Sustainability Action Programs and Focus Areas
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2023
The Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase will be on Sunday, 1 October 2023, 11:00am-3:00pm. The show will be held on the east side of South Park. Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to our fifth annual show: the City of Lawrence...
Earth Overshoot Day, Overconsumption, and Planetary Boundaries
2023 Earth Overshoot Day - 2 August Editor's note: The problem is not climate disruption. The problem is overconsumption that is overpowering nature's systems, the consequence of which is climate disruption - and even more significantly - biodiversity loss and...
15th Annual Meeting & Pot Luck – Sustainability Action
Friday, 9 June 2023, 6:00pm pot luck, 7:00pm keynote talk Flory Building, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St., Lawrence KS 66044 We're back in person, after a two year hiatus! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature two speakers who are...
To cut climate emissions, consumption reductions are faster than renewables expansion
The best way to decarbonize is absolute cuts in per capita energy consumption
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2022
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE - 4TH ANNUAL Sunday, 2 October 2022, 10:00am-2:00pm - FREE South Park, northeast corner, Lawrence KS 66044 Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to the fourth annual Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase: ...
Sustainability Action annual meeting, and “The Story of Plastic” screening
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING & "THE STORY OF PLASTIC" MOVIE Saturday, 19 February 2021, 2:00pm - FREE By Zoom only, Lawrence KS 66044 A screening of the film "The Story of Plastic" will be featured at our annual meeting. It's a new documentary brought to...
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2021
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE Saturday, 25 September 2021, 8:00am-3:00pm - FREE South Park, east parking lot, Lawrence KS 66044 We're excited to announce that we're back this year with a Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase on 25 September. We're making it bigger...
Monsanto-Bayer pulling Roundup from retail stores
Dateline: 30 July 2021 - When the first Roundup cancer lawsuit against Monsanto-Bayer was won in 2018, the logjam broke, and thousands more suits were filed. Since 2018, Bayer-Monsanto settled around 95,000 cases in 2020 to the tune of $10 billion, 90% of which were...
Annie Leonard & the Story Of Stuff project – on banning plastics
For fourteen years now, since first producing The Story of Stuff in 2007, Annie Leonard has highlighted the wastefulness and ecological damage of a throw-away society, as well as the behind-the-scenes driving force of fossil fuel companies profits. The vast majority...
Invitation to the Sustainability Action annual meeting and film
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING AND SCREENING OF "BAG IT" FILM Friday, 22 January 2021, 7:00pm virtual Zoom meeting, Lawrence KS 66044 You are invited! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature an on-line screening of the film "Bag It", about...
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2023
The Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase will be on Sunday, 1 October 2023, 11:00am-3:00pm. The show will be held on the east side of South Park. Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to our fifth annual show: the City of Lawrence...
Earth Overshoot Day, Overconsumption, and Planetary Boundaries
2023 Earth Overshoot Day - 2 August Editor's note: The problem is not climate disruption. The problem is overconsumption that is overpowering nature's systems, the consequence of which is climate disruption - and even more significantly - biodiversity loss and...
15th Annual Meeting & Pot Luck – Sustainability Action
Friday, 9 June 2023, 6:00pm pot luck, 7:00pm keynote talk Flory Building, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St., Lawrence KS 66044 We're back in person, after a two year hiatus! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature two speakers who are...
To cut climate emissions, consumption reductions are faster than renewables expansion
The best way to decarbonize is absolute cuts in per capita energy consumption
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2022
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE - 4TH ANNUAL Sunday, 2 October 2022, 10:00am-2:00pm - FREE South Park, northeast corner, Lawrence KS 66044 Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to the fourth annual Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase: ...
Sustainability Action annual meeting, and “The Story of Plastic” screening
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING & "THE STORY OF PLASTIC" MOVIE Saturday, 19 February 2021, 2:00pm - FREE By Zoom only, Lawrence KS 66044 A screening of the film "The Story of Plastic" will be featured at our annual meeting. It's a new documentary brought to...
