These are Climate Action Events we are interested in and like to share with you.
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Check out World Team Now’s blog post for registration details and links: https://worldteamnow.org/blog/E8uHp

You can get involved with these daily, weekly as we begin the season for change with these events:

Thursday, September 6th: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice: Now is the Time for Action!!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/climate-jobs-and-justice-now-is-the-time-for-action

Saturday, September: 8th Worldwide Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice (multiple events worldwide)
https://peoplesclimate.org/ &  September 8th Rise for Climate  https://riseforclimate.org

Saturday, September 8th 10 am: Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice in San Francisco  Four Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94105
https://ca.riseforclimate.org/

Saturday-Friday, September 8-14th: Solidarity to Solutions Week Climate Justice Alliance https://climatejusticealliance.org/solidarity-to-solutions-week/
http://ittakesroots.org/sol2sol/rsvp/

Sunday September 9th 9:00 am: Intertribal Prayer, Teach-In and Direct Action Training:  The event will be followed by a non-violent direct action training. Directions and details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/197355567798826/

Sunday, September 9th 12:00 noon:  Expansion and Resistance: The Fossil Fuel Industry in the Bay Area Soil, not Oil panel featuring Amazon Watch campaigner Zoë Cina-Sklar and other local activists discussing the impacts of oil refineries and other fossil fuel infrastructure in the Bay Area. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-soil-not-oil-international-conference-tickets-45053196323

Sunday, September 9th 4:30 pm:  Aerial Mandala for Climate Justice
Join Dancing without Borders and Spectral Q at Crissy Field to co-create a visual message in support of climate justice. This iconic image will be captured from the sky and will send a message to world leaders about the need to join us in creating a more just and equitable future. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hummingbird-rising-human-mandala-for-climate-justice-tickets-49622315682?aff=efbneb

Monday-Tuesday, September 10 & 11:  Ocean Hack
Salesforce headquarters, 415 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco
As part of the build-up to Global Climate Action Summit and in pursuit of Global Goals 14, Life Below Water, Sustainable Ocean Alliance has partnered with One Ocean Collab and Salesforce to host a 48-hour pop-up innovation lab for the ocean.
http://globalclimateactionsummit.org/events/ocean-hack/
https://www.cognitoforms.com/SustainableOceanAlliance1/OceanHack

Monday, September 10TH 8:00 am: Rise Against Climate Capitalism
You are invited to join us in a non-violent action that will include prayer, a teach-in, painting a street mural and direct action at one of the places where climate profiteers will be meeting prior to the Global Climate Action Summit. Details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/224311744948766/?active_tab=about

Monday, September 10TH 12:55 pm: Keep it in the Ground: Building Movements for Climate Justice
Soil, not Oil panel featuring Amazon Watch Executive Director Leila Salazar-López, a leader from Sarayaku, and other organizers about inspirational campaigns to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-soil-not-oil-international-conference-tickets-45053196323

Tuesday,  September 11th 10:00 am to 8:00 pm: Solutions to Solidarity Summit
This day-long assembly will highlight frontline communities’ solutions that address the interlinked crises of climate, economic, and racial injustice through interactive workshops, art, and music. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/311740236036450/

Tuesday,  September 11th 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm: Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice
Join the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International for “Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change” – a gathering of extraordinary women leaders from across the United States and around the world joined in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social injustice, draw attention to root causes of the climate crisis, and present the diverse array of visions and strategies with which they are working to shape a healthy and equitable world. Amazon Watch and indigenous leaders will speak at the following panels:

  • 1:30 pm: Women Speak from the Frontlines of Climate Change: Nina Gualinga, Kichwa from Sarayaku and co-founder of Hakhu Amazon Design
  • 5:55 pm: Keynote address by Mirian Cisneros, President of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku and Leila Salazar-López, Executive Director of Amazon Watch

More info here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/402080546886812/

Tuesday, September 11th 6:30-11PM Ocean Solutions Gala
California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Drive San Francisco, CA 94118
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-ocean-solutions-gala-tickets-48003146704

Wednesday-Friday, September 12-14 Global Climate Action Summit
https://globalclimateactionsummit.org/
http://globalclimateactionsummit.org/program/

Wednesday, September 12th,  San Francisco City Hall Cities4Climate: The Future is Us 1PM-4: 35 PM
Co-hosted by C40 Cities, The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and the City of San Francisco https://www.c40.org/events/cities4climate-the-future-is-us

Wednesday, September 12th 4:00 pm: Grassroots Climate Leadership
From California residents working to create a just transition off fossil fuels by solarizing their neighborhoods to Indigenous peoples protecting their territories from oil extraction in the Amazon, many of the most innovative solutions to climate change come from those most impacted by climate change and fossil fuel extraction. Come to hear an Indigenous leader from Ecuadorian Amazon, a community organizer from California, and a First Nations activist from Canada speak to their experiences defending their lands from fossil fuel development and finding innovative ways to accelerate a just transition to renewable energy. RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/profiles-in-community-resistance-to-climate-change-and-exploitation-tickets-49458214852

Wednesday, September 12th 5:00 pm: Following the Money: Holding Big Banks Accountable for Financing the Climate Crisis
Join a panel grassroots climate leaders to learn about the growing international movement holding financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase accountable for their central role in perpetuating the global climate crisis by financing big oil and gas. RSVP here (same link as above):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/profiles-in-community-resistance-to-climate-change-and-exploitation-tickets-49458214852

Thursday, September 13th 7:00 am: Stand with Communities, Not Corporations
Jerry Brown’s promotion of continued fossil fuel production, carbon trading markets and other incentives to oil, gas and other polluting corporations, perpetuates climate change and decimates Indigenous communities, communities of color and other working class peoples throughout California and around the world. Join us for a family-friendly direct action to demand that the Governor and other politicians stand with people, not polluters. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1009148619188004/

Thursday, September 13th 7:30 pm: The Eagle and the Condor (Closing Night of the San Francisco Green Film Festival)
Four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian plains to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. This film documents the stories of these four well-known Native environmental spokespeople who are at the forefront of a perspective shift in the identity of their people, from forgotten voices to strong shared communities with the power to bring change to the entire world. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another. RSVP here: https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=391440~89d3519f-3fbf-402b-944c-6da596b68df4&epguid=e391b3bb-0c68-4eb0-84d0-2745f7a21c8d&

Friday, September 14th 1:30 pm: Primary Forests: Key to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Primary forests, particularly intact tropical forests, serve a critical role in regulating global weather patterns and sequestering carbon dioxide, house about half of the world’s biodiversity and are home to hundreds of indigenous peoples and traditional communities. These peoples have been stewards of their lands for millennia, but their forest territories face increasing pressure from industrial development and agribusiness. Tune in to our live stream: of a panel featuring indigenous leaders, journalists, and advocates discussing these issues and their work to protect forests. More info here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/526326991113592/

Friday, September 14th 3:00 pm: The Tortoise and the Tapir
Haunted by images of empty water reservoirs in the Brazilian southwest, filmmaker Eliza Capai tries to understand the gigantic constructions being built in the middle of the Amazon forest, including the imposing Belo Monte dam. Upstream, she finds spirited victory against hydro dam: projects in neighboring Peru led by Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Ruth Buendia. Tickets available here for this screening, part of the San Francisco Green Film Festival: https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=391464~89d3519f-3fbf-402b-944c-6da596b68df4&epguid=e391b3bb-0c68-4eb0-84d0-2745f7a21c8d&