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Did someone snag your parking spot while you were holiday shopping? Are you driving a little faster because your Christmas to-do list is growing? A new study says as the holiday spirit goes up, so does aggressive driving.
Black Friday spending down despite crowds
Black Friday crowds were up this year to kick off the holiday shopping season, but consumers spending over the crucial four-day period fell nearly three percent.
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Now that the holiday season is underway, many people are beginning to decorate. Unfortunately it's also a time of year when many injuries occur.
13 DUI arrests made Wednesday night in holiday enforcement effort
Montgomery County Police charged 13 drivers with driving under the influence as part of the department's holiday season enforcement effort.
Hanukkah Thanksgiving 2013: Rare overlap of holidays falls on Thursday
The convergence of the secular and sacred holidays is presenting opportunities for many Jews and challenges for others - including concerns about everything from extra preparation and party planning.
Pizza Hut manager refuses to open on Thanksgiving, loses job
Tony Rohr, the manager of a Pizza Hut in Elkhart, Ind., was told that opening his store on Thanksgiving was going to be mandatory this year. Instead of accepting it, he decided to take a stand.
Hanukkah 2013: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah fall on rare same day
The convergence of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah is something that happens incredibly rarely, and this Thursday will be a once in a many-lifetime event.
Hanukkah 2013: National Menorah to be lit Wednesday night near White House
The ceremony will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m., ahead of the first night of Hanukkah. It will also feature performances by violinist Miri Ben-Ari and the U.S. Air Force Band.
Cheaper gas prices could benefit holiday spending
Gas prices are down nearly 50 cents from their peak earlier this year, giving consumers a break at the pump that could translate into increased spending this holiday season.
Holiday movie releases key for strong box office, award returns
The holiday season is always prime for the latest new releases at the movie theater, and there's a special strategy that goes into when certain new flicks are released.
Thanksgiving: Jim Graham, D.C. Councilman, giving out turkeys
D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham is distributing 650 turkeys to families ahead of Thanksgiving.
Silver Spring's tree of toys to be donated to charity
Christmas traditions are different for everyone, but in downtown Silver Spring there is no balsam fir or silver tinsel. This year's yuletide comes in colors like pink and purple.
Thanksgiving travel down slightly from last year
Thanksgiving travel is expected to dip slightly this year, down 1.5 percent from Thanksgiving a year ago.
Booming stock market may mean increase in holiday spending
Morgan Stanley announced that the consumer sentiment for holiday spending is at its lowest level since 2008 -- but the booming stock market may mean more to spend on holiday goodies.
Black Friday 2013: Holiday shopping season starts just after Halloween ends
The retail industry certainly hopes you enjoyed your Halloween, but now that it's over, it's evidently already time for tinsel and Santa.
Hallmark under fire for changing holiday lyrics on ornament
Greeting card giant Hallmark says it shouldn't have changes the lyrics to "Deck the Halls" on a new holiday ornament that's stirring customer backlash online.
Halloween 2013: Spooky holiday brings in big bucks for retailers
Here are five things you might not know about the business side of Halloween.
Apple iPad announcement 2013: iPad Air introduced by Tim Cook
Apple plans another great unveil today as the holiday shopping season approaches. The latest iPads are expected to be the stars of the show.
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MANILA, Philippines—After four seasons with College of St. Benilde, Richard del Rosario has resigned as head coach of its men's basketball team.
Del Rosario, who serves as an assistant coach with the San Mig Coffee Mixers in the PBA, broke the news on his twitter account Monday morning.
"My beloved Blazers, it's been an honor going to battles with you. Keep fighting! Hope my resignation gets you the attention you deserve," del Rosario posted.
"In my letter to CSB I put effective Dec. 31, 2012 to allow a smooth transition. I'm still awaiting for a response from the school," del Rosario told INQUIRER.net.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss the reasons until I've spoken to school officials. Hope you understand," del Rosario added in a text message.
Del Rosario took over CSB's coaching reins replacing Gee Abanilla in 2009.
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Property tax rates in the city will remain unchanged at 48 cents per $100 valuation.
Debra Jean Reichard Bruner, 60, of Newton, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at her home.
The Bruner family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
Kyle Drum vacates his seat on the Newton-Conover City Schools Board of Education at the end of this month. He is moving out of the district to be closer to his job.
