Month 1->*
In This Issue: Calendar of Events // Links // Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, More!
NEW Progressive TITLES at the Sioux City Public Library
Permanent distortion: how the financial markets abandoned the real economy forever by Nomi Prins
When McKinsey comes to town: the hidden influence of the world's most powerful consulting firm by Walt Bogdanich
Starry messenger: cosmic perspectives on civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Trigger points: inside the mission to stop mass shootings in America by Mark Follman
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture [sound recording (CD)] by Wendell Berry
"How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America" by Clint Smith
"The tantrum that saved the world" by Megan Herbert
Coronavirus criminals and pandemic profiteers: accountability for those who caused the crisis by John Nichols
Gangsters of capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire by Jonathan M. Katz
The 1619 Project: a new origin story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones--Juvenile Book
Dirty work: essential jobs and the hidden toll of inequality in America by Eyal Press et al.
Not "a nation of immigrants": settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
EVENTS
Join the new, free Jubilee OneEarth Forum each first Saturday morning by Zoom. Contact Lee@Jubilee-Economics.org for an invitation.
Northwest Iowa Group Sierra Club "4th Tuesday" Event
free and open to the public.
Held upstairs at the First Unitarian Church, 2508 Jackson St, Sioux City, IA. Social hour in basement from 5-6 PM; meeting/presentation, 6-7 PM
Monthly Book Introduction from 5:30-6:30pm each 2nd Wednesday immediately before the 'Art of Mentoring' video series/discussion.
Then, from 6:30-7:30pm, The stories from our past weave a vision for our future. The Art of Mentoring video series by Jon Young. Sierra Club member, Chuck Hopp, is our guide each month as we explore several of 59 videos which have been created around ancient deep cultural community building. Don't worry if you're just learning about this. Join us anyway because each session offers its own unique lesson and conversation.
Please continue to visit our website where you'll find links, inside the "Get Involved" and "Events" pages, to webinars, videos and citizen science activities for everyone regardless of where you call "home." Check out our "official" Facebook page, and never hesitate to reach out to us directly.
Recent Facebook Posts--Like us on Facebook. Find "Events" calendar and "Get involved" tabs sierraclub.org/iowa/northwest-iowa. Engage in our local area virtual community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NWIASierraCommunity
Call us: 712.986.6210
No matter where you live, we encourage you find your nearest Sierra Club chapter
https://www.sierraclub.org/ We all can benefit from community. Also going on....Katie Rock wrote the Beyond Coal, Iowa Op Ed: https://www.sierraclub.org/iowa/blog/2020/08/coal-truth-report-midam-burning-your-money-burning-coal
Peace,
Jeanne Bockholt
Northwest Iowa Group Sierra Club
Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet
Loess Hills Wild Ones
Explore the world of bees and learn from experts to build your skills as a community scientist every third Friday from May through November.
Register just once to attend all sessions here: Leath Tonino, The SUN Magazine 12/20
Connect here.
WORTHWHILE
Four Foundations for Earth Care: Solidarity, Sustainability, Sufficiency & Democracy
By Rev. Peter Sawtell (recorded 10/18/21)--Remember him from First Congregational Church, Sioux City, then Eco-Justice Ministries!?
The Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition of KC, the Environmental Action Committee of Village Church, and Earthkeepers of Heartland Presbyterian co-sponsored a presentation focusing on Earth Care and Environmental Ethics.
See it now at https://youtu.be/TDOQmrBClog
Univ.So.Dakota Sustainability Newsletter
Center for Social Ministry's Programs
Our programs are now open for registration including some NEW options! Visit our online catalog for more info and to register. Courses include:
Moral Mondays IOWA (virtual)
Join Moral Mondays IOWA on Zoom (register here) or Facebook on the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa or Moral Mondays IOWA pages at noon. Moral Mondays IOWA is a collaborative project designed to highlight the progress at work in the Iowa legislature. As a coalition of over 30 progressive Iowa organizations, including MFSA, Moral Mondays IOWA proactively supports the moral good sought through policies that span a range of progressive issues and works for the advancement of Iowa values like equality, fairness, and justice.
