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

[ek11 at hampshire.edu]

Hello, thank you so much for passing this on!  However, I would really  
like to make transportation available to people that doesn't cost  
money/so much money.  Is there any way that we could get Five Colleges  
Inc. to fund this?

Thanks,
-Emily

Quoting 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
> ********************************************************************************
>
> 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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