Catawba County's proposed 2012-13 fiscal year budget includes millions of dollars for school construction, as well as funding for three new sheriff's office patrol deputies.
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County elections director Larry Brewer said no race outcomes changed following the canvass, a final certification of voting results.
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There seems to be lots of hoopla going on these days about the dire straits of athletics at Maiden High School.
For a few years it seemed as if Blue Devil athletics were on a declining trend struggling to regain the glories of past seasons. In all the debate over coaching, everyone has overlooked what this bunch of kids has accomplished.
The Catawba County Sheriff's Office recently reported the following arrests and incidents.
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* Michael Emmanuel Tucker, 38, of Hickory, was arrested on a charge of non-support/non-payment of alimony. He was held in the Catawba County Detention Center on a $1,000 secured bond.
Heavy rains flooded the Hickory Metro to start the week, a train rammed a tractor-trailer truck full of chemicals and some of the state's newest champions call Catawba County home.
Whatever they've had throw their way, the St. Stephens outfield trio of Briana Thornburg, Alana Starnes and Taylor Lail continues to make big catches.
To read more of this story, pick up the Tuesday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.
The Newton-Conover golf team stands in third place after the first day of the 2A state golf tournament at Long Leaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines.
The Red Devils, the 2012 CVAC champions, carded a team score of 310, seven strokes behind North Lincoln for second place and 20 strokes behind tournament-leading Salisbury.


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100 miles per hour is not a big serve? I know it's not big on the tour, but isn't it in other places?
A mall in the Minneapolis area had a fast serve contest. Anyone could serve, no fee, they just time your serve with a radar gun. Few could go over 100 mph, I saw a guy who worked in a pro shop go over 130 mph, but they didn't have to be placed, it was only about speed.
They listed the fastest serve by gender, and the fastest female serve was in the 80s. So no female went as fast as 90 mph or 100 mph. Myself, I can only hit it 80 mph, with is pretty sorry, but I'm not that different from many weekend players. Have these speeds been verified with a radar gun, or do folks just figure that if pros can generate 130, then they MUST be at least 100?
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PBS Pulls Ads From Harper's to Punish Story on Koch's Ties to WGBH
According to the New York Post, the Public Broadcasting Service has suspended advertising in Harper's Magazine after the journal published a story critical of David Koch's relationship to public television. The billionaire carbon financier and Tea Party funder is on the board of Boston's PBS flagship station WGBH, and until a recent New Yorker exposé served on the board of New York City's WNET. Koch is also on the board overseeing WGBH's science program Nova.
The Harper's story, by journalist Eugenia Williamson, detailed the campaign by climate advocacy group Forecast the Facts to get WGBH to drop Koch (including a profile of the protest and petition delivery I led at WGBH's board meeting last November). Williamson was critical of Koch's potential influence over the public television station.The Post reports:
In the past, Harper's teamed up with PBS to sponsor a kickoff event timed to Ken Burns award-winning World War II documentary.
While there was an ad for the latest Burns saga "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," PBS has pulled ads from the November and December issues. The ads were supposed to hype the box set CD editions of the documentary.
"I have to say I am shocked," John "Rick" MacArthur, the president and publisher of Harper's, told Post media reporter Keith J. Kelly. "You'd think PBS would be above that kind of tit-for-tat mentality."
"PBS has lost its moral compass," wrote Forecast the Facts campaign manager Emily Southard in a press release. "Instead of punishing its critics, PBS should pull itself away from the influence of David Koch and others who work to misinform Americans about climate change."
PBS earlier released a page of talking points which claimed the Harper's piece was "filled with many basic errors," but did not name any.
The political organizations founded and run by the Koch brothers — particularly the Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity — are committed against public funding for the arts, including public television. Their advocacy over the past thirty years has successfully decimated federal and local support for public television. Through these organizations, Koch supports the miseducation of the public, including children, on the existential threat of climate change. Koch Industries is one of the nation's largest and most toxic polluters, and Koch works to prevent government efforts to protect the public from that pollution.
WGBH is providing David Koch not only a tax write-off but also social legitimacy, despite his being one of their greatest enemies.
