February 23, 2017

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD (not yet confirmed)

11:30 am - bring your lunch!

Join ECHO Action NH at Keene State College for a presentation on actions from divestment to marches, online activism and non violent direct action training. All interested students are welcome. Please RSVP if you plan to attend so we can judge student interest and how many to expect.

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RSVP now!

January 07, 2017

TD BANK VIGILS

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We're letting TD Bank customers know their money is funding the Dakota Access Pipeline and asking them to close their account and move their money to a credit union. Peaceful, non-confrontational.

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Would you like to host a vigil in your town? Contact us.

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TD Bank, 100 Main Street, Keene, NH

Saturdays: 11:00am-12:00pm

- December 31st

- Every Saturday in January & February

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TD Bank, 57 South Street, Milford, NH

Saturdays: 11:00am-3:00pm

- Every Saturday in February

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For more details & updates, visit our event page on Facebook.

January 12, 2017

LEARNING FROM HISTORY: NASHVILLE SIT-IN CAMPAIGN
Sponsored by NH Sierra Club Chapter (contact for info)
January 12th, 6:45-9:00 pm

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord (NH)

274 Pleasant St, Concord, New Hampshire 03301

- Recommended for Roaring Brook members and other civil disobedience groups.
- Free & open to the public

On January 12th we will be welcoming longtime organizer and activist Joanne Sheehan for Learning From History:The Nashville Sit-In Campaign. Please see full description on attached
flyer. This Forum began being planned before the election, and couldn't be more of a support to us now as we join together to respond with wisdom up ahead, learning from the experience 
of all those who came before us to organize through their harshest of times.

A wonderful way to go on celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and labor for justice as well.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/249256035487062/

January 30, 2017

Standing with Standing Rock: Ongoing
Monday, January 30th, 6:45-9pm
Sponsored by NH Sierra Club Chapter (contact for info)

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord (NH)

274 Pleasant St, Concord, New Hampshire 03301

We are honored to be welcoming Chief Wompemeequin and Catherine Hoffman to lead an evening of conversation about the faithful witness of the Water Protectors and their allies at Standing Rock.

We will have an opportunity to celebrate this witness, as well as to learn about the ongoing difficult challenges,
and how we can organize to support this movement up ahead.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1391701554198154/

Looking forward to being with you,
LR Berger for Building a Culture of Peace Forum
603-496-1056

* Street parking only.

January 04, 2017

ECHO ACTION JOINS 350NH: Jobs, Justice & Climate Rally
NH State House

10:30-11:30 am

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Rally for Jobs, Justice & Climate at the NH inauguration of Chris Sununu, who supports #pipelines #RightToWork (for less pay) and the Trump administration's reduction/dissolution of climate legislation/regulations and the EPA.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/1535356696492881/

April 29, 2017

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December 31, 2016

JANUARY: STANDING ROCK #NoDAPL VIGILS at TD BANKS!
#NoDAPL #WaterIsLife

KEENE, every Saturday, 11-12 (see ECHO Action events).
- West Street branch (larger branch) 
- Main Street Street branch 
- There is a peace vigil at Central Square 12-1 if you'd like to attend!

MEET
Meet at the TD Bank on West Street. Please park safely on the street. If we have enough attendees, we will split up with some of the group going to the Main Street location.

😱 WEAR
- Warm attire in layers including hat and gloves, warm socks and boots.

💧BRING
- Signs/Banners: #NoDAPL, Stand with Standing Rock, Divest From Fossil Fuels, Defund DAPL. 
- Snack
- Warm drink

⚑ INCLEMENT WEATHER: If there is inclement waether, allways check here before leaving home. Use your best judgement for the conditions where you are.

✦ We strongly recommend you follow the weekly event so you will receive any updates to this event, such as time or location changes, additional activities, etc.

➣ Are you interested in supporting a vigil in Peterborough? Amherst? Another NH location? Please let us know!

✌️ All of our events are peaceful, non-violent and weapon-free. If you cannot abide by these expectations, please do not join us. Thank you.

Questions? Please contact Stephanie Scherr or Pat Brady Martin.

November 15, 2016

NH JOINS THE STANDING ROCK NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Occupy Army Corps offices - Otter Brook State Park, Keene, NH

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We will meet at the entrance of Otter Brook State Park at 7:00 AM and instructions will be given for peaceful action. We need a large turnout to show that NH Stands against Dakota Access Pipeline, not honoring indigenous treaties and sacred burial grounds, the militarized response to peaceful demonstration & extreme response.

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** Please share and invite others throughout NH!!! ** 
Join the event page to stay informed on any updates!

★ PEACEFUL, NON-VIOLENT, DRUG & WEAPON FREE EVENT ★

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Facebook event page

November 02, 2016

Nashua Public Library

Wednesday, November 2nd, 6:30 pm

ECHO Action's Laura Lynch & Anne DiCicco have organized an energy discussion at the Nashua Public Library to inform and engage candidates for office and the public on important issues impacting the Granite State. All are welcome.

How can the alternative energy industry,activism and legislature work together to secure a clean, renewable, affordable, and socially just energy future for NH?

