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Central Ohio Group Monthly Programs
All Central Ohio
Sierra Club Monthly Programs are free and open to the public
unless otherwise stated. If you have a program suggestion
for one of the Group's monthly meetings, please contact Monthly
Program Coordinator,
Wednesday,
January 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm: “Population Growth: Sex and the Single Planet”
(PG-13)
Location: Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Room 100
At last, everything you've always wanted to know about "The Boy-Girl
Game" and its effects on greenhouse gases. are welcome but there will be
adult content. Myers, MD, long an interested spectator of the foibles of
humanity, will lead the program featuring arguments for individual
responsibility in a society and economy of sustainable stability. Bill
was a practicing family doctor in Circleville, Ohio for 35 years,
serving for 3 years as Pickaway County Health Commissioner. Bill and his
wife Joy organized and operated a free Women's Health Clinic in
Circleville for ten years with a great deal of local assistance. The
Clinic then became an outreach facility of Planned Parenthood of Central
Ohio and continues today, providing services for women in the
Circleville area that are free or priced on ability-to-pay.
The
multi-media program will be based on Bill's somewhat Malthusian
perspective on the present and future condition of our Earth. always,
audience opinions will be welcomed and encouraged following a courteous
and time-bound meeting protocol. that Bill and Joy are the ones who
regularly bring the refreshments for our monthly programs, so be assured
that there will be food for the stomach in addition to food for thought
in this presentation. Join us for what is certain to be a stimulating
conversation.
Tuesday
January 26, 2010 at 7:30 pm: Special Event Movie “In Transition 1.0: From Oil
Dependence to Local Resilience”
Location: Drexel East, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley
In Transition 1.0 is the first detailed film about the Transition
Initiative, filmed by those that know it best, those who are making it
happen on the ground. The Transition Initiative movement is connecting
communities around the world who are developing local responses to peak
oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humor, and
setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is
positive, solutions focused, viral and fun. The movie shows a practical
vision for creating a post-consumer society, where ordinary people make
a difference.
This event is co-sponsored by the Central Ohio Sierra
Club, Simply Living, the Free Press and the Columbus International Film
Festival. The movie is free and open to the public. Donations will be
accepted.
See the article Transition Central Ohio
for more information on the Transition Initiative internationally and
locally.
Wednesday
February 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm: “Report from Copenhagen Climate Conference”
Location: Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Room 100
Central Ohio Group Executive Committee member Melanie Braithwaite will
speak about her experiences at the recently completed United Nations
Climate Change conference, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from
December 7 - 18. Melanie was selected to be a representative of the
Sierra Club at the conference, where she met with many delegates,
especially those representing the Obama administration and other
non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Melanie also attended the U.N
International Labor Organization’s Conference, “World of Work” which was
held concurrently in Copenhagen. Capping her frozen Danish experience,
Melanie attended legal seminars at the University of Copenhagen dealing
with the Kyoto Treaty compliance and enforcement and exploring similar
provisions that might be put into place in any new, final climate
agreement. Join Melanie for an inside look at the conference and to
discuss the climate change issues both here in Ohio and around the
globe.