Activists with Forecast the Facts and the Better Future Project will be protesting again in Boston and delivering a 400,000-signature petition at WGBH's upcoming board meeting on Wednesday, October 1.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at the People's Climate March: "We Have to Stop CO2 From Hurtling Into the Atmosphere"
Taking part in the largest climate march in history, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Wall Street bankers will only act on climate change if people organize to make them do so. He also expressed succinctly the climate-policy challenge: "We have to stop CO2 from hurtling into the atmosphere."
During the PeoplesClimate.tv livestream of the People's Climate March, Hill Heat's Brad Johnson caught up with Schumer as he chatted with billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer. The senator said that action from pension funds is needed to get Wall Street to stop financing fossil fuels, because the bankers will not lead.
"The leadership has to come from the people," Schumer told me. "Pension funds could do a lot."
Wall Street plays a tremendous role making New York one of the richest cities in the world. It drives the global economy, which is powered on fossil fuels. Even as Mayor DeBlasio is working to decarbonize the city's energy supply, carbon financier David Koch is the richest man in the city. Meaningful global action on climate change, the type Schumer called for, will require Wall Street to fully divest from financing the fossil-fuel industry. Although pension-fund and other private action is helpful, what is truly needed is legislative action from Congress.
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SCHUMER: We need to stop CO2 from hurtling into the atmosphere. We need do it, we need to work for climate change both globally and locally. Globally, the whole UN is here. Globally, all the leaders of the the world should get together and maybe begin raising consciousness and doing so. Locally, we have to act on our own. We can't wait for the leaders of the world. Today Mayor DeBlasio did a very good thing by saying he's going to greatly increase the efficiency of buildings. That's important.
Q: A lot of people are saying that leaders need to be the first ones to step up. What are you planning to do?
SCHUMER: I've been a leader of these things in Congress for a long time. But anybody in New York who doubted the effects of climate change changed their minds after Sandy.
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BRAD JOHNSON: This is the richest city, perhaps in the world. Wall Street plays a tremendous role. It drives the global economy. Right now the global economy is powered on fossil fuels. How can finance, how can Wall Street change the tide?
SCHUMER: Well, one of the ways there's leverage on Wall Street are pension funds, from the states, from the unions, and others. And if they say some things, sometimes Wall Street listens.
JOHNSON: Do you think there's going to be leadership from the world of the banks, the bankers?
SCHUMER: No. The leadership has to come from the people, but as I said, pension funds could do a lot. He [Tom Steyer] knows a lot more about this than me.
New York City Mayor Supports #FloodWallStreet Protest: "This Is About the Survival of the Earth"
"I think the First Amendment is a little more important than traffic."
With those words, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio vigorously defended #FloodWallStreet, the Occupy-style climate civil disobedience action that took place Monday on Wall Street.
De Blasio's remarks came in a press conference after he addressed the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday.
Asked if he thought "the protests are at all going too far," de Blasio expressed his disagreement.
No, I can't say they're going too far. I think, first of all, the issue is one of tremendous urgency and whenever you have an urgent issue, people utilize civil disobedience. It's not a new phenomenon. I thought, clearly, we had a situation where it was civil disobedience as it's supposed to be, meaning it was peaceful, the police handled it beautifully, and those who really wanted to get arrested got arrested. That was their choice. They were given every opportunity to not get arrested, but they chose to. But I think these are the kind of issues that bring out incredibly strong passions and they should – this is about the survival of the earth.
"The right of people to make their voices heard, regardless of their views, is a fundamental American value," de Blasio continued. "And we'll protect that value. I think there's going to be times, in this city – because we're an international capital – where we'll see protests that create inconvenience, but again, it's part of our responsibility as the hosts of the United Nations to handle that appropriately."
De Blasio was similarly forceful in his support for the People's Climate March, in which he participated. "This is not the first time you've seen a scenario where the people are leading and the leaders have to get out of the way and follow the will of the people," he said. "I think there's been a bad stereotype in public debate that the policy-makers have to somehow pull the people along and the people were unwilling to make change. I actually think the people – years ago – recognized what a profound threat the earth faces and are very comfortable that we have to make change and are ready to do what it takes."
Question: Mr. Mayor, I'm wondering what you think of – you know, yesterday we went into a second day of demonstrations on the street about climate change, about this issue – I'm wondering what you think about the momentum maybe behind this as a motivating issue for voters, for residents of New York City, and maybe around the world?
