2009 NEBRASKA ENERGY PLAN . . . Text of the draft 2009 Nebraska Energy Plan is available in pdf here. Website information can be found here. The plan encourages renewable energy projects, and support for nuclear power. The public is invited to comment on the proposal through January 23, 2009. Click here for a list of six reasons why nuclear power is not a reasonable, realistic solution to the world’s energy problem. Click here to comment, or submit e-mail comments to energy [at] nebraska [dot] gov. Click here (.pdf) to read a Green Party statement of opposition to the use of nuclear power.
“A TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR” . . . Founder and Artistic Director of the American Negro Playwright Theatre Barry Scott will present an hour-long tribute to Dr. King on Monday, January 19, 2009, 11:00am, in Heckman Auditorium at Doane College Crete campus. The free event is open to the public. Segments of King’s speeches will be performed, and a question/answer session will follow the presentation. Click here for a map of the Doane campus.
WINTER GREEN DRINKS IN NEBRASKA CITY . . . Monday, January 19, 2008, 4:30 to 6:30pm, all those interested in Green practices and initiatives for Nebraska City, Otoe County, and the surrounding area are invited to Green Drinks at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center. Priority choices for 2009 projects will be discussed. For more information, phone 402.209.0559. To rsvp, e-mail LeadershipNC [at] windstream [dot] net. Rethink. Reuse. Reduce. Recycle.
WILDERNESS PARK PRESERVATION . . . Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Friends of Wilderness Park will meet from 7:00 to 9:00pm at the Lincoln Public Schools Administration Building, 5901 O Street, Room E-111. (Use main front door.) Dennis Ferraro, Herpetologist at the UN-L School of Natural Resources, will bring samples of reptiles from the Salt Creek area. Children who may enjoy seeing snakes and rare, threatened species up close are welcome. The presentation is free and open to the public.
LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Join weekly peace vigils at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets in Lincoln, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402-499-6672 or e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.
THE DEATH PENALTY IN NEBRASKA . . . Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty will host a Lincoln discussion of why the only acceptable alternative to electrocution, now unconstitutional, is abolition–not lethal injection. Focus of the informational meeting will be the 2009 legislature’s bills on lethal injection and abolition, and strategies for next steps in the campaign to end state killing. The meeting is Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 7:00 to 8:00pm at the Clyde Malone Community Center, 2032 U Street, Lincoln. For more information, contact Jill Francke, NAPD statewide Coordinator, jill [dot] francke [at] gmail [dot] com or 402.477.7787. Vigil against the death penalty every Monday from noon to 1:00pm inside the State Capitol Building by the information desk on ground floor, Lincoln.
LINCOLN GREEN DRINKS . . . Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 5:30pm to close, Lincoln Green Drinks will will meet at Lazlo’s South, 5900 Old Cheney Road, in the boardroom off the bar area–to the left as you enter. There are Happy Hour specials on food and drinks in the bar until 6:00pm. Green Drinks is an international social network now active in 463 cities worldwide. E-mail Tyler Mainquist, tmain [at] inebraska [dot] com, for more information.
RENEWABLE ENERGY . . . Wind, Solar and Geothermal renewable energy will be the focus of the Omaha Sierra Club Program Thursday, January 22, 2009, 7:00 to 8:30pm, at First United Methodist Church, 69th & Cass Streets. (Enter through the north door.)
CENTRAL NEBRASKA PEACEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING . . . Many Central Nebraska Peaceworkers are Green Party members and supporters. This month’s regular meeting is Sunday, January 25, 2009, 3:00pm, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Grand Island, Nebraska. Nebraskans in Congressional District 3 are invited to CNPW meetings, and encouraged to get involved in local peace activism.
ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL VACANCIES . . . Nominations are being considered for 1) Representatives from each Congressional District for Environmental Trust vacancies; and 2) Environmental Quality Council seats for Ag Crop Production, Auto/Petroleum Industry, Biologist, Food Products Manufacturing,Labor, Livestock Industry, Minority Populations, Municipal Government, and the Power Generating Industry. To apply online, click here. The Governor will send nominations to the Natural Resources Committee for confirmation hearings in January or February.
LIBRARY BOARD VACANCY . . . January 31, 2009 is the deadline for Lincoln residents to apply for a vacancy on the Lincoln City Libraries Board of Trustees. This is a six-year appointment (2009-2015) to a seven-member board. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest including a statement outlining their philosophy and goals for providing public library services, plus a brief bio resume, to library [at] lincolnlibraries [dot] org. Applications will be forwarded, with recommendations, to the Lincoln City Council.
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