FUNDRAISER FOR US SENATE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE STEVE LARRICK . . . Monday, April 14, 2008, 6:00-8:00pm, join Steve Larrick, Greens and Supporters at the PS Collective Performance Showcase 6056 Maple Street, Omaha, Nebraska, to hear folksinger/songwriter Tom Neilson perform award-winning original songs of humor, compassion and political affairs. Help raise campaign funds for the Larrick for US Senate campaign, and stay for the 8:00pm performance of “My Name is Rachel Corrie.” Rachel was a 23-year old American peace activist from Olympia, Washington, crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2003 while protesting non-violently against the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home. Rachel Corrie Myths and Facts are at http://www.rachelswords.org/2006/10/14/rachel-corrie-myths-and-facts/. More information about Rachel Corrie is at http://www.rachelcorriefoundation.org/. Call 402.932.9007 for reservations.
GLOBAL WARMING FOCUS of 2008 UN-L VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM . . . Climate change expert and lead author for “Climate Change 2007,” David Easterling, will present “Evidence of Climate Change,” Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 2:00pm, in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street, Lincoln. The room will be posted. Easterling will also participate in a panel discussion, “Climate Change and the Great Plains,” April 17, 2008, 2:00pm at the Nebraska Union. Joining him on the panel will be UNL climate experts, Sheri Fritz, professor of geosciences and biological sciences; Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center; and Kenneth Hubbard, High Plains Regional Climate Center. The panel moderator will be Bob Bolin of the University Libraries. A reception will follow. These are free, public events. For more information, visit www.unl.edu/libr/inet/vsp2008.shtml.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: THE COST OF OUR INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ . . . Join Greens and Nebraska Coalition for Peace activists in discussion with featured speaker Hank Van den Berg, UN-L Professor of Economics, Thursday April 17, 2008, 7:00pm, at Meadowlark Coffee House, 1624 South Street, Lincoln, next to Open Harvest. Van den Berg says “No one has yet calculated what the cost of our invasion and occupation is for Iraq. …The entire range of estimates is very large, far exceeding cost to the US.” He will report his findings for discussion.
EARTH DAY AT UN-L . . . A campus-wide Earth Day Celebration will be Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:00am to 3:00pm, on the green space just north of the City Campus Union, 1400 R Street, Lincoln. In case of rain, the event will be inside the Union. Contact Sara Winn, 402.472.8823, or smccleanwinn2 at unl dot edu.
EARTH DAY OMAHA 2008: THE POWER OF ONE . . . Saturday, April 19, 2008, noon to 8:00pm at Elmwood Park, 808 South 60th Street (behind UN-O) the Omaha Earth Day Celebration is a public service to promote environmental education and advocacy. There will be a beer garden, live music and food. Believing the Earth is our common home, and it is our responsibility to be good stewards, the Event is hosted by the Earth Day Omaha Coalition.
IN LINCOLN, EARTH DAY, EVERY DAY . . . The Coalition for the Environment and Earth Day (CEED) will host an Earth Day event for the City of Lincoln at Antelope Park, Sunday, April 20, noon-4:00pm. The free, no-litter event will feature live music in the Antelope band shell, children’s activities, interactive displays, plus presentations by more than forty local environmentally concerned groups, businesses and organizations.
Nebraska Green Party spearheaded CEED because this is an election year, and government agencies are not taking the lead on reducing our carbon footprint. Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day with Greens on April 20, 2008.
NEBRASKA GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES . . . Green Party candidates filing with the Secretary of State for 2008 elections in Partisan elections are Steven R. Larrick, U.S. Senate; and for Douglas County Board, District 1: Scott Hoffman; District 3: Tom Foster, and Derek Glaser; District 5: Susan Koneck. Laverne N. Thraen, Jr. has filed for the Non-Partisan OPPD Board of Directors Metro District, and Doug Paterson will be on the ballot for Public Service Commission in Omaha.