 Sunday, Sept. 22nd at 1:00 pm Quest by Cycle Launch Party! With so many possible ways we each can make a difference, from changing personal habits to demanding strong political action from governments… How can you help? Read on…  Support Active Transportation: walking, biking & public transit! Did you know that over 40% of our planet-heating pollution comes from the transportation sector? (The next highest is from buildings.) Transportation emissions are difficult to influence because the majority of transportation policy and funding is not locally controlled. But… People everywhere (including right here in Eugene) are working together to revolutionize our transportation system to make it more sustainable, healthier and ultimately more social.  For several months, 350 Eugene has supported an exciting project: Quest by Cycle. Quest by Cycle is a free eco-adventure game that encourages participants to complete cycling-related tasks around their community, promoting sustainability and healthy living. Players earn points by completing various fun and engaging challenges, turning everyday rides into an adventure while fostering community transformation. We’re excited to invite you to the Quest by Cycle Launch Party on Sunday, September 22 from 1-4 pm at Arriving By Bike! This free eco-adventure game promotes cycling and sustainability through fun, community-based challenges. Come join us for a live game demo, raffle prizes, and activities that celebrate our shared commitment to a fossil-free future. Event Details:
 Watch the cool video that Lane Transit District produced recently highlighting the exciting Quest by Cycle project!  Tuesday, Sept. 24th Legislative Lobby Day for an Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment - Virtually! You might think that our constitutional rights to life and liberty include natural life support systems -- that a right to a clean and healthy environment is an implied, enforceable right (and it should be). Unfortunately, case law has made it clear that if it's not expressly stated, there's no guarantee it will be recognized. So, to make our expectations clear, to restore a responsible, sustainable balance between competing interests, we need certain language in the Oregon Constitution to clearly expect and enforce our fundamental right to a healthy environment. That’s where YOU come in. 350 Eugene is organizing specific legislator visits in the on-line format for the following representatives and times: Rep. Nathanson (HD-13): 9:30 am Sen. Manning (HD-14): 10:30 am Rep. Fahey (SD-7): 3:45 pm If you reside in one of these districts, please consider joining the brief virtual lobby meeting. It’s important to have numbers on these calls. Read more about OCERA in this one-pager. There’s no need for a deep dive on your part. The meetings have a leader who will guide the short meeting. Thanks for signing up here. We will contact you with links to the 15-minute online meetings with your representative. It’s easy & quick, Our legislators need to hear they have our support! If you can come to Salem on Tuesday for in-person meetings, join us for a meeting with Rep. Lively HD-7 (Chief of Staff Andrew Hickerson): 3:00 pm in his office H-481.  Everything we do matters!
Thanks for writing and submitting comments to save Oregon’s Climate Protection Plan, for sending emails to the U.S. Forest Service to protect mature & old growth forests, and for supporting our incredible Get Out the Vote efforts. Everybody, everywhere. We need a clean energy revolution, and we need it NOW.
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 We’re turning out the vote for November's General Election! Is there anything more important? Sending postcards to infrequent voters works! When: Thursday, September 19th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Where: Wildcraft Ciderworks, 232 Lincoln St., Eugene What: Cards, cards, cards! Everything is provided for you! Let’s celebrate the progressive wave! No-host bar with delicious food cart options nearby and we’ll bring some snacks too. See you there!  Invite your friends. It’s a lot of fun! CampaignsForest Climate Campaign: National Old Growth Amendment (NOGA) - Take Action! Our Local Goal - 500 Comments National Goal - 750,000 There are only 12 days left to send the US Forest Service comments to support a super strong Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for our Old Growth Forests! If WE don’t tell the Forest Service to protect MATURE trees so they can become OLD trees, there will be no Old Growth in the future! Mature and old growth forests improve our health, lessen the impacts of climate change, keep more species alive and help rural community economies. It’s easy and you can (and should) submit comments multiple times. We suggest using these three portals. Five minutes and you’re done! Thank you. Climate Forest Campaign Comment tool: https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action Oregon Wild’s Comment tool: https://oregonwild.org/take-a-last-stand-for-old-growth/ Cascadia Wildland’s Comment tool: https://www.cascwild.org/take-action-protect-mature-and-old-growth-forests-across-the-nation/ Please make a comment on ALL these sites today!  Forest Defense Is Climate Defense - deadline is September 20th 350 Street Sign Messaging for September: “Forest Protection - No False Solutions” Join us along the streets of Eugene to display signs with positive climate solutions. Our Oregon forests are our best climate protection! Stand next to our beautiful hand-painted tree signs or bring signs of your own. When: Thursday, September 19, 3:00-4:30 pm. Where: W. 18th Ave. just east of the Bi-Mart parking lot next to Westmoreland Park. (Parking available in the Bi-Mart lot.) Bring a lawn chair if you like to sit down. Stay tuned for October sign messaging dates, times, and locations with a Vote Climate theme.  