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.

Powerpoint presentation: "The Climate Crisis + Solutions"

From Alan Northcutt:

I gave a Powerpoint presentation today (1/25) entitled "The Climate Crisis + Solutions" to Jimmy Dorrell's Creation & Environmental Sustainability class at Baylor.

 I emphasized that our situation is not that of climate change, which can consist of normal glacial and interglacial cycles that occur over 100s of thousands of years. Our situation is a CLIMATE CRISIS, due to climate disruption/breakdown/chaos, which has developed over 150 years, and threatens human civilization as we know it. I described some of the major impacts of heating of the planet, and reviewed some top actions individuals may take to combat the climate crisis. I provided a business card of the Waco Friends of the Climate, which contains contact information and 15 steps people may take to fight climate breakdown.

 

Our struggle has appropriately been called "World War 0," because this transition to clean energy will require a fierce retooling effort analogous to that of our Second World War, with a goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050,

 

Deepest thanks to Rev. Dorrell for inviting me to speak, and to his students for their attention and concern for our planet.

 

Visit the Climate Crisis Art Exhibit:  climatecrisisartexhibit.org.

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