Mayor: I think there's tremendous movement at the grassroots. The march Sunday was extraordinary. What we saw – parallel marches around the world – suggests something is really gelling, that we're reaching a critical-mass moment on this issue in terms of public opinion. And this is not the first time you've seen a scenario where the people are leading and the leaders have to get out of the way and follow the will of the people. I think it's galloping forward now. So this gathering today is crucially important, but I actually think the march set the stage even more powerfully by suggesting that the grassroots are already there. I think there's been a bad stereotype in public debate that the policy-makers have to somehow pull the people along and the people were unwilling to make change. I actually think the people – years ago – recognized what a profound threat the earth faces and are very comfortable that we have to make change and are ready to do what it takes. So I think those marches are going to prove to be decisive.
Question: What did you think of the tenor of yesterday's demonstration on climate change? You know, it seems a little bit more anti-establishment, I guess, than the day before.
Mayor: Which piece? Are you talking about Occupy?
Question: Yeah. Yeah.
Mayor: Look, I think Occupy has an approach and, you know, I respect them and their message, but they have a different approach than a lot of other people. What I was particularly pleased with yesterday is I thought the NYPD did a fantastic job allowing the protesters to make their point, but handling the situation with a lot of flexibility and restraint. And it ended up, obviously, with very few arrests and very little conflict. So I think Occupy was consistent with its previous tradition, but the NYPD, consistent with how they have handled Occupy in the past, did a great job of striking the right balance. On topic, last call. Going once – yes –
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Mayor: You were too fast. On topic, going once.
Question: Mr. Mayor –
Mayor: Going twice. On topic?
Question: Yeah. Piggy-backing off that, I think, last I checked – 102 arrests yesterday. Do you think these protests are at all going too far or is that just kind of something to be expected, in your mind, with a protest of this magnitude?
Mayor: On topic, last call. Going once – on topic –
Question: Following up on that, so future protests – you know, I mean, they clogged up a lot of traffic. Are you ok with that? And what happens in the future, when protests want to do something –
Mayor: First of all, I think the First Amendment is a little more important than traffic. The right of people to make their voices heard, regardless of their views, is a fundamental American value. And we'll protect that value. I think there's going to be times, in this city – because we're an international capital – where we'll see protests that create inconvenience, but again, it's part of our responsibility as the hosts of the United Nations to handle that appropriately. So, no, I think everything was done the right way. Obviously, as New Yorkers, we would like our streets to keep moving along, and we're going to do everything we can to achieve that. But we have to respect peaceful protests.
Following Google's Lead, Facebook Plans to Cut Ties to ALEC
Facebook green czar Bill Weihl discusses his company at a Greenpeace event
We re-evaluate our memberships on an annual basis and are in that process now. While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015.
The representative seems to have been referring a key incident at ALEC's annual meeting in Dallas this July. Michael Terrell, Google's senior policy counsel for energy and sustainability, made a presentation on behalf of then-members Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and eBay promoting clean energy development. The tech companies are major electricity consumers, because of their need for massive data farms, and have worked to power their installations with renewable energy. Chris Taylor, a state lawmaker attending the presentation, wrote that the lobbyists for Peabody Energy, Edison Electric, and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity in attendance were unswayed.
Google and Facebook are both participants in Greenpeace's Cool IT effort to decarbonize the data farms. When I pressed the companies' green energy executives at a Greenpeace event in November of last year as the manager of the #DontFundEvil campaign why they had ALEC membership, they were unable to provide an answer.
The experience of the tech giants is a replay of what happened when renewable trade associations were part of the fossil-driven lobby group in 2012. The American Wind Energy Association and Solar Energy Industries Association were outvoted in a series of decisions that led to ALEC pushing anti-renewable legislation. Chastened by the result, AWEA and SEIA left ALEC when their one-year membership came up for renewal.
It seems that none of these companies bothered to look who is on ALEC's corporate board — lobbyists for fossil-fuel companies Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, Peabody Energy, and Future Energy Holdings. One would think they could have Googled it.