6:30 - Introductions and speakers - their stake, ideas, experiences, involvement - 5 mins

7:30 - Questions and open discussion.

Welcome - Laura Lynch - Candidate

Moderator - Mary Beth Raven

Introductions - Quick Round the room self intros

Dan Weeks - Candidate - ?

Pat Martin - Candidate, Volunteer Member Grid Modernization Work Group

Beverly Edwards - Chairman Temple Energy Committee

Steve Marchand - Northern Pass

Scott Lawrence - HAREI,  Hillsborough County Area Renewable Energy Initiative

Stephanie Scherr, ECHO Action - Offshore Wind

Representative - Sierra Club

Shaina Kasper, Toxic Action - Equity in RGGI New England Campaign

Anne - RADNH - Jobs, Justice and Climate Campaign

Event information on Facebook.

October 31, 2016

Join ECHO Action, 350NH and the Leftist Marching Band in raising awareness about climate change, rising sea level and NH offshore wind! Bring banners! This year's theme is "Under The Sea"!

October 03, 2016

FERC COMMISSIONER CHERYL LA FLEUR TO SPEAK AT NH
ENERGY SUMMIT - SEND HER A MESSAGE ABOUT FRACKING!

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Monday, October 3rd, beginning 7 AM

Holiday Inn, Concord, NH

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Facebook event.

October 03, 2016

VISIBILITY OUTSIDE NH ENERGY SUMMIT
Don't Gas The Granite State!

OUTSIDE of the NH Energy Summit 2016
White Birch Communications Group
Monday, October 3, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM (EDT)
Holiday Inn, Concord, NH

Facebook event page.

More Information about the fracked gas push in NH
http://www.echoaction.org/clean-concord-steam

Energy Summit Info
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nh-energy-summit-2016-tickets-26467807926

September 29, 2016

NORTHERN PASS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN NH & CANADA: Pessamit Innu First Nation Witness

Thursday, September 29, 2016
Plymouth State University, Boyd Hall, #144

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Facebook event page.

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September 12, 2016

See our blog, "The ECHO" for a sample letter.

https://www.puc.nh.gov/Regulatory/Docketbk/2016/16-770.html

September 24, 2016

WINCHESTER NH PICKLE FESTIVAL
"Our Climate's In A Pickle! Let's all be #FossilFree603!"

10:00-4:00
ECHO Action members are asked to join us for the day in an outreach effort about climate risks, the potential for offshore wind and plans for the Public Utilities Commission to use fracked gas in our state buildings.

12:00 noon
Friends and candidates (may bring their signs) concerned about climate are invited to join us as we march in the Pickle Parade to help raise awareness, express concern and the need for immediate action on climate!!!

THEME
Last year we were, "Pickle Lovers Against Pipelines". This year we're talking about how "Our Climate's In A Pickle!" Come join in the conversation about clean energy solutions for New Hampshire!

#FossilFree603 #LiveFossilFreeOrDie #Not2030Now

- FREE PICKLES ALL DAY!
- Pizza and lots of other food!
- Snacks, candy, baked goods!
- Crafts and all kinds of fun!

Our event on Facebook. Winchester Pickle Festival's event on Facebook.

September 13, 2016

CALLING ACTIVISTS TO ALL NH PRIMARY POLLING LOCATIONS!

This year's primary is critical and we need you there!

Tuesday, September 13th

• National #NoDAPL Day of Action (marches & visibilities nationwide)

• NH primary election day

We ask that you gather together people in your town and cover the polling locations for as many hours as possible to do 3 things:

1. Hold signs* for progressive candidates in your No Pipeline T shirt, reminding them that pipelines for NH are not yet off the table.

- Vetted progressive candidates at Rights & Democracy NH's website, RADNH.org.

- You will find information about your clean energy candidates at ECHOaction.org.

2. Sidewalk chalk your polling place with #DontGasTheGraniteState #NoPipelines #NoDakotaAccessPipeline #NoDAPL (Much of the public does not know what DAPL stands for).

3. In a friendly, gentle manner, chat and offer handouts to anyone willing to engage about moving NH to renewable energy and plans the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has for fracked gas in Concord and beyond.*

- Don't have a pipeline tee? Wear any clean energy tee and no pipeline button if you have one!

* Printable info handouts will be provided for download on this page later this weekend.

* Bring NO PIPELINE signs & a #NoDAPL

here

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Facebook event and sample signs.

August 25, 2016

NH State House, 1:00 PM

Wear blue!

Bring wave-shaped posters supporting offshore wind!

September 14, 2016

Monthly affinity group meetings may change date and location. Please check our meeting schedule and calendar. Would you like to join our affinity group, but are not trained in civil disobedience? Contact the Sugar Shack Alliance for training information.

