STAY WITH US! This is an unusual and important week so you'll be hearing from us more than usual. We want to make sure you're up to speed with all the

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STAY WITH US! This is an unusual and important week so you'll be hearing from us more than usual. We want to make sure you're up to speed with all the climate march events and know all the logistics as they develop. So you'll be hearing from us at the end of the week, right before the march, too. And then, once the march is over, we are going to take a very long nap! After this burst of activity, we'll be returning to our once-a-week Sunday newsletter schedule.

Our Day-by-Day Picks for Events This Week:

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We're really looking forward to seeing all our fracktivist friends at the People's Climate March, next Sunday, Sept. 21st, and at many the events leading up to it. There are so many to choose from, we can't include them all here. This is just a small sampling. You want the whole nine yards? Check here, and here and here! Have a great week, see you at the march!

At many of these events, you can take postcards to hand out at the march that tell newcomers how New York can go 100% renewable!

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How can we make sure all New Yorkers know that we CAN ditch fossil fuels and run entirely on wind, water and solar? Only with your help! This is something we want to get out to the public in a big way. Please volunteer to be a climate ambassador and hand out a variety of postcards we have created for the march to those lining the route.

One of the cards we've created is a summary of The Solutions Project; how New York State can go 100% renewable by 2050. We also have a card listing five "no brainer" climate solutions for NYC, including choosing a wind farm over LNG (duh!) and cards that advocate Food Not Fracking! Pick up a handful of cards at any of the events we'll be at this week (see below).

OUR PICK FOR TONIGHT, TUESDAY, SEPT 16TH:

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6:30pm: Screening, The Future of Energy, NYC Premiere

A powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It's a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their relationships with the planet and with each other.

Featuring: Mark Jacobson, CA Governor Jerry Brown, Mayors Bob Dixon and R. Rex Parris who have transitioned their cities to 100% renewable energy.

Get tickets here: @ New York Society for Ethical Culture,
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor.
PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

OUR PICK FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT 17TH:

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7- 8:30pm: Climate Conversations: Why the UN's Climate Summit is Important to All of Us A discussion with Lisa DiCaprio, Yvonne O'Neal, Beth Ackerman, and Philip Orton; Moderated by Steve Knight, GreenFaith. @ Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E 88th St, between 2nd and 1st Avenues. The event takes place on the first floor of St. Christopher's House, the building at the western end of the church complex (on your right, as you face the church). FREE. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor. PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

OUR PICKS FOR THURSDAY, SEPT 18TH:

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THURSDAY MIDDAY IN MANHATTAN 11:30am-1:00pm: Rally Outside Plaza Hotel. Governor Cuomo will attend a "Women for Cuomo" luncheon. We want to hammer Cuomo to veto the LNG port off Long Island and build the wind farm there instead. Make sure his supporters know about this stark choice between an energy future that engenders sea level rise versus one that could not only provide renewable energy but soften the force of hurricanes off our shores. 5th Ave. @ 59th St. near Central Park South

THURSDAY NIGHT IN MANHATTAN
6:30pm: Resistance Cinema presents a screening of Groundswell Rising, The Human Cost of Fracking. SPECIAL GUEST: MARK LICHTY, Executive Producer. @ Community Church of New York Assembly Hall, 40 East 35 Street, between Madison and Park. FREE (donations appreciated). PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

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THURSDAY NIGHT IN BUSHWICK
7-9pm: Fracking Voices From the Frontlines. Speakers, including Madeline Stano, CA; Jenny Lisak, PA; Asha Canalos, NY; and Martin Guillermo Mullaly, Argentina, will share stories from their communities of resilience, resistance, and strength against extractive industries. @ MayDay / PCM Arts Space, 3rd floor, 214 Starr Street. Brooklyn Map here. L train to Jefferson Street station.
PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

OUR PICKS FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 19TH

4pm: The Climate Convergence is a two-day extravaganza of visioning on a par with the Left Forum. It starts on Friday 4pm with registration, a training and the opening plenary. To register online, and see all the forums, click here. Definitely plan on attending the Saturday morning sessions which have many forums focused on fracking, especially the launch of the infrastructure map, You Are Here (see below).

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5pm: Today's Fossil Fuels and the Future of our Children's Health. Ignoring all the bad news about climate change won't make it go away; especially when it comes to what could negatively impact our most vulnerable population, children. @ John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W. 59th Street, near 10th Avenue. FREE but reservations strongly recommended. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor. PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

6:30pm: NYC Friends of Clearwater hosts the always excellent Paul Reale, a sustainability consultant who has worked closely with Al Gore's Climate Reality Project. As usual at NYCFC's monthly meetings, there'll be music and a potluck dinner. Please bring food to share, and musical instruments if you have them. @Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village. Enter at 439 Thompson Street (just south of Washington Square).

OUR PICKS FOR SATURDAY SEPT. 20TH:

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Saturday @ 12:30: Launch of YOU ARE HERE

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For two years, Sane has been developing this project in collaboration with dozens of upstate allies. This groundbreaking interactive map catalogs all the existing and proposed shale gas infrastructure in New York State, AND connects users to the local groups fighting it. And, to connect the development of shale gas with the political situation in NY, Zephyr Teachout will say a few opening words.

At this forum, you will meet the contributors to the map and speak with affected front-line activists working against frack waste, the Seneca Salt Caverns, the Constitution Pipeline, and various downstate projects as well. We'll have iPads so you can try out the map for yourself. Part of the Climate Convergence, at The Graffiti Church, 205 E. 7th St., between Avenues B & C, Manhattan. Free (suggested donations to cover costs) To register, click here. or just show up! The Convergence will run from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

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Saturday @ 3:30pm: Meet Your Fellow Fracktivists

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Lots of people will be coming in from out of town for the march, including folks who've traveled across the country, from upstate, Texas, DC, California and Pennsylvania. An informal networking and social gathering will take place in Tompkins Square Park, just half a block from the Climate Convergence, at the Gaia/Krishna Tree near the center of the park (the park is between 7th and 10th streets and Avenues A and B). PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!

Saturday Night: Many options

There's no shortage of ways to gear up for the march this last night before. The big event at Ethical Culture has been sold out for a week (PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH THERE!), but check out these other options (needless to say, ARRIVE EARLY to any of these stellar events):

5-7pm: FRACK OFF: Indigenous Women Leading Media Campaigns to Defend our Climate. Activists Shelley A. Young, Kandi Mosset, Elle Maija Tailfeathers, and Ellen Gabriel discuss high-profile campaigns by indigenous groups in Canada and the U.S. that protest the oil and fracking industries. @ The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall.

7-9pm: Closing Plenary of the Climate Convergence features Naomi Klein, Jaqui Patterson, Desmond D'Sa and Olga Bautista, @ Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street (near the Citicorp building).

8-10pm: The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out? Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges, Kshama Sawant and Van Jones for a discussion of strategies and tactics for the climate movement. Moderated by Brian Lehrer of WNYC. @ The Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY Corner of East 80 Street. FREE.

See you Sunday at the march!

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