Kochs Respond: President Obama's 'Radical International Energy Agenda' Is 'Harmful,' 'Destructive', 'Needless'
David Koch at the Met's Koch Plaza
The worst part is, President Obama knows that his energy agenda is harmful and will not help our country get back on the path to prosperity. In fact the President's proposal is so unpopular and destructive, even Harry Reid's Senate wouldn't dream of passing it, which is why he has bypassed Congress and taken his short-sighted, destructive energy policies to an international body.
In an accompanying video entitled "Obama's UN Speech Promises to Kill Jobs and Raise Energy Prices," Phillips rejects the science of man-made climate change, and falsely claims that reductions in carbon pollution would be economically harmful and environmentally meaningless.
"If all the numbers, facts, and figures that the left claims are true, their own numbers say this will make really no difference in saving the planet. We think they're wrong on the merits, but even if you accept their numbers, this will be nothing but a lose-lose situation for the American public."
The email links to a letter campaign in opposition to "the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations calling for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030," calling on U.S. Senators to "stop the EPA from forcing more burdensome regulations on our families."
Text of supporter email:
Subject: Our response to Pres. Obama:Text of suggested email to senators:
From: Tim Phillips
The President really wants you to believe that his environmental agenda will help the country's, and the world's, most vulnerable. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
Today President Obama delivered a speech at the United Nations in New York City to promote his ideologically-driven, destructive energy agenda to combat what used to be called global warming, then climate change, then extreme weather, and now finally climate disruption. The President insists that an international climate agreement is in the best interests of the American people. He claims that the United States must act on climate change now to protect future generations and the future of our country from changes in the weather.
What President Obama DIDN'T you (sic) during his speech is the truth about his radical international energy agenda—that it will severely damage the US economy, and that America's poorest and most vulnerable will end up paying the price. More needless regulations on the energy industry mean costlier electric bills and a higher overall cost of living for everyone.
If President Obama is truly committed to helping those in need, he should seriously rethink his energy agenda. Affordable energy is essential to human well-being and prosperity not just in the United States, but around the world. But if President Obama has his way, the cost of electricity will only continue to rise.
With every policy decision, it becomes more and more clear that President Obama is only concerned with his own legacy—not about the quality of life of the American people and future generations.
The worst part is, President Obama knows that his energy agenda is harmful and will not help our country get back on the path to prosperity. In fact the President's proposal is so unpopular and destructive, even Harry Reid's Senate wouldn't dream of passing it, which is why he has bypassed Congress and taken his short-sighted, destructive energy policies to an international body.
Subject: Please oppose the EPA's new proposed regulations
Dear Senator,
I urge you to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations calling for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
If these regulations pass, hardworking Americans and their families will end up paying the price. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that the proposed regulations will increase electricity costs by $289 billion and lower families' disposable incomes by $586 billion through 2030, based its assumptions on a similar proposal by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Household budgets are already stretched thin – now is not the time to raise energy bills on American energy consumers.
A new report from the US Chamber of Commerce found that the proposed regulations will cost billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs, based on its assumptions on a similar proposal by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The report found that carbon regulations will lower US gross domestic product by $1 billion and lead to a loss of 224,000 US jobs on average every year through 2030.
Please stand with American taxpayers and stop the EPA from forcing more burdensome regulations on our families. Thank you.
People's Climate Justice Summit
The Climate Justice Alliance, together with our friends and allies, is hosting the People's Climate Justice Summit, featuring the voices, strategies, and solutions of climate-affected communities around the world.
On September 23, political and corporate leaders will meet at the United Nations in New York City for Climate Summit 2014. This summit represents yet another step towards the corporate takeover of the UN climate negotiations and the privatization of land, water, and air resources under the guise of a global climate compact. The climate crisis is a symptom of a deeper problem: an economy based on extraction and exploitation of resources and people. This economy benefits a few at the expense of communities and the planet.
While heads of state meet at the UN, communities across the country are united for a just transition away from an economy based on fossil fuel extraction and other dirty industries, and towards clean community energy, zero waste, public transit, local food systems and housing for all.
