Important Announcements
CURRENT INFORMATION: go to our Facebook group "Waco Friends of the Climate."
1) Beginning Jan. 2025, our focus has been on resistance to Donald Trump, since his policies are our greatest threat to the climate. Thus, we are not having monthly meetings at this time. We hope to hold monthly meetings in the future. Visit our Facebook group for current activities, Waco Friends of the Climate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851
2) Our role in the resistance includes a weekly protest at the pedestrian bridge in Waco, Valley Mills Dr. & Bagby Avenue, each Sunday, 1:00pm-2:30pm. We began the protest in March 2025 and it has been carried on weekly for over one year. We provide huge, highly visible banners. Please join us. RESISTING FASCISM, ONE SUNDAY AT A TIME.
3) Because of the sad passing of our webmaster, Harrison Ward, we have not been able to keep the website up to date. For the most current information, please visit our Facebook group, Waco Friends of the Climate : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851
4) To join our email list and be informed of actions, activities, and campaigns, email our Director Alan Northcutt at anorthc@aol.com
5)Free "climate crisis is here" yard signs may be obtained by emailing anorthc@aol.com. Delivery of signs is available. Help raise awareness of the climate crisis, deeply needed in Waco.
6) Winners of the "Sixth Annual Climate Crisis Art Exhibit" may be found in the Archives, April 2023. Some incredible climate art may be viewed.
Progressive Lecture Series: August 15, 2017
" 2017
Keeling Memorial Lecture: Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the
Unmanageable, Managing the Unavoidable", by Rosina Bierbaum, PhD in
Ecology and Evolution, University
of Michigan
Tuesday, August 15th
Poppa Rollo's Pizza
703 N. Valley Mills Dr.
Waco
6 PM Business & Buffett
6:30 Lecture & Discussion
The August Waco Friends
of Peace/Climate meeting will feature a recorded lecture from May 2017 by Dr. Rosina
Bierbaum of the University
of Michigan. Professor Bierbaum presents a brief review of
the science, followed by the impacts of climate change and the progress on
solutions. The presentation is rich with
data and graphs which will help us all to be better informed on the subject
material. Dr. Bierbaum has great practical experience,
having served as a science advisor for President Obama. Her clarity of
thought, depth of knowledge and insight into solutions are inspirational.
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