August 20, 2016

Richmond, NH
Roaring Brook Affinity Group: Climate Change & Civil Disobedience
August 20th, 9AM - 2PM, Contact: Sue Durling
https://www.facebook.com/events/575383122633177/

August 20, 2016

International Youth Summit

Contact: Stephanie EarthDancer Scherr
August 20th, 10 AM (GreenFest is All Day Fri, Sat & Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/bostongreenfest/

December 18, 2019

Richmond Fire Station Pavilion,

15 Winchester Road, Richmond NH
August 18th, 6:00 PM, Contact: Sue Durling
CD trained individuals welcome! Contacts us for info about CD training.

August 13, 2016

Dublin, NH

ECHO Action will be there along with members of Ban The Bag New Hampshire!

Sponsored by NH Rebellion
August 13th, 9:30 AM Walk, 11:30 AM Rally
https://www.facebook.com/events/514100825441357/

August 05, 2016

Come meet the candidates and ask questions about clean energy & climate!
Hosts: Laura J Lynch & Anne Dicicco
August 5th, 6 PM, Temple NH
https://www.facebook.com/events/1302858116410786/

Saturday, July 23rd from Noon – 3pm

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Join us for an opening ceremony, free samples, giveaways, live music from the Solar Sisters, kids activities and more!

Want to know more about hosting a Community Supported Solar project at your organization? CLICK HERE TO RSVP for an info session at 1pm, led by John Kondos of the Monadnock Sustainabilty Network.

Are you a Town or State Representative and want to know more about how changing policy can make projects like this more widely achievable in our state? Contact John Kondos for an info session surrounding the celebration.

Monadnock Food Co-op is the host of the first locally owned Community Supported Solar project in New Hampshire. Community Supported Solar is locally developed, funded, owned and controlled, whereas most community solar projects are owned and controlled by developers or utilities.

The 43.5 kW photovoltaic project, was installed by the Keene-based design and installation firm Solar Source, and covers our entire available roof area with solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity. Based on the actual production of the Brattleboro Food Co-op’s PV system, the predicted annual power output of this system is 48,000 kWh per year.

Monadnock Sustainability Network (MSN) managed the two year initiative in collaboration withAntioch University New England (AUNE), a dedicated steering committee of local citizens, and the Co-op’s General Manager, Finance Officer and Sustainability Coordinator. The project will at first be owned by Cypress Community Solar, LLC, a company created specifically to allow a group of local investors to fund it, then sell clean, locally harvested electricity to our Co-op. We, in turn, intend to buy the project outright within the next ten years.

Monadnock Food Co-op pioneered this community supported solar project with Monadnock Sustainabilty Network so others can follow — MSN has developed a model that can be used by others to pursue a locally owned, clean, renewable energy system on their school, CSA, church or other site in their community. If you are interested in hosting a project at your organization, contact John Kondos at MSN or join the network and download their how to guide—NH Community Supported Solar Guide—on your own atwww.greenmonadnock.org.

July 24, 2016

CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MARCH IN PHILLY? HOW ABOUT KEENE?
Join other citizens concerned about climate and ready for a clean energy revolution at a rally in Keene, NH!

Speakers include:
Councilor Terry Clark, Keene City Council
Danielle Baudrand, #BanTheBagNH

Questions?
For more information contact event organizer Sarah Wilton.
(ECHO Action will be in Philly.)etails here

July 24, 2016

July 24th, Downtown Philadelphia

Those who represent us were willing put a pipeline through NH and still support Northern Pass. Will you join us in Philly to stand for a fossil-free future? We're planning banners, art and attire! Join us! Don't miss the largest climate, clean energy, inFRACKstructure march ever! Come let our legislators know that they must #ActOnClimate now! Come represent NH and make your voice echo!

Plan with us!

Facebook event

July 16, 2016

On Spectacle Pond" : Resisting the Pipeline!

Saturday, July 16th, beginning at noon (2 events)

Join us for a celebration of solidarity with Berkshire friends & neighbors fighting the Connecticut Expansion pipeline proposed to run through protected land in the Otis State Forest. This event/action will take place in two locations, and you can link with us, in one location or both. Both events and all activities are free and family-friendly!

12:00pm–1:00pm: Kickoff Rally at Great Barrington Gazebo behind Town Hall on Main Street with music by Bonner McAllester and David Grover, Barbara and Gaham Dean; Pachamama Puppets Children's Theatre will perform their short play, THE WORLD WE LOVE; local speakers active in pipeline resistance will present the latest updates and information on the legislative front. (On and off street parking available, but come early because it will be a very beautiful and busy day in Great Barrington) The program will conclude with a live linkup with our friends and allies in eastern Massachusetts, who will be walking in the 4 day “People Over Pipelines March” in eastern Massachusetts from July 14-18. 

At the conclusion of the program we will organize a carpool down to Lower Spectacle Pond in the Otis State Forest in Sandisfied (twenty minutes away on Cold Spring Rd, off Rt. 23) 

2:00pm–4:00pm: A Celebration of Solidarity rally at Lower Spectacle Pond in the Otis State Forest, with musical guests Ben Grosscup, Kate O'Conner, Bonner McAllester and others. Featured speakers will be Rose Wessel from No Fracked Gas in Mass, Susan Theberge with The Sugar Shack Alliance, and Will Elwell, who defiantly built a 10-by-15-foot post-and-beam cabin inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s 1845 “Civil Disobedience” essay and his cabin at Walden Pond to stand defiantly in the path of Kinder Morgan’s Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline.