Siouxland Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
Want a curated list of anti-human trafficking news? Read our latest blog with over 40 links to news and research. https://iowanaht.org/2021-legislative-update-and-other.../
Invitation to Read and Sign OneEarth Jubilee Covenant for the 2020's Jubilee Blog -- Let's Think & Act Jubilee
First Thursday of the Month--Loess Hills Audubon Society monthly meeting at Pecaut Nature Center, 7 pm (not 7:30). Visit http://lhas.tripod.com/id33.html
At Pecaut Nature Center the naturalists will be leading nature programs for kids and families. Check the events calendar to learn more about these programs!
Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center (DPNC), 4500 Sioux River Rd., Sioux City. Most events are free and held at DPNC. To register, contact 712-258-0838 or tkruid@woodburycountyiowa.gov
Simpler OneEarth Living Podcast Recent Episodes
The podcast is currently on pause.
1/22 -- Chuck Collins on the Industry That Protects Wealth and How It Hurts Everyone
12/21 -- Della Duncan, Renegade Economics
11/21 -- Lauren Van Ham: Radical Inter-religious Cooperation Is Working to Save Life on Our Planet
10/21 -- Encuentro: A U.S./Mexico Conversation on Living the Alternative Worldview We Call OneEarth Jubilee
Simple Living Works! Latest Blog/eNews #120 -- Eric LeCompte: Forgive Us Our Debts -- Woes and Wins in Canceling Student Debt
Simple Living Works! Blog--eNews #118 -- Matt Brennan: An Advocate for Your Congregation and Nonprofit on How to Install Solar Power
Simple Living Works! Blog--eNews #117 -- Carrie Radloff on Midwest Environmental Activism
All of SLW! and OneEarth Jubilee Economics' 250+ podcast episodes and SLW! legacy Blogs are offered--one at a time in the Daily Nudge. If you do not already receive the email that links to the Daily Nudges, subscribe for free by sending NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com.Activist Carrie Radloff is maintaining a "one-stop shop" GoogleDoc of environmental webinars at
bit.ly/EnviroWebinars With COVID and the cold, events and educational programs have moved online, and finding and keeping up with all of them can be challenging, so she hopes this makes it easier for people to stay informed and engaged.
Watch: The Update on Racial Profiling in Iowa
ICYMI, CCI members Lori Young and Harvey Harrison presented a detailed webinar that included robust data and information about the history of racial profiling in Iowa.
You can access the recording of the webinar here. Slides are available at this link.
This political education meeting discussed how this global pandemic has only exposed just how bad our communities have been hurting, and challenged us to think bigger about the scale of solutions we should be fighting for in response to the Covid-19 crisis. We examined the neoliberal policies that got us here and what it will take to get us out of the hole we’re in.
Access the recording of the webinar here.How to be in better relationship with the oppressed of the oppressed
Indian 101 // Movements in Indian Country // Indigenous Thought & Theology
Questions? Contact Vance@OtherWise.Red
For previous workshops in this series, visit "Truth and Healing for the Sake of Indigenous People" Series.
Solving the Climate Crisis with No-Growth Economics
To get a worldview very different from the greed and profit-oriented politicians and corporatists, visit these solution-oriented resources:
- GrowthBusters // GrowthBusters Podcast
- Post-Carbon Institute // CrazyTown Podcast — SLW! Ep. 109–Richard Heinberg
- CASSE: Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy // Steady-Stater Podcast // The Common Good Podcast Ep. 46: Brian Czech (use player)
To participate in the monthly OneEarth Jubilee (JEM) Circle ZOOM Conference Call and/or the monthly Forum call, contact John@Jubilee-Economics.org.
"Jubilee Circles" is now available also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.
https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 is the LINK to the audio version of the little book "Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet." Please share this audio version with all who'd like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.
Simpler Living Daily Nudge (updated weekly)
Index: http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/indexoth.php?place=Nudge23.php
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We must remember the "Triumvirate of Evil" -- T****, McConnell and Paul Ryan -- who brought us the Republican Tax Scam of 2017 that gave away billions to large corporations and the wealthy. We must work to reverse that immense inequality and instead to Tax the Rich!
We can pay for so many essential social programs by having a just redistribution of wealth.
