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.

Earth Day 2023: FREE Cedar Elm Trees

Waco Friends of the Climate will host its 3rd giveaway of seedlings, this event a celebration of Earth Day 2023. Five hundred  Cedar Elm seedlings will be given away on a first come-first served basis, at Waco Downtown Farmers Market. The cedar elm is a large deciduous tree, which is native to Central Texas, and grows to 50-90 feet height. The tree tolerates multiple soil types and is drought tolerant, especially important in this time of the climate crisis and drought in Waco.

With each seedling an information sheet will be given, containing planting and care instructions, and carbon sequestration data. In addition, a business card will be distributed, containing our organization contact information, and 15 actions individuals may take to combat the climate crisis.

We encourage everyone to accept a free cedar elm and plant it and care for it. Trees sequester from 10 kilograms to 31 kilograms of carbon each year, averaged over the lifetime of the tree. Forests are vital in removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

Tree planting may be the first action, which may lead to other steps to combat the climate crisis. The science is clear that to preserve a livable climate, action at all levels is vital, from individuals to cities to states to regions to nations.

"Climate Crisis is Here" yard signs will also be available, free of charge.





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