Lower Spectacle Pond has an ideal beach and boat launch, so we are encourage kayaks and canoers to 'drop off, put in and paddle up' on the pond beginning at noon! Bring an extra kayak or canoe for others!(Parking along one side of Cold Spring Road. Please follow our parking directions when you get to the site to keep things moving and the roads clear)

BACK STORY: Kinder Morgan has proposed the Connecticut Expansion pipeline through NY, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Kinder Morgan intends to take private property and public land by eminent domain. Otis State Forest is public land, constitutionally protected under Massachusetts Article 97. Sandisfield, the community directly impacted has overwhelmingly voted in opposition to this fracked gas pipeline.

JOIN THE STRUGGLE TO OPPOSE ALL NEW PIPELINES IN MASSACHUSETTS! COME TO ONE RALLY OR BOTH!

All events are free, family-friendly, and sponsored by The Sugar Shack Alliance of Massachusetts. 
Co-sponsors include Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT); Sandisfield Taxpayers Opposed to the Pipeline (STOP); Western Mass AFSC; Climate Action Now (CAN); Mothers Out Front Pioneer Valley; Sierra Club of Massachusetts; StopNED; The Enviro Show; Collective Copies of Florence.

For more information contact Kathy Daly inothatcat@gmail.com
413-586-4435

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August 18, 2016

he first Hands Across Our Land actions were held on August 18, 2015, and thirty-five communities in 10 states participated. We plan to double, perhaps even triple, that participation in 2016. Hands Across Our Land began in Nelson County, Virginia in 2015 with a grassroots group called, Free Nelson. Co-administrators, Episcopal Priest Marion Kanour, along with Nelson residents Marilyn Shifflett and Sharon Ponton had been fighting in their community to stop the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline for over a year.  Sharon came up with the idea after talking to another local activist, Matt Dwyer, while they were lobbying the General Assembly in Richmond, VA. Sharon solicited the help of other grassroots groups, as well as regional and national coalitions to participate and sponsor the action. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) became an integral partner with Free Nelson. BREDL is now managing the annual Hands Across Our Land campaign. You can find out more about BREDL and the work we're doing by clicking on the BREDL tab at the top of the page. 

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July 22, 2016

PRE-PHILLY RALLY AT THE STATE HOUSE

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"On their way from the RNC to the DNC, the Nuns on the Bus will stop in Concord for a rally focused on closing the gaps that put decent lives and a functioning political system out of reach for too many people.

"Federal policies enacted since 1980 have exacerbated vast economic and social divides in our country. These divides are eroding the very fabric of our society," say the Nuns on the Bus, a project of NETWORK. The good news is that groups in New Hampshire and all over the country are organizing for change.

Join AFSC, GSOP, NH Voices of Faith, United Church of Christ Economic Justice Ministry Team, NH Sisters of Mercy, Stamp Stampede, NH Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, and others welcoming the Nuns on the Bus."

https://www.facebook.com/events/114135489020124/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1467814206819654

July 10, 2016

NED IS DEAD open house

Sunday, July 10th
3:00-7:00 PM
McGuire's Sugar Barn
339 Nutting Hill Road, Mason, NH

BYOB
Bring a snack to share

Questions? Call Joe McGuire, the event organizer.
603.878.0000

NH Business and Industry Association

Information

June 11, 2016

Saturday, Jun 11th

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sierra Club Political Committee - a great opportunity!

National Education Association, 9 South Spring St, Concord, NH 03301

Join us in Concord, NH for a one-day political organizing training that will focus on how to take your chapter’s political program to the next level. We will work on building capacity for your program that results in grassroots power. Our emphasis will be on the skills needed to raise money for your chapter PAC, one-on-one contact with our members, and direct engagement with campaigns. This training is for all -- from the political junkie to the occasional activist -- and you will learn the skills that not only win elections, but also our many other environmental campaigns.

The goal at the end of the training is to have the broad strokes of a product that your chapter/group can use to win electoral campaigns, which will aid our efforts to achieve our conservation goals. In the era of super PACs and huge spending on advertisements, grassroots campaigns are going to be the difference between winning and losing. That's why the Sierra Club needs your help to deliver that grassroots power -- RSVP today!

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Event details  

June 11, 2016

New England Resilience & Transition Network

INFORMATION! REGISTER!

Saturday, June 11: Resilience, Resistance & Regional Equity Convergence

First Church UU JP, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
Please enter on the Eliot Street side of the building by 9:30 to register

Agenda

9:00 Breakfast & Registration
10:00 – 12:00: Keynote Address with Richard Heinberg, Responses & Q&A
12:00 – 12:45: Lunch
12:45 – 1:40: Say Hello to NERT and Each Other
1:45 – 3:00: Workshops
3:10 – 4:25: Workshops
4:30 – 5:00: Farewell Fiesta and Sending Forth

Workshops

Renewable Energy in New England

With Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute and Lynn Benander, Co-op Power

Join this workshop to discuss the New England energy scene in more detail, including possibilities for community owned, renewable energy. Richard Heinberg, our keynote speaker, will give more details on the opportunities and challenges in the transition to renewables. Lynn Benander is the CEO and President of Co-Op Power, a consumer-owned sustainable energy cooperative that operates within a regional network of Community Energy Cooperatives. Lynn has worked for many years to support the development of consumer, producer, worker-owned and other locally-owned businesses that meet basic needs for energy, food, and shelter. She will speak about the network of consumer-owned energy co-ops around New England, as well as possibilities for our region’s renewable future.