Worthwhile Podcasts
SimpleLivingWorks.orgWhat Could Possibly Go Right? with Vicki Robin
CrazyTown: Post-Carbon Institute
Fallon Forum with Ed Fallon of Iowa
Imagine with Us (SpiritualProgressives.org, Tikkun.org)
Patheos--Progressive Christian
Jesus for Everyone
Peace Podcast from John Dear on Apple and Google. Author of 'They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and NonViolence in a Time of Climate Change'; SLW! #114: Part 1 // TCGP #98: Part 2
BLOGS
10 Tips for Simpler, More Meaningful Celebrations
SLW! Blog--Nudge [click "+Follow" to subscribe]
Simpler Living Daily Nudges - brief, available by email [send Nudge to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com] and/or Twitter [follow @GeraldIversen]
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Gerald "Jerry" Iversen, host/producer
MORE EVENTS
Betty Strong Center offers "must see" programs Sundays, 2 p.m. Call: 712-224-5242, visit: http://www.siouxcitylcic.com/ NOW find them on Facebook.
IA Legislation tracking, a drive to amend Citizens United, water quality improvement action items and more can be found at Sierra Club-Iowa Chapter: http://iowa.sierraclub.org/
Sign up as a Friend of Prairie Fire. Visit www.prairiefirenewspaper.com or find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Listen to "Living on Earth" Sun., 10 am on KWIT-FM90.3, online @ loe.org, or subscribe as podcast at iTunes.
Find details of Sierra Club activities and others on our website at the Events and Meetings tab: http://www.sierraclub.org/iowa/northwest-iowa
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Population Matters is hosting a virtual live-screening of the population segment of the important new documentary ENDGAME 2050. Watch the full film for free at the link.
Featuring musician Moby along with top scientists, and created by physician-turned-environmentalist Sofia Pineda Ochoa, ENDGAME 2050 is an urgent call to action to tackle the existential crises bearing down on the planet.
Mondays--Unlearning Racism/Oppression Classes
Racism is a construct made in the mind of the oppressor and projected into the minds of the oppressed; to be experienced in Fear, Anger, Grief, Boredom and Guilt... Creating self hate and sickness and bad habits.
Weekly series of classes, Mondays via Zoom. Free Introductory Lecture (45 minutes) provides details about continuing class format, costs and materials.
SPACE IS LIMITED * RSVP REQUIRED TO RECEIVE ZOOM LINK INFO TO PARTICIPATE *Reserve Your Space
ONE-STOP SHOP of environmental webinars at bit.ly/EnviroWebinars . With COVID, events and educational programs have moved online, and finding and keeping up with all of them can be challenging, so this makes it easier for people to stay informed and engaged.
Worthwhile Colleague Organizations
Extinction Rebellion US // NAACP
BLOGS, PODCASTS, VIDEOS
One Planet, One Child Campaign from Population Balance and The OverPopulation Podcast
Recent Helpful Article
12 of the Best Plant-Based Proteins Even Non-Vegetarians Should Eat
peas / soybeans / plant-based beverages / pumpkin seeds / almonds and walnuts / beans / chickpeas / lentils / grains / chia seeds / nutritional yeast / plant-based meats /
Subscribe to Jubilee OneEarth Economics email list and receive a free copy of Jubilee Circles. Click on the Download link in your Welcome Email. Paperback copies are available from Amazon for $5.99.
Lee Van Ham's "Jubilee Circles" is available now also as an audiobook, at iTunes, Nook Audiobooks, Google Play, and Audiobooks.com, which offers a free sample. It includes 20 actions to take to help keep our planet livable.
https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/jubilee-circles/381421 THAT'S THE LINK to the audio version of the little book "Jubilee Circles: Help Save Life on the Planet." Please share this audio version with all who'd like to listen while jogging, walking, etc.
BLOGS
Jerry's Guide: Where to Get Books? // The OneEarth Project
10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Celebrations
SLW! Blog--Nudge (click '+Follow' to subscribe)
We're Inviting Sierra Club to Rethink Overpopulation--Issue of Magazine Rife with Misassumptions
The Nov./Dec.'19 issue of Sierra Club's magazine, Sierra, attempted to dissuade readers from concerning themselves about population's role in the damage we're doing to the life-supporting ecosystems of our planet. The writers and editors recommended focusing on our behavior instead. But if behavior is the problem, isn't the number of people misbehaving part of the sustainability equation? Of course, so The Overpopulation Podcast team recorded this episode to set the record straight. We can't afford to ignore either one.
You won't want to miss this episode! Read more and hear the podcast here.
Family Safety Guide for Immigrants / Guía de Seguridad para Familias de Inmigrantes -- http://www.ccc-uss.org/safety-guide.html
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