{"id":20417,"date":"2019-02-27T07:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=20417"},"modified":"2019-03-05T22:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T03:38:08","slug":"doris-marlin-on-discussing-a-uu-wide-climate-action-movement-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/doris-marlin-on-discussing-a-uu-wide-climate-action-movement-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing A UU-WIDE Climate Action Movement (In Progress)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Do You Share This Vision?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UUs nationwide will be reliable and fully engaged partners in advocacy and action that accomplish local, national, and global practices for the Climate Just Transition to 100 % Renewable Energy, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2019 arrived with a red-hot awareness and urgency to respond to climate change. Yet, finding a way to make a difference as an individual is so daunting and measurable action elusive. But in a movement you can amplify your efforts, do so with your UU neighbors, nationally-networked, engaged with local leaders who are on record stating they will reduce GHG emissions and continue to support the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s doable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the overarching goal of a Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels.<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive of a broad spectrum of many developing calls for green new action.<\/li>\n<li>Linked within the large-tent, multi-sector &#8220;We Are Still In&#8221; partnership of 3600 + <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearestillin.org\/\">www.wearestillin.org\u00a0<\/a>which reaches almost half of the US population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UUs will organize at the level of effort that fits their local capabilities and amplify through &#8220;Create Climate Justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the key objectives for a UU Climate Just Transition Movement are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rapidly reduce GHGs at local level with local governments, expanding the US &#8220;pre 2020 ambition&#8221; of the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/li>\n<li>Empower and be allies to marginalized communities.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Mobilize UUs and other partners using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/2018\/12\/31\/ccjnet-tutorials\/\">Create Climate Justice networking tool.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spread awareness and support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda.<\/li>\n<li>In additional to this external effort, provide support for internal congregation and individual efforts to reduce their Carbon Footprint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Already on board for this initiative is the UUA Green Sanctuary Advisory Board, UU United Nations Office.<\/p>\n<p>UUSJ and UU Ministry for the Earth (UUMFE) will be discussing the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>To get the outreach tools or to help shape the initiative as a charter member, add your name <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/JZQrPqRauvn6N4VH3\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact:\u00a0Doris Marlin\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dam17th2009@yahoo.com\">dam17th2009@yahoo.com\u00a0<\/a>Member, Green Sanctuary Advisory Board and Member\u00a0All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington DC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15863\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15863\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Figueres-Marlin-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Figueres-Marlin-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Figueres-Marlin-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doris Marlin with Chritiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Paris, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do You Share This Vision? &#8220;UUs nationwide will be reliable and fully engaged partners in advocacy and action that accomplish local, national, and global practices for the Climate Just Transition to 100 % Renewable Energy, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.&#8221; 2019 arrived with a red-hot awareness and urgency to respond to climate change. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/doris-marlin-on-discussing-a-uu-wide-climate-action-movement-in-progress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introducing A UU-WIDE Climate Action Movement (In Progress)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20417"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20467,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20417\/revisions\/20467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}