Food Justice and Security in New England

With Karen Spiller, Food Solutions New England

How can we achieve food justice and food security for all of New England, especially given climate change and environmental degradation? Food Solutions New England has a vision for a sustainable New England food system that produces 50% of our food within the region by 2060. Join this workshop to learn about their vision and the essential role grassroots groups and community-based agriculture play in achieving it. This is a great chance to consider how our efforts can combine for a greater, region-wide impact.

Resilience & Resistance in New England: Building a Holistic Movement for Justice & Sustainability

With Chuck Collins, moderator, Institute for Policy Studies and JP New Economy Transition; Tim Stevenson, Founding Director at Post Oil Solutions and author of Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age; and Marla Marcum, Climate Disobedience Center

“Resilience” and “resistance” are essential complements in a holistic struggle to build an equitable and sustainable society. This workshop will discuss how all our work can benefit when we situate ourselves in this larger framework. The workshop will also include a discussion of the status of the movement to resist pipelines here in New England.

Building Resilience Together: Get Support for your Current Work, and Think Together about Collaborative Possibilities

With Ben Roberts, Conversation Collaborative and Sarah Byrnes, New England Resilience & Transition Network

Join with other community initiatives to receive support for your community work and think together about how we can be “more than the sum of our parts.” You’ll present a challenge you are experiencing, and receive input and support from your peers. You will also be able to offer input and support to others. We’ll also move into a conversation about what we can do together to enhance resilience, sustainability, and equity. Where are the potential collaborations among us?

The New Economy Movement

With Anand Jahi, Program Director at the New Economy Coalition and Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Vermonters for a New Economy

What is the new economy? Join this workshop to find out! You’ll hear about a vibrant and growing movement from two leading practitioners in the field. Anand Jahi, Program Director at the New Economy Coalition, will offer framing remarks on the state of this international movement that is building a sustainable and equitable economy at many scales, from local to global. Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Director of Vermonters for a New Economy, will give a picture of how the new economy is taking shape in the great state of Vermont — from local currencies, public banking, and genuine progress indicators to a new field of study that brings it together called Permanomics. Together, we’ll consider how to build the new economy in our communities and the New England region as a whole.

The Power of Story for Building Resilience

With Marianne Connor, screenwriter and producer

In times of big change, the stories we tell about where we are headed and why it is worth the journey are critical to building community resilience, creativity and commitment. These stories can compel collective, conscious action or paralyze us in fear and powerlessness. Come learn the key elements for developing your community or organization’s transformation story.

Marianne Connor is a screenwriter/producer and evolutionary activist who uses the power of story to support communities to step into big change by conscious design in partnership with nature. 

Skills for Building Equity: Race and Class in Transition and Resilience Organizing

With Charis Boke, cultural anthropologist, community organizer, and Program Leader with the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice

Equity is intrinsic to resilience, and no one is truly resilient until we all are. Resilience and care are deeply connected, and we can’t heal our planet’s challenges without caring attention to people as well as ecologies. It is essential that we address and heal from historical and ongoing injustices in order to build a world where we can all thrive, regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation or anything else. In this workshop, we will explore how we can learn to care for one another as a key part of building resilience. We will consider how our identities impact our community work, and learn approaches for working across difference in order to build multi-racial and cross-class initiatives and work toward an equitable region.

Culture Shift: A Social Permaculture Framework for Creating & Cultivating Powerful, Joyful, & Effective Groups

With Samantha Wechsler, Wildwise

Innovative and promising initiatives often fall far short of their transformative potential—or are stopped dead in their tracks—not because of a shortcoming inherent to the initiatives or the ideas behind them, but because of conflict within and between groups of people. Even when everyone agrees to a shared vision and believes that they are coming to the table bolstered by the highest of ideals, collaborative efforts often come apart at the seams, leaving people feeling discouraged and betrayed.

In this workshop, we will explore key principles of “social permaculture”, learn skills and tools for creating and contributing to functional and effective groups, and develop a deeper understanding of the role of meaningful cooperation in bringing about a just and equitable transition. Participants, regardless of their level of previous group experience, will come away feeling energized, inspired, and better equipped to (re)commit to collaborative efforts.

Samantha Wechsler is the owner of Wildwise, a coaching and consulting business that is dedicated to individual and collective transformation. Samantha provides life and leadership coaching for women executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers who yearn to make a deeper impact in their personal lives, their work, their communities, or beyond. She also works with organizational teams to increase their effectiveness while building a healthier, more life-affirming culture.

