Tuesday To-Do: Central AR Ozark Society Monthly Meeting

Meet fellow outdoors people near you! Join the Central Arkansas Ozark Society tonight at 7 p.m. at the Second Presbyterian Church (600 Pleasant Valley Drive) in Little Rock. For more information, contact Bob Hogg at hoggmann2@yahoo.com.

Get on the WALL!

Arkansas environmentalists have been pouring photos and videos into the Repower America Wall. Why? Because they support a clean energy economy.

Join GreenAR by the Day and thousands of fellow supporters at the Repower America Wall now.

A growing demand for clean energy from all of us together sends a powerful message to our leaders: American support for clean energy is broad and deep.

We’re beginning to break through. But to get our leaders to listen and make clean energy a reality, we must rise up in numbers to make our voices heard — to overwhelm the voices clamoring for the status quo.

We’re competing with powerful interests who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to protect their profits and block clean energy reforms at the expense of our families, our jobs, and our planet.

Your participation on The Wall announces that we’re more than ready — we’re tired of waiting, and we want action now.

With every new message you add to The Wall, you demonstrate that the most powerful interest in this fight isn’t the oil or the coal lobby — it’s the American people joining together, speaking as one, for a clean energy future.

Add your voice to the Repower America Wall now.

Together we can turn the climate challenge into a great opportunity for our nation and the world.

Recycle Your Electronics! E-Waste Recycling Days in LR

Bring used televisions, computers, phones and other electronics to the designated trailer at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock to make sure your used electronics are disposed of properly.

WHAT: Electronic Recycling Days

WHEN: Sunday-Monday, November 29-30

WHERE: Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church (4823 Woodlawn, Little Rock 72205)

Bring your used electronics recycling to the drive court area and drop them off outside the Great Hall.

If you need help unloading items from your car, bring them Sunday morning. Assistance will not be available any time other than Sunday morning.

Items will go the Pulaski County Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District’s 10th annual Electronics Waste Roundup at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock next week. Items accepted are computers, monitors, printers, copiers, VCR/DVD players, televisions, microwave ovens, cell phones, radios, fax machines. Other items will not be accepted.

For more information, call (501)664-3600.

Saturday To-Do: Celebration of Living Gifts @ Heifer Village

Join Heifer International for Celebration of Living Gifts, tomorrow between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Heifer Village in Little Rock. During Celebration of Living Gifts, visitors can meet some of the animals, including sheep, chickens and a goat that Heifer provides to families around the world. Get inspired to give your family and friends Heifer gifts this holiday season. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Heifer recipients eventually become donors themselves as they “pass on the gift” of offspring of their cows, goats and other livestock to others in an ever-widening circle of hope. You can take pictures with the animals as you make your Heifer donation. Some of the other fun activities include creating a unique picture frame for your animal photo and making your own ornament. Bring your family for a day filled with the spirit of giving to others. Free admission. No reservations required. Learn more at www.heifer.org/heifervillage/familyevents.

Happy Buy Nothing Day!

I’ve been celebrating Buy Nothing Day for over a decade, and this year is no different. Founded by Canadian artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by Adbusters magazine, Buy Nothing Day is an international day of protest against consumerism. North Americans celebrate Buy Nothing Day today. The rest of the world celebrates it tomorrow.

Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver in 1992. Today, people from over 65 nations participate in the day.

Last year’s Black Friday saw a Wal-Mart worker trampled to death by shoppers eager to shop ’til they drop. This year, why not give Buy Nothing Day a try?

Tuesday To-Do: Central AR Canoe Club Monthly Meeting

Meet fellow canoeing enthusiasts near you! Join the Central Arkansas Canoe Club tonight at 7 p.m. at the Oyster Bar in Little Rock. For more information, contact Mike Stanley at mike.d.stanley@lmco.com.

Tell ADEQ to Stop Dirty Coal! Comment Deadline Today!

Stop Entergy Arkansas From Raising Rates
$1.04 Billion!

Today, Tuesday, November 24, is the last day to submit your comment against prolonging the life of the White Bluff coal-fired power plant in Redfield, Arkansas.

