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VIGIL AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY . . . Every Monday, from noon to 1:00pm, supporters of abolition in Nebraska vigil in front of the governor’s mansion, 1425 H Street, Lincoln. Join them for a few minutes, or the hour. For more information, contact Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty<\/a>, \u00a0402.477.7787.<\/p>\n

SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE PRESERVATION . . . The Lancaster County Commissioners final hearing to address a request from Spring Creek Prairie Audubon<\/a> for closure of a minimum maintenance dirt road dividing habitat for native plants and animals will be Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:30am at the County-City Building, 555 South 10th Street, Lincoln. Greens and conservationists are urged to attend this hearing in supportof closing for the sake of preservation. Other actions: contact County Commissioners by phone at 402.441.7447, e-mail commiss [at] lancaster [dot] ne [dot] gov and write letters to the editor of Lincoln Journal-Star via e-mail at oped [at] journalstar [dot] com. For background and further information, phone Spring Creek Prairie at 402.797.2301.<\/p>\n

CD 1 GREEN PARTY CHAPTER MEETING . . . Chapter 1 Greens will meet Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 7:00pm, at the home of Steve Larrick, US Senate candidate in the November 4 election, 920 South 8th Street, Lincoln. The future of Nebraska Green Party will be discussed. Without a 5% vote in a statewide election, to continue, NGP will need to petition the Secretary of State for a new political party ballot line in the next election cycle.<\/p>\n

NEW LINCOLN GREEN DRINKS . . . There are now Green Drinks Chapters in 426 cities worldwide. Lincoln’s informal self-organizing network of Green Movement supporters will meet Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 5:00pm to close, at Fireworks Restaurant, 5750 South 86th Drive (SE corner 84th & Old Cheney). Meet in the boardroom near the back of the restaurant. There are happy hour specials on food and drink until 6:00pm. All are welcome.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

RECYCLE CFLs NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 . . . WasteCap Nebraska<\/a>\u00a0 is coordinating a pilot recycling program for individuals and businesses. Drop off burned-out compact fluorescent lamps at Ace Hardward stores in Lincoln, now through November 30, 2008. A 60 cent recycling fee per bulb will be offset by a 60 cent coupon toward the purchase of a new CFL. Learn the benefits of CFLs and how to safely dispose of broken bulbs here<\/a>, or phone 1.888.E-Waste-9.<\/p>\n

THANKSGIVING . . . Thursday, November 27, 2008, remember to be thankful for life’s blessings, and hopeful for a\u00a0more sustainable world in the future.<\/p>\n

WORLD AIDS DAY . . . In Omaha, join a Nebraska AIDS Project Candlelight Vigil for Awareness Monday, December 1, 2008, 4:00pm until sunset, at 60th & Dodge Street. Meet at Memorial Park and line the north and south sides of Dodge. Signs will be provided. In Hastings, on Thursday, December 4, there will be a Candlelight Vigil, 7:00pm, at Fuhr Hall Music Building on the Hastings College Campus. The Nebraska AIDS Project will expand testing hours at 139 South 40th Street in Lincoln, as follows: Tuesday, December 2, 1:30 to 9:00pm; Wednesday, December 3, 1:30 to 9:00pm; Thursday, December 4, 1:30 to 9:00pm; and Friday, December 5, 1:30 to 4:00pm. For more information, call Nebraska AIDS Project at 402.552.9260.<\/p>\n

NFP LINCOLN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING . . . A new Lincoln Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace will begin working on the issues of war and peace, violence prevention, anti-nuclear organizing, civil rights and the environment with an organizational meeting on Sunday, December 7, 2008, 4:30pm at Yia Yia’s, 1423 O Street. Contact Josh Cramer, jrcramer [at] gmail [dot] com or Jill Francke, jill [dot] francke [at] hotmail [dot] com for more information.<\/p>\n

We are not the alternative; we are the imperative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VIGIL AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY . . . Every Monday, from noon to 1:00pm, supporters of abolition in Nebraska vigil in front of the governor’s mansion, 1425 H Street, Lincoln. Join them for a few minutes, or the hour. For more information, contact Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty, \u00a0402.477.7787. SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE PRESERVATION . . … Continue reading Green Notes Week of November 23, 2008<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebraskagreens.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}