Restoring Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Nature’s Plan for Resilience and Transition

With Adam Sacks, Sharon McGregor, Jim Laurie, and Paula Phipps

Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems provide clean water, abundant healthy food, solid community economics, climate resilience and massive capture of atmospheric carbon through photosynthesis and long-lived complex biomolecules. There are many viable and sustainable approaches for a range of ecosystems; they are inexpensive, low-tech, powerful and just about anyone can participate. In this interactive workshop we’ll discuss a variety of practices from around the world, and focus on the possibilities in urban, suburban and rural environments in New England.

May 21, 2016

SATURDAY, MAY 21ST

12:30 PM - Monadnock area affinity group meeting at the Winchester Town Hall. All regional CD trained activists are welcome.

1:30 PM - Hike (trail walk) to Pulpit Falls leaves the Winchester Town Hall at 1:30. There is no marker for the trail head, so meet and follow. Please bring large trash bags and wheeled carts or wheelbarrows if possible. The weather looks wonderful. Come join us for a beautiful walk in the woods! Insect repellent and a hat may be a good idea.

July 24, 2016

MARCH WITH US IN PHILADELPHIA THIS JULY!

"To Change Everything, We Need Everyone!"

ECHO Action members are planning to attend the July 24th march and rally for clean energy in Philadelphia. We are already discussing transportation, possible accommodations, networking with other groups, signs, banners and T shirt designs! 

Would you like to join us for what is likely to be the largest clean energy and climate rally in U.S. history? We think it's going to blow away the 2014 massive People's Climate March in NYC. Please let us know if you are interested!

Join our CONTACT LIST to receive information about this event.

May 14, 2016

Join ECHO Action at this important mass action in Albany NY against pipelines and oil trains.

For details, view our blog post.

April 23, 2016

Come by, say hi and give us a big high five on Saturday at these events! We'll be celebrating the suspension of the Kinder Morgan NED pipeline and promoting renewable energy as we move to a #FossilFree603! We'll have lots of buttons on hand! Help us continue the fight against NED and for renewable energy!

MONADNOCK EARTH FESTIVAL

Railroad Square, Keene, 12-4

More than 60 vendors, information tables and family-friendly activities!

KEENE STATE COLLEGE SOLAR FEST

KSC Campus in Keene, 11-6

Live Music, Vendors and Fun!

April 03, 2016

Details and application are here.

May 07, 2016

NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION (NVDA) TRAINING, PARTS 1 & 2

FORMING MONADNOCK AFFINITY GROUP

- Part I: 9:00-3:30 (6 hours, 30 minute break)

- Part II: 3:30-5:30 (2 hours)

LOCATION

Veteran's Hall, Richmond, NH

FEE

Donation requested for the instructor's time and gas to offer the training.

TRAINER

Paki Wieland

SPONSORS

- ECHO Action, forming the "Monadnock Affinity Group"

- Richmond Pipeline Awareness

- Stop the NH Pipeline

- Winchester Pipeline Awareness

Please consider joining us for this regional training to prepare for upcoming actions. We must be prepared. Affinity groups are individual groups with an action plan during NVDA actions. Training date and details to come! Please join us! Limited registrations available. Donation requested. See details above.

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE
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TICKETS THROUGH EVENTBRITE (DONATION)

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March 23, 2016

Planning, Licensing & Development Committee

Wednesday, March 23rd, Keene City Hall

Meeting begins at 7:00, we are 4th on the agenda.

You may speak briefly or write a prepared statement.

This committee will speak to the City Council next Wednesday night to advise them as to whether to oppose the NED pipeline. This is the only opportunity for public comments! Please join us in asking Keene to oppose NED in the spirit of their climate and sustainability plans!

January 01, 2020

FREE MAPLE BREAKFAST AT KSC WITH CLIMATE CHANGE PANEL

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"Presby has witnessed changes in the weather that have simultaneously pushed up the start of the annual maple sugaring season while also pushing back its conclusion.He is bullish on the prospects of New Hampshire producing even more maple syrup; the entrance of new, younger maple sugar producers and the possibility that maple sugaring will be not only a continuation of a long-held Granite State tradition, but also a major cash crop.

What concerns Presby, however, is whether the positives he foresees can come to fruition given the weather changes and the fact, that, in his opinion, many people don’t fully appreciate how big and important maple sugaring is to the New Hampshire economy.Those and other issues will be addressed by Presby and a panel of experts on March 9 during the Climate Impacts Maple Breakfast at Keene State College.

Sponsored by Moms Clean Air Force, Union of Concerned Scientists, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Environment New Hampshire, New Hampshire Sierra Club and the Keene State College Ecology Club, the event will be held on the eve of New Hampshire’s Maple Syrup Weekend.

In addition to enjoying pancakes with real maple syrup, attendees will hear presentations from Phil Suter of the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce; Steven Roberge, Cheshire County Extension field specialist; and three maple producers: Presby; Glenn Yardley, of Stonewall Farm in Keene; and Peter Rhoades, of Alstead. 

