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This time last Sunday we were collapsed in a jubilant daze, grinning ear to ear with pals we'd spent the day with, downing aspirin and wine and soakin
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This time last Sunday we were collapsed in a jubilant daze, grinning ear to ear with pals we'd spent the day with, downing aspirin and wine and soaking our feet. We actually did it. 400,000 of us! This past week and the week preceding were a blur. The launch of our mapping project, the march, AND Flood Wall Street! See the full reportback here, view all the photos here and on our facebook page. All photos below by Erik McGregor. |
 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT! |
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In all the hubbub, we didn't get to welcome the newest member of our Sane Energy team: Patrick Robbins. Patrick joins us as Development & Communications Coordinator following a stint doing social media for the Showtime series, The Years of Living Dangerously; and previously as Project Manager for the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design. Patrick holds a Master’s degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University and has written for Huffington Post and others. He marched last Sunday with his 90-year-old grandmother and took part in Flood Wall Street. Check out his reportback from Climate Week on our website. |
 Sane Energy Project Outreach Coordinator, Kim Fraczek, who was responsible for the methane molecules and so much of the wonderful artwork at the march, still had energy to burn the next day at Flood Wall Street. Pictured above with Laura Newman from Reverend Billy's choir, shortly before her arrest. Kim explained to her arresting officer, who complained about being kept late on his shift, "Think of it this way, you're contributing to change the world and save your pension from Wall St. crooks. Sooner or later, you'll get to arrest the real criminals since we are going to keep this up." |
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The launch of YOU ARE HERE was a great success: a packed and energetic room, informative speakers and a super engaged Q&A. Our guest speaker, Zephyr Teachout, touted Mark Jacobson's Solutions Project, what we'd much rather see for New York's future than the future the map portends. (And we gave away hundreds of packets of Solutions Project postcards for folks to pass out at the Climate March!) After demonstrating the map on the big screen, we provided iPads so that attendees could test drive it themselves. The response has been enthusiastic and our timing prescient: Infrastructure is in the air. A newly formed group focused on Collateral Damage from Fracking even features the map on their website. |
 Zephyr Teachout said the map was so important she wished she'd had it "Four months ago!" | |  Our panel of speakers from upstate included (l-to-r) Mark Pezzatti, Bill Huston and Maura Stephens, who are both map contributors and affected homeowners. |
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 Ithaca-area legislator Carol Chock during the Q&A. | |  The audience test drove the map after the panel. |
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 A full house for Tuesday night's Solutions Grassroots Tour, sponsored by Sane Energy Project, featured a stellar cast headed by John Fenton, plus speaker Bill McKibben, and folk legends, Peter and Bethany Yarrow. |
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MONDAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO COMMENT on the draft EIS for the insane Spectra AIM pipeline. Get all the details here.
Tuesday: The climate focus continues with the City Council event, "A Greener NYC," hosted by speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Enviro Committee Chair Donovan Richards. 5:30pm at Council Chambers inside City Hall (enter through City Hall Park security gate).
Monday, October 6th: Follow the momentum of the march with a discussion of "What's Next?" at the NYC Grassroots Alliance monthly meeting: 7-9pm at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West. |
The mapping project has required a tremendous dedication of resources: hours and hours of research, investigation, programming, proofreading, art making, photography, and writing. It has been a true labor of love that involved dozens of people across the state. Now we're asking you to show us the love and make a donation to ensure that we have the resources to get this map out far and wide, keep it updated, and bring it to communities all over New York State, to legislators, local policy makers, and journalists. We appreciate ALL of your support! |
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