Church Center for the United Nations, 777 1st Ave at E. 44th St
- Dr. Robert Bullard, Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University
- Lisa Garcia, Friends of the Earth
- Jeremy Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability
- Rex Varona, Global Coalition on Migration
- Rosa Guillen, World March of Women
- Julia Olson, Our Children's Trust
Hear hard-hitting testimonies from affected peoples around the globe as we indict political leaders and corporate polluters for their failure to protect our health, communities and planet. We will hear from those living with the real and immediate impacts of climate change and people living on the frontlines of extractive industries that are contributing to climate change.Opening
- Julia Beatty, Center for Social Inclusion
Climate Change: Place-based Experiences, Impacts/Adaptation/Migration
- Laquan Thomas/Andres Felipe Hernandez, Ironbound Community Corporation (United States)
- Cynthia Moices, UPROSE (United States)
- Beryl Thurman, North Shore Waterfront Conservancy – Staten Island (United States)
- Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Earth Guardians (United States)
- Mamadou Goita, Institute for Research and the Promotion of Alternatives in Development, (Mali)
- Antolin Huáscar Flores, Confederación Nacional Agraria (Peru)
- Representative, Black Urban Growers (United States)
Corporate Root Causes to Climate Change
- Patricia Gualinga Montalvo, Kichwa leader, Sarayaku, Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
- Jihan Gearon, Black Mesa Water Coalition (United States)
- Kelsey Julian, Our Children's Trust (United States)
- Katherine Eglund, NAACP Gulf Port Chapter (United States)
- Venancia Cruz Jimenez, Movimiento Indígena Santiago de Anaya (México)
- Alex Cardoso, Movement of Recyclers/Catadores – MNCR (Brazil)
3:00 PM – 5:00 PMThe People Face the Tribunal- Statements and Decision by Judges
- Damaris Reyes, Good Old Lower East Side (United States)
- Miriam Miranda, Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondurena – OFRANEH (Honduras)
- Stanley Sturgill, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (United States)
- Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Cree, Greenpeace (Canada)
- Mithika Mwende, Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance, Kenya (Nigeria)
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TOWARDS LIVING ECONOMIES 1: SYSTEMS ALTERNATIVESSpeakers:
- Casey Camp, Ponca Tribe (United States)
- Michael Leon Guerrero, Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign (United States)
- Lidy Nacpil, Jubilee South Asia Pacific on Debt and Development (Philippines)
- Sandra Van Niekerk, Public Services International (South Africa)
Juliet Rousseau, Bizi, Alternatibas Process (France).
In the face of climate change, communities everywhere are experimenting with new and time-tested approaches to energy, waste, transit, and the provision of peoples' needs that protect people and the planet. But to counter the systemic causes of the climate crisis and meet the scale of the problem, movement forces are also developing bold proposals for systemic alternatives. Join us for an exploration of new economic, organizing and worker-centered models that could help us all weather the storm as we build the next economy together.
TOWARDS LIVING ECONOMIES 2: JUST TRANSITION STRATEGIESSpeakers:
- Al Weinrub, Local Clean Energy Alliance (United States)
- Monica Wilson, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (United States)
- Juan Camilo Osorio, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (United States),
- Beth Grimsberg (Brazil)
- Rosa Miranda, Bus Riders Union (United States)
Confronting the climate crisis effectively – and building a climate movement strong enough to do so – will require us to take on the social, economic, and political inequities that have allowed the dirty energy economy to persist. And we must address these issues with a particular lens focused on how these systems have led to communities of color and low-income communities bearing the brunt of climate impacts. While we fight against the old energy economy rooted in inequity, we must continue to build a better and stronger vision that can both can work for all of us and is led by communities most marginalized and impacted by climate change. This requires a just transition from the old to the new. A transition into a new economy rooted in the foundation of racial and social justice, invested in people and the planet, and on that is regenerative and life giving. To do so, we must begin to think intersectionally and build cross-sectoral alliances for making change.
From transit to energy, in this panel and conversation, participants will learn from people who are envisioning a just transition and building towards a more sustainable and just future.
Google Drops American Legislative Exchange Council Over Climate Denial: 'They're Literally Lying'
On Monday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt announced that his company has ended its support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) because of its persistent climate-change denial. The decision came after a Schmidt made the announcement in response to a listener question on the Diane Rehm radio show.
"I think the consensus within the company was that that was some sort of mistake," Schmidt said of Google's support for ALEC, "and so we're trying to not do that in the future."
Pressed to explain further, Schmidt harshly described the conservative lobbying organization's opposition to climate action as "really hurting our children" and "making the world a much worse place" by "literally lying."