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March 05, 2016

SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH

10:00 AM

Big Daddy's RV & Sales, 15 Main Street, Winchester, NH

(In their heated garage - thank you!)

Build, Stencil & Paint signs! We need your help!

WHO Friends, Neighbors, Concerned Citizens

WHERE Big Daddy’s RV (in the heated garage)

15 Main Street, Winchester, NH

WHEN Saturday, March 5th, 10:00 AM

WANTED Lumber, plywood, exterior paint,

financial donations!

GIFT Bring lumber, paint, or a $10+ donation

and get a neon No Pipeline T-shirt!

RSVP Let us know you’re coming & any

materials you can share!

CONTACT Sue Durling

WinchesterPipelineAwareness@gmail.com

603.496.1783

March 17, 2016

MARCH 17TH-20TH

• Windsor to Northfield MA

“Taking Steps to a Renewable Future” is a four-day, 53-mile, intergenerational walk to demonstrate the widespread resistance to the proposed Kinder Morgan Northeast Energy Direct pipeline and our deep commitment to powering our future through energy efficiency and renewables. Climate change contributes to existing injustice and inequities, and impacts most those with the least power and privilege. 

• Organized by the newly formed Sugar Shack Alliance in collaboration with many local organizations and groups. Visit sugarshackalliance.org.

• Dates: March 17th to March 20th, 2016

• MA Route: The site of the proposed compressor station in Windsor, MA to the one proposed in Northfield, MA. We will be walking near the proposed path of the pipeline through Windsor, Cummington, Plainfield, Buckland, Ashfield, Buckland, Shelburne, Greenfield, Turners Falls, Millers Falls, and Northfield.

Meals and accommodations provided. Walk all 4 days or just part of the walk. Come help raise awareness about compressor station hazards. 

All are welcome!

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: Taking Steps To A Renewable Future

CONTACT

March 14, 2016

WINCHESTER TOWN HALL

6:00-8:30ish PM

Environmental Health Project: NED PIPELINE Compressor Station Concerns, Deerfield MA meeting.

CO-SPONSORS

ECHO Action & Winchester Pipeline Awareness

We're going to arrange for some regional events in Winchester, but we're going to need community assistance! No one can do everything, but everyone can do something! Can you help us? A little goes a long way! Thank you!

SCREENINGS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

- Greeters/Sign-in

- Snack Suppliers for bake sales at events

- Set up/break down events (usually just chairs)

ITEMS NEEDED

Know anyone who can donate or help?

- Movie screen

CO-SPONSORS
Winchester Pipeline Awareness & ECHO Action

All are welcome!

February 16, 2016

Please join NH's environmental community on February 16th at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord for our 9th Annual Environmental Policy Breakfast - a news-making, thought-provoking morning, and the greenest event of the year.

FREE tickets through Eventbrite.

March 05, 2016

"NO COMPRESSOR STATION HERE"

Come help us construct and paint large road signs for Winchester!

We need your help! Do you have wood or plywood you can share? Can you donate $ for paint and other supplies? Please contact us!

All are welcome to join us in the heated garage at Big Daddy's RV Sales in Winchester!

February 15, 2016

Meet at Greenfield Community College at 9:30 AM

February 16, 2016

HEARING FOR HB 1101 - MOST IMPORTANT PIPELINE BILL

HB 1101 PROHIBITING CHARGES TO NH RESIDENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH PRESSURE GAS PIPELINES

"The Ways & Means Committee has scheduled continuation of the HB 1101 Hearing for 1 PM, Tuesday, February 16th in Room 202. This will be the third and last session as the committee has a Work Session tentatively scheduled for 2 PM.

In my opinion, this is the most important pipeline bill on the calendar. If you can only make one Hearing, make it this one."

Jim McConnell

February 06, 2016

WE THE PEOPLE – A Presidential Primary Tent Convention

Friday, February 5 – Sunday, February 7, 2016

Veterans Park in Manchester, NH

* Pipeline Opposition table on the 5th & 6th. ECHO Action & NH Spirit tabling in the tent on the 6th.

On Primary Weekend February 5-7, 2016, patriots from across New Hampshire and the United States will gather at “political ground zero” in Manchester, NH in the first-ever We the People Convention to fight big money in politics. The Revolutionary-themed Convention will feature multiple presidential candidates, national reform leaders and entertainers, educational and artistic programming in a 500-capacity heated tent across the street from the Center of NH Convention Center, where national media are based during the primary. The Convention will include public demonstrations and targeted marches to presidential candidates to secure “first 100 days” commitments and generate a final burst of national media attention for the Fight Big Money agenda at the start of the 2016 election.

COST

The Convention is free and open to the public – all are welcome to attend! Housing will be on your dime. Donations are gladly accepted.

RESERVATIONS

If you plan on coming, it's critical that you reserve specific ticket block(s) through Eventbrite. Although the event is free of charge, we need your help in managing our costs. Many of you have pre-registered by RSVPing on this page, but we need to you register through Eventbrite as so we know who will be in the tent at different points throughout the weekend and can keep track for food.

