Vermont and Regional Actions & Events around the COP 21 Meetings in Paris
Vigil for Climate Justice
Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 am
Triangle Park (near the Green), Main Street, Middlebury
Burlington Climate March
Sunday, Nov. 29, 1 pm
City Hall Park, Burlington
Global Climate Rally
Monday, Nov. 30, 7 am
15 River Road at corner with Route 10 A, Norwich – at the beginning of the Ledyard Bridge
To RSVP for any of the above three events, go to: https://350.org/global-climate-march/
then scroll down and click on “Join an Action.”
Bell Ringing
Weekend of Nov. 28 – 29
Houses of Worship throughout Vermont (and New Hampshire)
Faith leaders recommend bell ringing for 5 – 10 minutes sometime during the 11 am – Noon hour (or at another time)
Saturday, Nov. 28, Noon
Bell ringing and rally in front of Unitarian Universalist Church, Main Street, Montpelier
Sunday, Nov. 29, during the 11 am – Noon hour
Please encourage your faith community to ring the bells!
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont leader, Bishop Thomas Ely, and Vermont Conference United Church of Christ leader, The Rev. Lynn Bujnak, encourage their churches to take part in this action. We hope other faith communities will also join in! More about it is here:
Fasting and Prayer
In solidarity with those around the world who are suffering as a result of the climate crisis, people of faith in this country and worldwide will fast and say prayers on December 1, 2015.
Boston Rally
Jobs, Justice, Climate: Defending New England’s Future rally will be in Boston from 1 – 3 pm on Boston Common, December 12, the final day of the UN Climate talks in Paris. For more information, contact Brittany Dunn: brittany@350VT.org
In light of the recent terror attacks in Paris, a 350.org staff member, Nicolas Haeringer, wrote about the Paris Climate Summit ( COP 21) as a peace summit. Read it here: https://350.org/november-13/
Please take pictures of the event you attend and send them to VTIPL: info@vtipl.org Thank you!