Turn out your lights for one hour to raise attention on the issue of global warming.

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Last year, in a program promoted by the World Wildlife Fund and Sydney, Australia, Sydney turned off all of its lights for one hour.  The effort was an attempt to draw attention to responsible energy use and the issue of global warming.

This year the WWF is asking us to do so around the world.  An hour of darkness doesn't seem too much to ask. If you'd like to participate, turn off your lights between 8 and 9 PM on Saturday, your own local time. Learn more from the Earth Hour web site .

We figured it's about time to practice what we preach here. As of today, Uppity Wisconsin (and indeed, every Cruiskeen Consulting web site) is carbon neutral. We've purchased carbon certificates to cover both our web hosting infrastructure and our travel. So from now on, you can "click green" whenever you come here.

And for those of you who are going to scream how we're just being politically correct in your blogs -- here's another one for you - we're funding wind farms and farm-based methane electrical production through a Native-American based company.

Thought you might want to know.

The Governor's Task Force on Global Warming will hold its first round of public input sessions on August 6, 2007 from 4 to 7 p.m. The session is planned to be held simultaneously in Green Bay, Milwaukee, La Crosse and Madison and is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

If possible, pre-register here. A pdf is at that link that has all the location information for each site.

The task force is made up of "prominent" people - so this is a chance for us non-prominent people to speak. Take this opportunity to speak out on an important issue.

Join us for the 18th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair June 15-17, 2007. The Fair will be held at the ReNew the Earth Institute. The ReNew the Earth Institute is located at 7558 Deer Road in Custer, WI. See the Travel and Accommodations page for mapquest details and other information.

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Live Earth PosterWe are inviting you all to help us make Live Earth Wisconsin THE peace and environmental event of the summer. The gathering is on the weekend of July 6-8 at the Anathoth Community Farm in Luck, WI. The main event is on Saturday--7/7/07. There are several reasons we are doing this that we hope you can all get behind:

• This summer is the 20th Anniversary of the Anathoth Community Farm. More than ever we want to give folks a good excuse to see what we are doing up here. Twenty years of nonviolence, community, and sustainable living. We've done everything from filling up the jails to running for Congress. And more!
• 7/707 is Live Earth. The organizers (including Al Gore) are hoping to put Global Warming in front of 2,000,000,000 people in one day.
• Proceeds from the day will go to fund a new education center we are building at the farm. Our plans are to make

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   CNN Airs Rightwing Talker's 'Expose' Of Global Warming

Glenn Beck is one of the cookie-cutter issued junior Limbaughs, always with rightwing talking points at the ready.

The other day, Beck used his new slot on CNN (the cable network thinks it gets cover from conservative criticism by giving rightists like Beck time and money) to host a supposed expose of Al Gore's Climate Change film.

This is the right's big ideological cause in 2007: debunk and yuk it up anout Global Warming, attack Al Gore, kiss up to the oil companies, and so forth. Business for business as usual.

Details here about the show on a media watch site, and an opportunity to let CNN how how you feel about its airing this kind of biased programming.

Climate Change, Our Actions, Our Spiritual Journeys

Intergenerational Retreat sponsored by Waysmeet Quaker Center

5PM Friday May 4 through 1PM Sunday May 6, 2007

Beaver Creek Reserve, Fall Creek WI (near Eau Claire).

We know that our physical sustenance depends on ecosystems that have developed and are dependent on stable climate systems. We are learning how greatly our daily lives and habits affect those systems. The frightening extent of predicted changes deeply affects our emotions and our spiritual lives.

This weekend retreat for families and individuals of all ages will be an opportunity to examine all these facets of climate change and to identify ways we can move forward with positive actions. The program will include a mix of presentations & discussion; art, music, and hands-on activities; and time for self-examination and reflection.

Schedule below the fold...

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Parched States Will Look To The Great Lakes: Protective Agreement Still On Hold

The US West is drying up. Years of drought, warming temperatures, in-migration by the millions all makes for a very unsustainable situation.

It's almost inevitable that the arid west will look to the Great Lakes for relief.

The pending Great Lakes Compact amendments add a level of legal protection by creating formal standards and rules that govern diversions.

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