Last Chance to Get Your Tickets for 350Brooklyn's Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet!

Tuesday, December 10 from 7–10pm
Sunny’s Bar
253 Conover Street (Red Hook)

Tuesday is your last chance to purchase online tickets for the Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet! Online ticket sales must close at 12noon. We will have some tickets to sell at the door, but why chance it?!

Grab a friend and come on out to celebrate with us at the legendary Sunny’s Bar Tuesday, December 10th, as we toast to the progress made this year and raise money to support future initiatives. The event will feature scrumptious appetizers, a silent auction, specialty cocktails AND live music from luminaries of New York City's folk and old-time music scenes, including Alex Kramer & Friends and M Shanghai!

Don’t miss out!

Climate Wednesdays: Green New Meal—The Food-Climate Connection

Wednesday, December 11 from 7–8:30pm
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch
10 Grand Army Plaza

How does our current food system affect the climate, and how does climate change affect the quality and availability of food? What methods and policies can protect both the climate and the food supply? And who’s farming in Brooklyn?

Join us for the final Climate Wednesday evening in our fall series, where we’ll explore these and other questions. Natural foods chef and radio host Bhavani Jaroff will moderate a panel that includes Farm School NYC director Onika Abraham and food and climate activist Nancy Romer, with a special slide show about food policy courtesy of the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

The series will resume in February with evenings devoted to climate and health, transportation, jobs, and partnering with nature.

Monthly Meeting: Art! Music! Activism!

Thursday, December 12 at 7:30pm
Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill)

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution." —Emma Goldman

The climate movement needs more than science and statistics. We also need a vision, a soul, and a song. At our December meeting, we’ll learn new climate songs, write fresh chants, improvise skits, sketch banners, and maybe even dance a little. Not for artists only: just bring your ideas and imagination. Let’s energize ourselves and our movement with climate arts for the year ahead.

And remember that our meeting space, Brooklyn Commons, serves food and drink and is a great spot for meeting with your committee—or just relaxing—before the meeting.

RSVP here!

Campaign Update: A Green New Deal for New York

State representatives in Albany passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) last year and now comes the hard work of ensuring it is put into action.

The NY Renews coalition is asking for $1 billion in this year's budget to jump-start the process and we’ll be visiting elected officials in their district offices on December 16 to build support. We’re still in need of people in Brooklyn, so please sign up here if you can join or lead a meeting with your local representative.. No experience necessary; the coalition will provide talking points.

Also, the CLCPA establishes the Climate Action Council to create the plan to transition our state off of fossil fuels. But so far, the only people appointed to the council are fossil fuel executives. MAKE A CALL to the Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Governor Cuomo and tell them to appoint climate justice leaders to the council NOW!

Campaign Update: Stop the Williams Pipeline

A dramatic chapter of our fight against the Williams pipeline came to a close on November 25 after Governor Cuomo ordered National Grid to end the moratorium on new gas hookups it had imposed on ratepayers after the pipeline was denied. The order came after National Grid “found” short-term solutions to its supposed gas supply problems, effectively demonstrating that the gas shortage it had long touted was overblown.

The good news is that, largely thanks to our work, the Governor saw through National Grid’s manipulative tactics. The bad news is that the pipeline is still on the table as a long-term solution. Worse yet is that National Grid—which makes its money from building gas infrastructure—will supposedly be involved in public deliberations determining our energy future. Yet the public verdict is in: we want renewable energy, and we want it now! Stay tuned for developments.

Want to get involved? Write to [email protected]

The Media Committee Needs You!

Are you a reader, writer, journalist or proofreader? Do you love to post and tweet? Do you follow the latest news on the climate crisis? Do you love to shoot pictures and tell stories? The Media Committee needs new members and new leaders! Please send an email to [email protected], or, even better, come to the next Media Committee meeting on 12/16 at 746 Union Street at 6:30pm!

350Brooklyn takes local action to solve the climate crisis. We are an all-volunteer organization and welcome people of all backgrounds, skills, and availability. Interested in volunteering? Contact [email protected]. While we are an affiliate of 350.org, we are programmatically independent and our financial support comes solely from our members. Can you offer financial support? Donate here.