October 2009508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Gabe Rollins.
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We talk about Gabe’s attempts to send his own survey to the City Council candidates; the “performance oval” behind City Hall; the Worcester energy barnraising; and the pros and cons of voting.
To celebrate the International Day of Climate Action, dozens of Worcesterites joined in an energy barnraising, weatherizing Genesis Club. It was a wonderful chance to reduce energy use, save a great organization some money, and learn how to seal a building against the cold.
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Aria DiSalvo and Brendan Melican.
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Aria DiSalvo tells us about the “Stop Spewing Carbon” anti-biomass incinerator campaign.
Election molehills: Mayor Lukes’s husband has cars registered outside Worcester! Candidate O’Brien linked to his boss!
Brendan talks about the police department’s latest feud with the newspaper. Mike talks about the Center for Nonviolent Solutions kickoff.
As the centerpiece of the show, we come up with reasons to vote for every challenger in the upcoming election.
Mike contrasts Worcester Magazine’s search for an “edgy” writer with their past claims to be “non-dowdy.”
Worcesterites will be celebrating the October 24 International Day of Climate Action with a weatherization “barnraising” and tree planting.
貨惡其棄於地也，不必藏於己；力惡其不出於身也，不必為己。 – ‘Lǐ Yùn’ in The Classic of Rites, attributed to Confucius. Translation by James Legge: ‘(When the Grand course was pursued, they accumulated) articles (of value), disliking that they should be thrown away upon the ground, but not wishing to keep them for their own gratification. (They laboured) with their strength, disliking that it should not be exerted, but not exerting it (only) with a view to their own advantage.’
Whoever destroys anything that could be useful to others breaks the law of bal tashchit, “Do not waste.” – Babylonian Talmud, Kodashim 32a (second or third century), quoted in ‘Teachings on Creation through the Ages’, edited by J. Matthew Sleeth M.D., in The Green Bible (2008) San Francisco: HarperOne. ISBN 978-0-06-162799-6.
Great turnout for today’s kickoff event for Worcester’s Center for Nonviolent Solutions. Standing room only!
Catholic Worker Claire Schaeffer-Duffy was emcee; Nate Pickens of Mosaic talked about his own experiences with violence in Worcester; Michael True explained the purpose of the Center; Congressman Jim McGovern shared some stories from his life and introduced keynote speaker Colman McCarthy, journalist and educator, who gave a wide-ranging talk on nonviolence and the people who practice it.
Nice to see a lot of people I haven’t seen in months; especially nice to see Bishop McManus in attendance.
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