PARKING

A detailed map of all Manchester parking is here. We recommend the Victory Garage or the City Hall Lot - they are free on the weekends. On-street parking close to the park is $0.75/hour until the early evening Friday. Free parking, not identified on the map, is available a few blocks West and folks will need to identify parking for themselves (ie, near Bronstein Park) when they arrive.

SATURDAY

9:00 AM - Dave Moloney of NH PLAN is speaking on a panel about Big Money and the Environment

★ 1:45 PM - Governor Hassan has been invited to speak as a Senate candidate. We encourage pipeline opposition to attend!

REGISTER NOW!

See the full schedule for Friday, Feb. 5

See the full schedule for Saturday, Feb. 6

See the full schedule for Sunday, Feb. 7

February 13, 2016

WINCHESTER PIPELINE AWARENESS

Saturday, February 13th

Winchester Town Hall, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

1 Richmond Road - corner of Routes 10 and 119

INVITED

• Winchester Board of Selectmen & Conservation Commission

• Colin Van Ostern, Executive Councilor representing Winchester, candidate for NH Governor

• Town Boards of Selectmen & Conservation Commissions

• State Representatives

• All local residents

• Public Welcome!

Please, come join your friends and neighbors. All are welcome!

AGENDA (Tentative)

✓ Winchester Vote March 4 –Warrant Article 9

✓ NH Municipal Pipeline Coalition

✓ KM Wetland Mitigation Meetings

- Cathy Kristofferson, Stop NED, Ashby, MA Conservation Commission

✓ Compressor Station Proposed for Winchester: Map, Health Impacts, Exposure

- Stephanie Scherr, ECHO Action

- Sue Durling, Winchester Pipeline Awareness

✓ NH PUC & SEC Update

- Pat Brady Martin, Rindge Energy Commission Chair

✓ Gas Companies & Utilities: Their relationship

- Sue Durling, Winchester Pipeline Awareness

✓ Troy Mills Superfund Site & The Pipeline

✓ Rhododendron State Park: Impacts, Concerns, Defense

✓ Pipeline Related Bills Coming Up For a Vote

How bills work and how to follow them, bill to remove the solar cap, pipeline related bills

- Marge Shepardson (D), Carol Roberts (D)

- NH Representatives Jim McConnell (R)

CONTACTS

Sue Durling:  ECHO Action, Winchester Pipeline Awareness

Stephanie Scherr:  ECHO Action, STOP THE NH PIPELINE: Monadnock Region

February 12, 2016

Presentation by Conservation Law Foundation

New Hampshire communities face a critical decision: Are we going to let the Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline pollute our climate and threaten our future health? Or will we stand up to Big Gas and stop this unnecessary project before it can begin? Come learn what Conservation Law Foundation is doing to prevent this damaging pipeline proposal - and how you can help.

SPEAKERS

Bradley Campbell, CLF President

Tom Irwin, VP & Director, CLF Vermont

Greg Cunningham, VP, Clean Energy & Climate Change

Melissa Birchard, CLF Staff Attorney

Caitlin Peale Sloan, CLF Staff Attorney

Presentation and Q&A will take place 6:00-7:00pm

Refreshments will be served before and after the presentation.

Special Thanks to Antioch University New England for providing the venue for this event.

CONTACT

CLF Donor Relations Coordinator, Mary Light

mlight@clf.org, (617) 850-1740.

WHEN

Friday, February 12, 2016

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

WHERE

Antioch University New England

40 Avon Street, Community Room

Keene, NH 03431

REGISTER

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April 17, 2016

Windsor to Northfield MA

Meals and accommodations provide. Walk all 4 days or just part of the walk. Come help raise awareness about compressor station hazards. 

All are welcome!

REGISTER

January 31, 2016

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR COLIN VAN OSTERN, CANDIDATE FOR NH GOVERNOR? COME TO A HOUSE PARTY THIS SUNDAY!

Sunday, January 31st, 4:00-5:30
57 Mountain View Road, Temple

Marilynn and Bill Ezell with co-hosts Rose Lowry, Laura & Ken Lynch, Colleen Pascu & Sean Radcliffe, and Cookie Shahmehri (Host committee still in formation) invite you to join them for a house party in support of NH Gubernatorial candidate Colin Van Ostern.

This is Colin’s first house party in Temple since he announced his candidacy for Governor of NH. We hope that you will stop by to meet Colin, ask questions, and get involved with the campaign!

Please RSVP to Shannon MacLeod or (603) 290-5848. More info at the Facebook event page.

NextGen Climate presents: "Keene’s Concert for Climate Action" featuringRoots of Creation at Scores Sports Bar and Grille in Keene, NH

WHEN:  Thursday February 4th
WHO:  Adults age 21+
TIX:  FREE show!

The upcoming #FITN primary election on February 9th is an important time for youth from around the state to come together. NextGen and Roots of Creation are teaming up to encourage folks to use the power of their vote to push for justice and change. Come hang out to Scores Bar and Grille on Feb 4th, dance, drink, eat! Learn how you can get a ride to the polls from NextGen Climate on February 9th and cast your ballot!