ECA Mass Event Calendar

All members are invited to join this discussion— an ongoing series of biweekly educational “Deep Dives” into topics related to our mission.

Our next Deep Dialogue is this Monday, 2/4, at 4-5:30 PM. The zoom link for the call is:
 
https://zoom.us/j/482243663
 
The topic is when should we compromise our beliefs in the interest of unity.
 
It is no secret that many of the climate activist groups have very different views from one another on how we should combat climate change. A potentially major difference has surfaced with an interpretation of what the “Green New Deal” means. A letter endorsed by 600 environmental groups – including ECA National was sent to all members of congress. The letter explicitly rules out the use of nuclear, bioenergy, or hydro as sources of clean energy. It also rules out market-based mechanisms such as carbon and emissions trading as well as any carbon capture and storage technology.

Although many members of ECA do not agree with most of these positions, the letter was endorsed by ECA to demonstrate our unity with other environmental groups (note – several major groups did not endorse the letter including the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the Environmental Defense Fund). There are good discussions of the issues this letter raised in a David Roberts article 
and in the Atlantic.

The question for this Deep Dialogue is when should we compromise our beliefs in the interest of unity? The Green New Deal letter, and whether ECA should have endorsed it, will be the springboard for this discussion.

The Zoom info for the call is below (and will remain the same for all Deep Dialogues).

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Our next ECA Mass monthly chapter meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 12th from 11:30-2:30 at Irene Fairley's home 34 Winn Street, Belmont. On street parking is no problem.
The first half hour we make time for socializing with each other and an informal potluck lunch. Bring your own and/or a pot-luck item to share.
Then we start our meeting promptly at noon with a full agenda.
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This month's meeting includes a presentation on the FUTURE bill, one of our legislative priorities, by
Zeyneb Magavi, Research Director
Zeyneb led HEET’s research team for the Large Volume Leak Study in 2017 and recently completed a Masters program in Environmental Sustainability. After studying Global Health at Harvard School of Public Health and working with a startup called DTree, she shifted her focus to health and sustainability in the built environment. One of her green & healthy home renovations was featured on PBS’s NOW show with David Broncaccio. She has also worked with SEN, a network of scientific consultants and editors, where her role included strategic planning as well as projects related to technology, health, and the environment. More recently, Zeyneb assisted Professor Ashford at MIT with a book on transforming the industrial state.

Zeyneb will be discussing the reason for and the technology behind the Future Bill (An Act For the Utilities Transition to Using Renewable Energy).
She has been very involved with its writing, implementation and gathering co-sponsors for it.
You will also get news from our team who've been working hard to draw up our list of Legislative Priorities for this session. They will show us the fruits of their work - a handy "one-pager" everyone will be able to use when you tell people about ECA Mass and our work.

You will also learn what we've been doing with updating our membership database, so we can organize more effectively and locally.