Entergy Arkansas is asking the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to approve an air permit that would prolong the life of its White Bluff coal-fired plant. If ADEQ grants the permit, Entergy will dump $1.04 billion of ratepayers’ money into retrofitting its plant. Instead of sticking ratepayers with a billion dollar charge to keep burning dirty coal, we should instead look to cleaner, less expensive ways to meet our state’s power needs.

Tell the ADEQ to say “NO” to Entergy Arkansas’ plans. Don’t let Entergy Arkansas dump your dollars into a scheme that locks Arkansas into dirty coal and out of a cleaner energy future.

Other energy providers have already expressed interest in replacing White Bluff’s dirty coal power with power from cleaner burning natural gas. With your help, we can wean Arkansas off coal and reduce the state’s carbon footprint.

Chaining ourselves to the fate of a dying coal plant will leave us years behind competing states. Now is our chance to step forward and make Arkansas a cleaner energy leader, but we just have until 4:30 p.m. today. Please take action now.

Monday To-Do: Lecture by Founder of U.S. Green Building Council

Richard Fedrizzi is CEO and founding chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization committed to fostering a sustainable future for America through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. Under Fedrizzi’s leadership, the USGBC expanded its influence through the internationally recognized LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, which recognizes sustainability in new and existing structures.

WHEN: Monday, November 23 – 12-1 p.m.

WHERE: University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service – Sturgis Hall

Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501)683-5239.

Thursday To-Do: Sierra Club Ozark Headwaters Group Monthly Meeting

Catch up with local green folks at the Sierra Club Ozark Headwaters Group monthly meeting, tonight at 7 p.m. at Nightbird Books (205 W. Dickson) in Fayetteville. For more information or directions, visit http://arkansas.sierraclub.org/.

Thursday To-Do: Central AR Master Naturalists Monthly Meeting

Join the Central Arkansas Master Naturalists for its monthly meeting, today at 6:30 p.m. at the Witt Stephens Jr. Nature Center in downtown Little Rock.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Mike Widner, Turkey Biologist with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, will discuss the history, habitat, and biology of wild turkeys in Arkansas.

To RSVP for the meeting, contact Tom Neale, President, CAMN, at camnPresident@ArkansasMasterNaturalists.org.

Central Arkansas Master Naturalists is accepting applications for its 2010 class! To register, download an application form by clicking: http://home.arkansasmasternaturalists.org/images/amn/docs/camn/CAMN2010Application.pdf.

For more information about Central Arkansas Master Naturalists, visit the website, http://home.arkansasmasternaturalists.org.

Thursday To-Do: Sportsmen Roundtable on Duck Hunting, AR’s Economy & a Changing Climate

Join the National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club for an honest talk about the true costs of climate change to our hunting heritage.

November 19, 5:30 p.m.
Grand Prairie Agricultural Museum, Stuttgart

Forums will feature speakers such as:

• Jim Bednarz, Ph.D., Director, Wildlife Ecology and Management Program, Arkansas State University
• Mark Sattelberg, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service office in Conway, AR
• Debbie Doss, Board Member, Arkansas Wildlife Federation & Editor, Arkansas Out of Doors
• David Carruth, Regional Director, National Wildlife Federation
• Robert Huston, State Director, Sierra Club Hunter/Angler Program
• Marion McCollum, Owner, Mack’s Prairie Wings & former Commissioner, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
• Leland Sykes, Owner, Natural Gear
• John Stevens, RNT Duck Calls
• Luke Naylor, Waterfowl Biologist, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Refreshments provided.

For more information, contact (870)329-1396 or awf.ellen.mcnulty@gmail.com.

Wednesday To-Do: Creation Care Film Series Presents Why Bangladesh Matters

Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church will host a free screening of Why Bangladesh Matters, tonight at 5:30 p.m. in Room D366 at the Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church (4823 Woodlawn) in Little Rock. Discussion will follow the movie. Bring friends and popcorn. Please park in the upper deck off Woodlawn. For more information, contact Scharmel Roussel at sroussel@phumc.com.