Well, the company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts — what a shock. And the facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. And so we should not be aligned with such people — they're just, they're just literally lying.Listen here:
ALEC president Lisa B. Nelson issued an angry press release following Schmidt's announcement, blaming the decision on "public pressure from left-leaning individuals and organizations who intentionally confuse free market policy perspectives for climate change denial."
Disclosure: As the campaign manager for Forecast the Facts, I founded the "Don't Fund Evil" campaign in June 2013 challenging Google to stop funding climate-denial groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and ALEC, and climate-denial politicians such as Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
For over a year, Google representatives stonewalled over the company's conflicting stand on climate change and its political support for climate deniers. Google's clean-energy lead Gray Demasi had no answer for why his company supported ALEC, when I asked him at a November 2013 Greenpeace green tech event.Now, Schmidt's words echo an opinion piece I wrote in December 2013 on the eve of ALEC's annual DC conference, which featured a keynote by Cruz:
Unlike ALEC and Cruz, Google employees support scientific facts. Unlike ALEC and Cruz, Google employees are investing in a future powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
The "Don't Fund Evil" call to drop ALEC was joined in December 2013 by the Sierra Club, SumOfUs, RootsAction and the Center for Media and Democracy. The coalition of climate, corporate, and good-government organizations mobilized over 230,000 citizens to petition the search giant. In addition, Google was the target of a shareholder resolution brought by Walden Asset Management challenging Google's support for the anti-climate group.
Added pressure came in August when Google competitor Microsoft left ALEC. At the beginning of September, over 50 organizations, including several labor unions, environmental organizations, racial justice groups, and other progressive organizations signed on to a public letter asking Google to follow suit.
Google's decision to drop ALEC is an important first step in restoring the integrity of its 'don't be evil' motto. Unfortunately, the company is still financing extremist groups like the 'CO2 Is Life' Competitive Enterprise Institute and dozens of denier politicians. If Eric Schmidt wants to be taken seriously, he has to do a lot more cleaning up. It's time for Susan Molinari, who pushed Google into this situation, to go.
Forecast the Facts and SumOfUs have since expanded the Don't Fund Evil campaign into the Disrupt Denial campaign, which calls on all corporations to stop financing climate-denial politicians.
Transcript of the Diane Rehm Show:
Diane Rehm: Ok, and I think we have time for one last caller. Let's go to Kristin in Syracuse, NY. Quick question, Kristin.Transcript of ALEC press release:
Kristin: Hi, yes, thank you so much for taking my call, Diane.
D: Sure.
K: Um, I'm curious to know if Google is still supporting ALEC which is that fund, they're, um, lobbyists in DC that are funding climate change deniers.
Eric Schmidt: Um, we funded them as part of a political campaign of something unrelated. I think the consensus within the company was that that was some sort of mistake and so we're trying to not do that in the future.
D: And how did you get involved with them in the first place and were you, then, disappointed in what you saw?
E: Well, the company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts — what a shock. And the facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. And so we should not be aligned with such people — they're just, they're just literally lying.
"It is unfortunate to learn Google has ended its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council as a result of public pressure from left-leaning individuals and organizations who intentionally confuse free market policy perspectives for climate change denial.
"At our recent Annual Meeting in Dallas, we were pleased to host a roundtable conversation between a variety of companies—including Google—regarding renewable energy deployment and climate change. The conversations held in Dallas were intended to build understanding and pioneer future policy approaches where organizations could find common ground on issues of climate change, energy generation and government mandates. And, I personally intend to continue this work.
"In the case of energy generation, ALEC believes renewable energy should expand based on consumer demand, not as a result of a government mandate. Many misunderstand the American Legislative Exchange Council and its legislator-led, free market priorities. ALEC members believe the Federal Government exerts too much control on state and local decision-making. Google's renewable energy commitment—as well as those found throughout private industry—is completely consistent with ALEC policy because the companies in question chose renewables absent a mandate.
"ALEC believes in freedom of speech and opinion. Google is an important voice on these and many other issues, and we will miss their perspective in our discussions. However, ALEC and its members will continue to advance limited government, free markets and federalism through dialogue, debate and model policy formulation."
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Join a united global movement to attack the root causes of the climate crisis and build an economy based on justice and sustainability. We need climate justice. Take action in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis for a day of:
Massive Coordinated Direct Actions Against Climate Profiteers.
