June 2019

The South Asia water crisis is here. A hundred million people will be affected to begin with

Climate refuges: “The report also says that 40 per cent of India’s population will have no access to drinking water by 2030. News from India says that 21 cities with about a hundred million people, will run out of groundwater by 2020. The situation is alarming, given the fact that year 2020 is not very …

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North Bay Organizing Project: This Saturday! Rights of Mother Earth Training!

North Bay Organizing Project: This Saturday! Rights of Mother Earth Training! Hi All, Please let me know if you are interested in attending this workshop with Movement Rights this Saturday. Space is limited, so please RSVP if you haven’t already.   Community Rights in Action Saturday June 29, 10-4pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Petaluma 825 …

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Daily Acts: You’re invited for an exceptional night: Soil to Supper on August 10th!

SAVE THE DATE: You’re invited for an exceptional night: Soil to Supper on August 10th! View this email in your browser Happy garden season Daily Actors, We are thrilled to cordially invite you to our fourth annual Soil to Supper farm-to-table fundraising dinner! You can help support Daily Acts’ invaluable sustainability education and leadership programs …

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Roundup’s Other Problem: Glyphosate is Sourced from Controversial Mines

“Glyphosate, the herbicide’s main ingredient, isn’t manufactured in a lab, but originates in a mine. To produce it, phosphate ore is extracted and refined into elemental phosphorus. While Bayer, which recently bought Monsanto, touts its sustainable mining process, environmentalists contend that the process involves stripping away the soil off mountaintops, which destroys vegetation, contaminates water …

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FOG Update

Friends of Graton Update: The Board of Supervisors has approved the funding and staffing for Phase 2 of the Cannabis Ordinance, which will consist of an Environmental Impact Report or EIR. The current ordinance will only be in effect until the new one is in place, which could take one to two years. This means …

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PRESS RELEASE: Katie Rice Appointed to the California Coastal Commission

The new California Coastal Commissioner for our district…..good news. June 20, 2019 SACRAMENTO – The Senate Rules Committee has appointed Marin County Supervisor Katie Rice to the California Coastal Commission and San Francisco County Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, J.D. as an alternate. “Representing a coastal district, I know how important the coast is to California’s environment and …

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