Chico Peace and Justice Center

February 4, 2010
Chico Women's Club (592 East 3rd Street, Chico)

Jim Garrison: 2020 Climate Initiative: A Call to Mobilization
Jim Garrison is the president of the State of the World Forum, speaking on the "2020 Grassroots Climate Leadership For Climate Prosperity Campaign." Goal is to provide roadmaps, Rapid Response Teams, best practices and processes for achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 while establishing sustainable, prosperous and equitable societies and communities. Learn what you can do. (www.worldforum.org)

Mari Margil: Nature’s Legal Rights
Lily Yeh: Rwanda Healing Project: Bringing Hope through Art

February 11, 2010

Annie Leonard, Filmmaker: “The Story of Stuff
Annie Leonard is a writer and filmmaker, who has traveled to over 30 countries to investigate the factories where stuff is produced and the dumps where it is disposed. She reflects on cycles, repercussions and implications world wide. (www.storyofstuff.org)

Joanna Macy, activist & spiritual teacher: The Hidden Promise of our Dark Age
The series concludes with an inspiring and hopeful message, on DVD, from wise elder, Joanna Macy, renowned Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher, systems theorist, and longtime activist in the peace, justice and ecology movements. (www.joannamacy.net)

February 13, 2010

Fair Trade Town Cupids fluttered through the Saturday's Farmers' Market in celebration of Chico's first anniversary of becoming a Fair Trade Town!