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2021
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE Saturday, 25 September 2021, 8:00am-3:00pm - FREE South Park, east parking lot, Lawrence KS 66044 We're excited to announce that we're back this year with a Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase on 25 September. We're making it bigger...
Monsanto-Bayer pulling Roundup from retail stores
Dateline: 30 July 2021 - When the first Roundup cancer lawsuit against Monsanto-Bayer was won in 2018, the logjam broke, and thousands more suits were filed. Since 2018, Bayer-Monsanto settled around 95,000 cases in 2020 to the tune of $10 billion, 90% of which were...
Annie Leonard & the Story Of Stuff project – on banning plastics
For fourteen years now, since first producing The Story of Stuff in 2007, Annie Leonard has highlighted the wastefulness and ecological damage of a throw-away society, as well as the behind-the-scenes driving force of fossil fuel companies profits. The vast majority...
Invitation to the Sustainability Action annual meeting and film
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING AND SCREENING OF "BAG IT" FILM Friday, 22 January 2021, 7:00pm virtual Zoom meeting, Lawrence KS 66044 You are invited! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature an on-line screening of the film "Bag It", about...
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2023
The Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase will be on Sunday, 1 October 2023, 11:00am-3:00pm. The show will be held on the east side of South Park. Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to our fifth annual show: the City of Lawrence...
Earth Overshoot Day, Overconsumption, and Planetary Boundaries
2023 Earth Overshoot Day - 2 August Editor's note: The problem is not climate disruption. The problem is overconsumption that is overpowering nature's systems, the consequence of which is climate disruption - and even more significantly - biodiversity loss and...
15th Annual Meeting & Pot Luck – Sustainability Action
Friday, 9 June 2023, 6:00pm pot luck, 7:00pm keynote talk Flory Building, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St., Lawrence KS 66044 We're back in person, after a two year hiatus! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature two speakers who are...
To cut climate emissions, consumption reductions are faster than renewables expansion
The best way to decarbonize is absolute cuts in per capita energy consumption
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2022
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE - 4TH ANNUAL Sunday, 2 October 2022, 10:00am-2:00pm - FREE South Park, northeast corner, Lawrence KS 66044 Sustainability Action Network welcomes our two co-sponsors this year to the fourth annual Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase: ...
Sustainability Action annual meeting, and “The Story of Plastic” screening
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING & "THE STORY OF PLASTIC" MOVIE Saturday, 19 February 2021, 2:00pm - FREE By Zoom only, Lawrence KS 66044 A screening of the film "The Story of Plastic" will be featured at our annual meeting. It's a new documentary brought to...
Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase 2021
LAWRENCE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOWCASE Saturday, 25 September 2021, 8:00am-3:00pm - FREE South Park, east parking lot, Lawrence KS 66044 We're excited to announce that we're back this year with a Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase on 25 September. We're making it bigger...
Monsanto-Bayer pulling Roundup from retail stores
Dateline: 30 July 2021 - When the first Roundup cancer lawsuit against Monsanto-Bayer was won in 2018, the logjam broke, and thousands more suits were filed. Since 2018, Bayer-Monsanto settled around 95,000 cases in 2020 to the tune of $10 billion, 90% of which were...
Annie Leonard & the Story Of Stuff project – on banning plastics
For fourteen years now, since first producing The Story of Stuff in 2007, Annie Leonard has highlighted the wastefulness and ecological damage of a throw-away society, as well as the behind-the-scenes driving force of fossil fuel companies profits. The vast majority...
Invitation to the Sustainability Action annual meeting and film
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION ANNUAL MEETING AND SCREENING OF "BAG IT" FILM Friday, 22 January 2021, 7:00pm virtual Zoom meeting, Lawrence KS 66044 You are invited! The Sustainability Action Network annual meeting will feature an on-line screening of the film "Bag It", about...