BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/47/calendar/10533387/ica l/June+9+Celebrate+Maryland's+Climate+Heroes+-+Benefit+for+CCAN/ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - June 9 Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:June 9 Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN DESCRIPTION:Maryland Suburbs Alternative Energy Powerup Meetup\n\nJune 9 Ce lebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN\nAnnouncing a new Meet up for Maryland Suburbs Urbanism/Sustainable Development! \nWhat: Celebrate Maryland's Climate Heroes - Benefit for CCAN \nWHEN: Tuesday\, June 9th fr om 7-9pm \nWHERE: The award-winning Student Center at the Takoma Park campu s of Montgomery College \nREFRESHMENTS: Hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided\ nTICKETS: Minimum donation of $50 and all the proceeds support CCAN's criti cal work. Purchase tickets below\nATTIRE: Cocktail attire\n~About the Award ees~\nU.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD-8th Dist) has achieved many clean ener gy successes in his six years in Congress. He is co-chair of the House Rene wable Energy and Efficiency Caucus. He led the fight for establishing a “Gr een Bank” within the recent economic stimulus package. And in April he intr oduced the historic and much-praised climate bill called “The Cap and Divid end Act of 2009.”\n \nState Senator Paul Pinsky (Dist. 22) and Delegate Kum ar Barve (Dist. 17)\, meanwhile\, were lead sponsors this year of the stron gest climate bill ever passed by a U.S. state: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of Maryland.\nCouncil Member George Leventhal has achieved m any clean energy successes in his six years on the Montgomery County Counci l. He pioneered the campaign to switch county government buildings -- inclu ding schools -- to 10 percent wind power. He launched the "Clean Energy Rew ard" program for Montgomery County residential purchasers of clean energy. And he has been an unshakeable leader in the fight for the Purple Line ligh t rail system in the county.\n \nBetsy Taylor and Ted and Jennifer Stanley have dedicated much of their remarkable careers to advocating for social ju stice and environmental stewardship. Without their support\, CCAN would nev er have achieved its landmark successes across the region.\n\n~Host Committ ee~\nJamie Raskin\, MD State Senator (District 20) \nBill McKibben\, MIddle bury College \nBob Musil\, Chairman\, 2020 Vision \nGary Skulnik\, Clean Cu rrents \nLise Van Susteren\, The Climate Project\nMark Cohen\, Executive Pr oducer\, THE COFFEE HOUSE \nDallas Burtraw \nSeth Goldman\, Honest Tea \nCh arlotte Brewer \nPeter Barnes \nBetsy Cohn and Judy Appelbaum \nCleo Braver and Alfred Tyler \nCharlie Garlow \nCindy and Ed Brandt \nCindy L. Parker\ , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health \nDave Blazer\, Bluewater Wind \nDee Raff \nDenny May \nEllen McGovern \nKaren and Jim McManus \nKev in Rackstraw \nLinda and Robert Pepper\nLisa Kiely\, University of Maryland \nM.A. Sheehan \nMel Raff \nPat DeLaquil\, Clean Energy Commercialization LLC \nScott Nash\, MOM’S Organic Market\n\n\nBELOW IS UNRELATED TO ABOVE – except it is about Climate\n\nFrom Franny Alexander\, director of the movie \, AgeofStupid.org\, about looking back from climate destroyed world of 205 5 at the destructive traits of the present day: Ha ha\, AgeofStupid just go t our worst review of all time - actually\, maybe anybody's worst review of all time: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6359/ \n\nG reen Movie Investors? Speaking of cash\, if anyone would like to own a piec e of the Stupid pie\, we have 8.5 shares of 10K left from Round 4 (or is it 5?). Investing details here: http://www.ageofstupid.net/money \n\nwww.ageo fstupid.org \nwww.notstupid.org \n\n- Shell is in court in New York for com plicity in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa. As you no doubt remember\, Saro- Wiwa was the environmental activist and Ogoni leader who led a campaign aga inst the environmental devastation wreaked upon the Niger Delta (as feature d in Layefa's story in Age of Stupid) in the '90s\, as a result of which he was hanged\, along with eight of his colleagues\, in 1995. For more info\, including how you can get involved in various actions this week\, see: www .shellguilty.org and http://remembersarowiwa.com/ \n\nAge of Stupid’s super -cool UK distributors\, Dogwoof\, are launching their new film about over-f ishing\, The End of the Line. Apparently there's going to be no fish by 204 8\, which is not just a wee problem for hungry humans but\, obviously\, for all the ocean's ecosystems (even before we get into climate change heating the water\, killing the coral...). \n\nhttp://www.dogwoof.com/indie/indiet railer/the-end-of-the-line-trailer/ - There's a whole radio show all about climate change\, which is archived neatly online: www.climateradio.org\n\nT akoma Park\, MD 20912 - USA\n\nTuesday\, June 9 at 7:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http: //photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/6/4/a/event_617994.jpeg\n\nAttend ing: 1\n\nDetails: http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/47/calendar/10533387 / LAST-MODIFIED:20090617T224339Z UID:event_10533387@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20090531T021936Z DTSTAMP:20091209T033518Z DTSTART:20090609T230000Z DTEND:20090610T010000Z GEO:39.09;-77.17 LOCATION:Montgomery College - 7600 Takoma Ave - Takoma Park\, MD 20912 - U SA URL:http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/47/calendar/10533387/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR