Mission: JOY Community Conversation
Mt Baker Meaningful Movies, Interfaith Power And Light and Roco Films invite you to join us for a free viewing of the film Mission: JOY Nov 19 – Dec 2 and a community conversation about the film on December 2nd at 7PM. Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: JOY is a documentary with unprecedented access Continue Reading
Meaningful Movie – Orchestrating Change (A Story About Music and Mental Illness)
Join Mt Baker Meaningful Movies on November 18th at 6PM for a community conversation on Zoom about the movie, Orchestrating Change, as well as for a discussion about mental illness and the challenges that we are all facing during these challenging times. Here is a direct link to our event on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85033741013?pwd=Z05HS3g4MjkvUi9naWJaSGdvb1I3dz09 For this event, Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Mtg. Thursday, Nov. 11th, 2021 6 pm
Want to share ways we can help protect our planet by transforming our home energy, our transit choices, urban and rural forests and more? Join our next action meeting, Thursday, Nov. 11th at 6 pm to hear from local experts on electrifying homes, protecting distressed trees, and investing in wiser transportation options. If you have Continue Reading
For a Fossil Fuel Free Future: March with Youth Friday, Oct. 29, 2021
Event by 350 Seattle, Future Coalition and Mazaska Talks Meet in Waterfront Park, Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA On October 29th, young people & adults around the world are taking to the streets to demand climate justice & a future free of fossil fuels. As part of the Global Day of Action, join us in downtown Continue Reading
Meaningful Movies Awards Celebration!
Did you know that SSCAN members run Mt Baker Meaningful Movies which is supported by the Meaningful Movies Project. Please join us at the upcoming Meaningful Movies Awards Celebration on October 27th to celebrate the work of our Mt Baker team and all the groups in Washington State and beyond. See below for a description Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Mtg. Thursday, Oct. 14th at 6 pm
Please join our next SSCAN Action Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 14th at 6 pm on Zoom. See link below What are the most significant systemic steps we can take now to protect our climate and each other? Declare a climate emergency? Guarantee our rights to a safe environment by amend our state constitution? Teaching all Continue Reading
Free Meaningful Movies Event: END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK
END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK is the incredible story of a group of indigenous women who risk their lives to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline construction that desecrated their ancient burial and prayer sites and threatens their land, water, and very existence. In the process, they must face the personal Continue Reading
Social Justice Film Festival
Help Mt Baker Meaningful Movies find great films for our upcoming year! Our roster of films is set until January but after that, we are looking for great documentary films to screen in the spring. One way to find learn about great films is to go to the Social Justice Film Festival. We are encouraging Continue Reading
Invisible Hand – Free Meaningful Movie about the Rights of Nature Movement
Invisible Hand is the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement. Executive Producer, Mark Ruffalo, states “You hear time and time again that a corporation has the rights of a person. The idea that Nature has no rights whatsoever is absurd.” This “paradigm shifting” story raises questions about the fate of capitalism and democracy and asks us Continue Reading
YOUTH v GOV – Mt Baker Meaningful Movie
Please join the Meaningful Movies Project and Our Children’s Trust for the award winning film, YOUTH v GOV, produced by Barrelmaker Productions and Vulcan Productions! This event (which is organized by Mt Baker Meaningful Movies) is part of a series of Meaningful Movies screenings and community conversations for this incredibly important and timely film. With Continue Reading
No New Nukes! Banner on Rainier Ave at MLK on Friday, Sept. 17th & 24th4 pm
Did you know that September 21 is the International Day of Peace and September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons? Anti-nuclear weapons group, Ground Zero will have four billboards posted in Seattle during September focusing on September 26 and the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Did you see the Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Meetup Thurs. Sept. 9th 6 pm
Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 9th at 6 pm to hear about Seattle’s Energy Code, discuss future priorities and climate action options. Our meeting with start with guest speaker, Duane Jonlin, FAIA, Energy Code Advisor, Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections | Duane Jonlin manages development of the Seattle Energy Code and serves on Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Meetup & Forum: Thursday, July 8th 5 pm & 6 pm
For our July monthly action meeting, we will start at 5:00 pm with an informal exchange of past and future local, state and federal climate actions. At 6:00 pm we will join with other local climate groups to host a conversation with Seattle Mayoral candidates about meeting 2030 Climate Goals. Click here to join our Continue Reading
Summer Solstice Sing along Sat. June 19th 4 pm at Bradner Gardens
Please join us for a Summer Solstice Sing along on Saturday, June 19th at 4 pm at Bradner Gardens Park. Classic and new songs will be led by Just Us Singers, a Rainier Valley folk band playing original and lively songs for environmental, economic and social justice and peace. Please wear a mask. Bring your Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Meeting Thursday, June 10th 6 pm
Please join Fix Democracy First and South Seattle Climate Action Network on Thursday, June 10th at 6:00 PM. John Stafford, South Seattle Climate Action Network’s State Legislative Chair, will provide an overview of this session’s climate legislation – what passed, what didn’t, what we can expect for the future, and what we can all do Continue Reading
MBMM: Racially Charged: Sunday, June 6th at 6 pm
Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem – Screening & Panel Discussion Learn more about the misdemeanor system nationally and how it impacts people in Washington State. Also, find out what activists and nonprofits are doing to change the conversation around policing and incarceration and how YOU can help! The misdemeanor system in the United States ensnares Continue Reading
Meaningful Movies: Kiss the Ground
60 years. That’s about how long we have until the world’s remain topsoil is gone. “What we’re looking at is man-made desertification,” said Josh Tickell in his recent keynote speech at Driving Value Through Sustainability Across the Supply Chain. There’s hope, though. Kiss the Ground, explores how this crisis can be reversed, explaining that when we regenerate the world’s soils we Continue Reading
SSCAN May 13th Action Meeting at 6 pm
Join our next Climate Action Meetup: Thursday, May 13 at 6 pm At our May meeting, we will focus on new opportunities to affect local policies which will address our climate crisis. We will also consider ways to win greener local and federal policies. Draft Agenda: South Seattle Climate Action Network (SSCAN) Meeting Agenda Thursday, Continue Reading
“2040” Film Screening and Community Conversation about “New Rules For Fossil Fuels”
REGISTER HERE to watch the award-winning climate documentary “2040” sometime between April 16 – 23. AND… REGISTER HERE for Mt. Baker Meaningful Movies Community Conversation: After you watch the film, celebrate Earth Day, April 22, by joining the Mt Baker Meaningful Movies group and Victoria Leistman, community organizer for Sierra Club and the Power Past Fracked Gas Continue Reading
SSCAN April Meeting: State Climate Legislation & More
Find out the latest updates about State climate legislation that is moving forward! At our next meeting, we will share updates about state climate bills and how we can act to support SSCAN legislative priorities. We will also report on important local and federal climate legislation. Our post-meeting discussion time will focus on how we Continue Reading
SSCAN Action Meeting: Thursday, April 8th at 6 pm
Join our next Climate Action Meetup: Thursday, April 8th at 6 pm At our next meeting, we will share updates about state legislative climate bills, our priorities, and plan action. We will also consider ways to win greener local and federal policies. Then we will discuss ideas for encouraging youth voices for climate learning & Continue Reading