September 24-26, Wall Street Investors will again join timber corporations, carbon offset & biomass companies in Portland for their annual “Who Will Own the Forest?” conference. Like last year, we’re rising up and fighting back and won’t let our forests, communities, and climate be sacrificed for the rich to get richer. Last year, hundreds of us rallied to confront these Wall Street investors and big polluters–and they felt the heat; this year they’re rebranding the conference as the very innocuous sounding “Canopy: Forests + Markets + Society”. These deep-pocket capitalist elites hope to convince the public that they are our climate saviors; if only we let them turn our forests into biomass pellets or carbon offsets the climate crisis will be averted. We see through their charade, and won’t let them get away with it. Join the forest defense & climate justice movement Wednesday, September 25th for a protest at the World Forestry Center to confront these Wall Street elites and call out their false climate solutions and show them that managing forests to maximize profits for the rich & stall climate action will be met with increasing resistance. There will be speakers, music, art & creative resistance, and more – come out to show these Wall Street elites that extractive forestry and false solutions will be risky investments in the face of staunch grassroots opposition! Want to learn more about what exactly “false climate solutions” are, and how big polluters are using them to dodge accountability for their role in creating the climate emergency and increase their profit margins? Come to the False Climate Solutions Teach-In on Tuesday, September 24th from 5:30-7:00 pm at 350PDX / the Climate Justice Workshop office (3639 N Mississippi Ave). Check out forestsoverprofits.org for the latest updates and info about plans for this year. We hope you'll join us and continue building a movement for land justice, an end to industrial forest exploitation, and real transformative solutions to the climate emergency! If you’d like a homestay or to carpool from Eugene / Springfield for the Tuesday teach-in and / or the Wednesday noon protest, contact Deb at [email protected].  State Climate Legislation - Save the Climate Protection Plan & Come to Lobby Day!  A strong Climate Protection Program gives Oregon the opportunity not only to cut harmful climate emissions, but also to create jobs, improve public health, and create cleaner, cheaper, healthier energy and transportation options that will benefit Oregon jobs, families, and the economy. The Climate Protection Program is under attack by big polluters that are fueling the climate crisis with their dirty emissions. Join us in fighting back by telling DEQ to restore the Climate Protection Program! Make your voice heard TODAY! The deadline has been extended to 9/27. Join us for a Lobby Day on Tues., Sept. 24th in Salem! We are Celebrating the completion of draft amendment language for the Oregon Coalition for Environmental Rights Amendment: OCERA. We have arrived at an official draft of the amendment language that will heighten environmental protections and clarify priorities for the State of Oregon. We will all meet for a Lobby Day on Tues., Sept. 24th in Salem! We need you to come to Salem to speak with all our legislators about why you care about protecting everyone’s right to pure water, clean air, and a stable climate. Legislators need to learn about the bill to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. We need lots of constituents to join us in Salem. People are also welcome to join remotely. Register here to receive info on the 9/16 Orientation and relevant materials for Lobby Day 9/24. Chief co-sponsor Senator Golden will also hold a hearing in his Natural Resources committee the morning of the 24th. Come wearing green to show support! We will provide talking points and explanations of the amendment at a webinar on Sept 16th at 6pm for those who cannot come to Salem in person. Please register here for more details. The same material and orientation will be provided on our Lobby Day, Tues., Sept. 24th. Divest Oregon: ...What we've been up to this summer:
Quest By Cycle Launch Party Stay Tuned for details…  It’s time for the People to exercise our power. We’re showing up, we’re engaging, we’re challenging the status quo. This is the time we were born into.   As promised, we’re holding another fabulous Get Out the Vote Postcard Writing Party to ensure maximum participation in this fall’s all important General Election. When: Thursday, September 19th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Where: Wildcraft Ciderworks, 232 Lincoln St., Eugene What: Cards, cards, cards! Everything is provided for you! Invite your friends! No-host bar with delicious food cart options nearby and we’ll bring some pizza too. We can’t sit this election out. We need a massive turnout with Climate-Smart Winners! YOU make all the difference! ‘Cause when we fight together, we win! Come meet your peeps, hear the latest on our campaigns, and feel this good energy build and spread! Let’s do this! If you can’t come, or prefer to write on your own… We have packets of 60 cards available for pickup in Eugene or Springfield. Just email GOTV-Deb at [email protected] and she’ll hook you up.  DID YOU KNOW? Road trip, anyone? You could join with the Seed the Vote organization which recruits, organizes and can fund volunteers to go to “battleground” states to join local grassroots organizations there to door knock for progressive candidates. Starting in early September, they’ll be in AZ, NV, PA, WI, and MI and are seeking volunteers to work in these states where the Presidential race will likely be the closest, and where there’s a need to defend Senate or House seats or there’s a chance to pick up new ones. Seed the Vote works to build the number and power of progressive elected officials, while also blocking the far right from taking power in federal elections. They know that long-term changes don’t happen only through elections, so they send volunteers to local grassroots organizations that work year-round on social justice issues in working-class communities of color. How cool is that? If you are interested, check out this link to the frequently asked questions doc for Seed the Vote's door knocking program. This is the link to their sign up form / intake form. It gives folks the option to create a group for pods traveling together too. This is a doc about financial support available! and a link to sign up for info sessions on zoom if folks want more info. It’s all there, if you’re interested in face-to-face on the ground grassroots adventures, this could be your big chance!  SAVE THE DATE: SAVE OUR FORESTS! Tuesday & Wednesday, September 24th & 25th The "Who Will Own the Forest" conference is coming back to Portland (this year - rebranded as "Canopy") … and we're going back to meet them and let them know that we choose forests over profits! 350PDX will also be hosting a False Climate Solutions Teach-in with the Indigenous Environmental Network the evening before. Stay tuned for more info. Meanwhile, check out forestsoverprofits.org for the latest updates and info about plans for this year. If you’d like a homestay or to carpool from Eugene / Springfield for the Tuesday teach-in and/or the Wednesday noon protest, contact Deb at [email protected]. Join us and continue building a movement for land justice, an end to industrial forest exploitation, and real transformative solutions to the climate emergency!  The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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