 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. 
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