action, both  
> political and personal, to reduce carbon emissions and other types  
> of pollution.
>
> Author and Arctic explorer Chad Kister is traveling across the  
> United States making a multi-media presentation on the plight of  
> the polar bear and how their survival is linked to human energy  
> use.  Did you know that America's polar bears could be gone in 50  
> years?  That global warming is MELTING the Arctic sea ice these  
> bears depend on for survival?  Did you know that we all can take  
> steps to stop this from happening? Come learn the answers to, and  
> details behind, these questions and more on Friday, February 15th  
> at St. John's.
>
> In addition to the presentation, a giant, "walking" polar bear will  
> be in Market Square an hour before the presentation to promote the  
> event and raise awarness about climate change and what melting sea  
> ice means to these majestic creatures.  The giant walking bear will  
> also attend the presentation.
>
> Chances of the polar bear surviving in the wild hinge on massive  
> organizing on all levels to cut emissions fast.  Bringing this  
> powerful multi-media presentation to Portsmouth helps keep the  
> spotlight on this, the most important issue of our time.  The  
> alarming, extremely well documented global changes, along with  
> information about the impacts on our local community, move people  
> to demand action.  Kister will address specifics on the latest  
> climate change legislation and provide innovative examples of  
> successes around the world in reducing the greenhouse gases causing  
> global warming.  He will also speak of local, community actions  
> that have helped to raise the issue of climate change; including  
> steps being taken in communities across the Seacoast and Northeast.
>
> Scientists were already alarmed before this last summer's record  
> ice melt.  Now they are saying the melting is occurring  
> exponentially faster than their recent predictions indicated.   
> Current estimates by NASA scientists are for an ice-free Arctic  
> Ocean as early as 2012.  This is something our planet has not seen  
> for a million years.  The latest data on Arctic melting compiled in  
> 2007 predicts an ice free Arctic Ocean in as little as four years  
> -- scientists had originaly believed this would not happen until at  
> least 2040. Arctic expert Kister will present and bring meaning to  
> the latest data on Arctic warming.
>
> Kister will also elaborate on ways we all can move toward a life of  
> more efficient energy use.  He will talk about renewables,  
> conservation and simple steps we can employ to reduce our carbon  
> footprint.  Kister himself is bringing the Polar Bear Survival Tour  
> to cities and towns across the country by rail and bus travel --  
> when he is not on the road he lives in a house powered entirely by  
> renewables.
>
> The event will take place in the Parish Hall at St. John's, 101  
> Chapel Street.  Free on-site parking is provided in two church- 
> owned lots.  Children are welcome.  For more information contact  
> Sarah Brown at actionkittery at gwi.net or call (207)438-9160.  The  
> presenter Chad Kister can be reached at chadkister at gmail.com.  To  
> learn more about Chad or arctic melting, visit www.chadkister.com  
> or www.arcticrefuge.org
>
>
> A flyer for the event is attached.
>
> "THE POLAR BEAR SURVIVAL TOUR" currently scheduled stops include:
>
> January 31: University of Findlay, Ohio
> February 4: State College, PA
> February 6 Gettysburg
> February 7-9 Philadelphia area
> February 10: Pittsburgh Zoo
> February 11-13 New Jersey
> February 14: Phillips Exeter Academy; New Hampshire
> February 15: Portsmouth New Hampshire; Saint John's Episcopal church
> February 21: 4 p.m. University of Cincinnati
> March 5 Pasadena, CA
> March 6-8 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference; Eugene, Oregon
> March 10  Northern Los Angeles
> March 13 Bakersfield, California
> March 14 Visalia, California
> April 9: Ohio University; Athens, Ohio (tentative)
> April 19:  Allegheny Pennsylvania Sierra Club
> April 20: Annville, Pennsylvania
>
> Recent speaking events include:
> October 19:  First Community Church; Columbus, Ohio 7 p.m.
> October 25: Erie, Pennsylvania
> November 2: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
> November 3: West Chester, Pennsylvania
> November 5: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
> November 6: Temple University, Pennsylvania
> November 7: Binghamton, New York
> November 8: Green Valley, PA
> November 13: Sault Saint Marie, Ontario, Canada
> November 14: Battle Creek, Michigan; Binder Zoo
> November 15: Albion College, Albion, Michigan
> November 16: 7 p.m. Kalamazoo, Michigan; Kalamazoo College
> January 9: Presentation to 750 High School Students in Findlay, Ohio;
> presentation in Toledo with the Northwest Ohio Sierra Club
>
>
> Chad Kister
> P.O. Box 31; Athens OH 45701
> chadkister at gmail.com
> (740) 707-4110
> www.chadkister.com
> www.arcticrefuge.org
>
>

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