[SEMCO] Ethiopia and Environmental Justice

[Murphydalzell at aol.com]

ETHIOPIA  PRESENTATION ON  JULY  25th  (Sunday  night)
 
Ethiopia is a long ways from New England and it doesn't have easy access to 
 the ocean....  However:  Like
many developing nations, Ethiopia is suffering from the effects of global  
climate change.    Africans are concerned about other  environmental 
problems, including the problem of drinking water shortages.
 
A few weeks ago, the national Sierra Club sent me to Ethiopia to meet with  
community development groups, public health workers, human rights 
advocates, and  others, to discuss environmental concerns.   The question is very  
simple,   "How do Americans work with people in the developing world  in 
response to
problems like global warming?"    What do Americans need to  know in global 
conversations?
 
I'm a member of the clergy with a background in environmental justice  work.
 
I'll speak about the Sierra Club and its Ethiopia work during a special  
Sunday service at the Unitarian Universalist church in Falmouth, on Sunday  
night, July 25th.     The public is  invited.    There will be a
discussion after the religious service.     The church  is located at 840 
Sandwich Road in East Falmouth.
The Sunday night service will start at 7:00 pm.      Information:   (508) 
457-0449.
 
Religious groups on Cape Cod are working together on energy issues, and, of 
 course, they continue their work in response to natural and manmade  
disasters.    On October 23rd,    the Council of  Churches will
sponsor a  meeting in Orleans that will focus more attention on the  
religious response to energy and environmental justice  concerns.     More 
information is available from the Council  of Churches.
 
(Submitted by Rev. Robert Murphy, in Falmouth)
 
 
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