6501 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
USA
GAR SMITH explores the business of war: the environmental and social consequences of war. The War and Environment Reader spotlights the damage military violence inflicts on regional and global ecosystems. The Reader anthology features a wide array of global perspectives, including Medea Benjamin, Helen Caldicott, Daniel Ellsberg, Winona LaDuke, Jerry Mander, Dr. Jane Goodall, Koohan Paik, Vandana Shiva, David Swanson, and Jody Williams.
Gar Smith is editor emeritus of Earth Island Journal, a veteran of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement, a Project Censored award-winning investigative reporter, and the author of Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth (Chelsea Green, 2012).
Breakout Groups
We were thrilled by your enthusiasm in Breakout Groups at Green Sundays a few months ago. To grow that energy, we’re having Breakout Groups starting around 6:45 at the beginning of the County Council meetings after the 15 minute potluck refreshment break that follows our Green Sunday programs. Which group will you roll with? (County Councilor Brett Dixon will organize the groups this Sunday.)
1. ELECTIONS (including endorsements, campaigning, ballot drives, voter guide)
2. More CONVERSATION re Militarism and the Environment, AND Green Party ORIENTATION
3. OUTREACH (recruiting, social events, networking with other groups)
4. TECH (website, social media, newsletter, recording/broadcasting our events)
5. OPERATIONS (including Green Sunday plans, fundraising, working with state and national Green Party)