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Why Gender Equality Matters to Climate Change
Virtual Program using ZoomWorldwide, population pressures contribute to immediate dangers like food insecurity, natural resource scarcity, inequality, and climate-changing emissions. Yet, the relationship between population and climate change is complex. Although the carbon footprints of most of the world’s population are negligible relative to that of the average American or European, low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately vulnerable […]
Restoring Reproductive Rights
Carrboro Century Center 100 N. Greensboro St - Room 4, Carrboro, United StatesTired and frustrated with abortion bans, denial of access to life-saving care, and insensitive politicians? Join in the fight against attacks on our rights as people! Find out more in a 1 hour presentation on working to achieve equality, control, and bodily autonomy, from understanding what novel options are available to challenging State abortion bans. […]
Earth Day 2024 and Climate Change
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEHST will celebrate Earth Day with a talk by Chris Kaman, a longtime member and environmentalist. He will delve into climate change, highlighting current challenges, and various technologies for the future. He will also make recommendations for what each of us can do. This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our […]
Is the US Headed for Civil War or Just a Political Shift?
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIs the US headed for civil war? Is the Neo-Confederate Movement a serious threat, or just people mostly concerned about the tearing down of historic monuments? Might the US abandon democracy in the 2024 election or in early 2025? Or is the US essentially stable and simply going through a realignment of the political parties […]
Ethics, How We Learn Them, and the Importance of Civility in Communication
Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesWe live in a difficult time for ethical discourse, with tremendous polarity of viewpoints as well as very strong emotions and opinions about a myriad of topics, impacting events on a local, state, national, and international level. Even in conversations with people whose values align reasonably well with our own, we often struggle to find […]