[Newleaf] Fwd: Charter Bus To Keystone XL March - FEB 16/17

[ks12 at hampshire.edu]

----- Forwarded message from Andrew Kurowski <andrew.kurowski at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:18:04 -0500
    From: Andrew Kurowski <andrew.kurowski at gmail.com>
Subject: Charter Bus To Keystone XL March - FEB 16/17
      To: tikasimone237 at gmail.com, ks12 <ks12 at hampshire.edu>,  
jollyforager <jollyforager at gmail.com>, vegitaryn <vegitaryn at gmail.com>

Greetings,
We're organizing a bus to the march against Keystone XL pipeline, Feb
17. (See below for our thoughts and info on Keystone XL and climate
change.) We have a charter bus lined up to take us there but in order
for it to make sense we need at least 40 people. The bus will leave
Greenfield on Saturday, Feb 16 at 8:30AM, make a pickup in NoHo,
arrive in DC at around 5PM that evening. We will then leave from DC at
5PM on the 17th and return to western mass after midnight.
Due to logistical and financial challenges, in order for this to
happen we need everyone's money by Wed, Jan 23. We need $100/person
for transport to/from DC. If we don't make enough people, we will
reimburse everyone in full. Also, that $100 may become less if more
than 40 people sign up; ie: folks will receive a portion of the extra
money paid. That being said, we are still determining lodging. We may
go in on a "group rate" at a hotel which is looking to be around
$80/room, right in central DC. Up to 4 people in a room. If we're
lucky, however, we'll find a church or other organization to lodge us.
Checks can be made out to Andrew Kurowski, PO BOX 36, Heath, MA 01346.
Include with the check a legible full name for each participant paid
for, as well as an email AND phone contact for each. Checks must be
recieved BY WED JAN 23. Please join us. We believe climate change and
it's associated challenges to be the moral imperative of our time.

PLEASE FORWARD TO ANYONE YOU THINK WILL BE INTERESTED
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We used to think that peak oil would be the catalyst to stop climate
change from overwhelming us. It seems, however, that this will not be
the case. (Please, if you haven't already, read Bill McKibben's
article in Rolling Stone Magazine:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719)
The Keystone XL pipeline wants to deliver oil from Canada's tarsands,
AKA Canada's Mordor. Canada's Tarsands are an environmental wasteland,
the dirtiest oil extraction method known. With the "low hanging
fruits" of petroleum reserves already tapped, oil barrens have finally
turned to the tarsands. Google tarsands and read how horrifying and
destructive it is!
If the pollution of the tarsands is not enough consider that this
reserve contains ONE HALF of the total carbon that climate scientists
predict we can continue adding to our atmosphere and still keep below
a 2 deg C temperature rise.
Let's STOP this craziness.



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