9:00am – Gather at Battery Park for Breakfast and Music from Rude Mechanical Orchestra
9:30am – Speakers including frontline community leaders of the Climate Justice Alliance, Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, and Chris Hedges
11:00am – Non-violent Direct Action Training and March
12:00pm – Flood Wall Street and Mass Sit-in at the New York Stock Exchange
People's Climate Justice Summit
The Climate Justice Alliance, together with our friends and allies, is hosting the People's Climate Justice Summit, featuring the voices, strategies, and solutions of climate-affected communities around the world.
On September 23, political and corporate leaders will meet at the United Nations in New York City for Climate Summit 2014. This summit represents yet another step towards the corporate takeover of the UN climate negotiations and the privatization of land, water, and air resources under the guise of a global climate compact. The climate crisis is a symptom of a deeper problem: an economy based on extraction and exploitation of resources and people. This economy benefits a few at the expense of communities and the planet.
While heads of state meet at the UN, communities across the country are united for a just transition away from an economy based on fossil fuel extraction and other dirty industries, and towards clean community energy, zero waste, public transit, local food systems and housing for all.
Church Center for the United Nations, 777 1st Ave at E. 44th St
OPENING—FALSE PROMISES: CARBON TRADINGSpeakers:
- Elizabeth Yeampierre, UPROSE (United States)
- Alberto Saldamando, Human/Indigenous Rights Attorney (United States)
- Berenice Sanchez, Frente de Pueblos Indigenas en Defensa de la Madre Tierra (México)
Moderator: Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network (United States)
Environmental justice and indigenous leaders will kick off two days of events at the United Nations Church Center. Day One of the Peoples Climate Justice Summit will focus on the false promises promoted by corporations and industrialized nations. This panel will focus on efforts that commodify nature and systems of carbon trading.
FALSE PROMISES 3: BUSINESS AS USUAL – THE EXTRACTIVE ECONOMY CONTINUES AND EXPANDSSpeakers:
- Bryan Parras, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services – TEJAS (United States)
- John Fenton, Rancher Pavilion Wyoming (United States)
- Rachel Smolker, BioFuel Watch (United States), Desmond D'sa, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance – SDCEA (South Africa)
- Robin Lebeau, Cheyenne River Sioux, Mnicoujou Band (United States)
Moderator: Wes Gilllingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper (United States)
As the world scrambles to deal with the impacts of climate change the dirty Industries responsible for the bulk sources of greenhouse gases scramble to keep us addicted to these polluting energy sources.
This panel looks at some of the dirty energy practices that feed climate change, destroy ecosystems, and devastate communities. We'll hear reports from people on the frontlines of fracking, pipelines, refineries, and tar sands and find out what they're doing to fight back.
New School, Alvin Johnson / J.M. Kaplan Hall Auditorium, 66 West 12th St
Speakers: Meena Rahman, Third World Network (India), Maxine Combes, ATTAC (France), Maureen Santos, Heinrich Böll Foundation (Brazil), Moderator: Janet Redman, Institute for Policy Studies (United States) An international panel will offer insight into the conversations that will take place at the UN Climate Summit, and discuss social movement strategies as we head to the next round of climate negotiations in Lima (December 2014) and Paris (December 2015).
FALSE PROMISES 2: DAMS/WASTE TO ENERGY/FEDERAL POLICYSpeakers:
- Jorge Tadeo Vargas, Revuelta Verde (México)
- Elise Estronioli, Movement of People Affected by Dams (Brazil)
- Christophe Aguiton ATTAC (France)
- Moderator: Ananda Lee Tan, Global Network for Incinerator Alternatives (Canada)
Not long ago, political leaders and corporations were saying climate change wasn't a problem. Now, that the science on global warming is accepted as real and its impacts are being felt, some governments and corporations are scrambling to claim leadership on the issue. Desperate to avoid regulation and commitments to cut emissions at source (and in many cases, attempting to cash in on the crisis), they're presenting a dizzying array of "false promises" and quick fixes that perpetuate inequalities, ecological destruction, and extreme energy development. At home in the U.S., and globally at the U.N. climate negotiations, governments are formulating policies that threaten to enshrine these false solutions. Join us for a critical conversation of some of the worst of the worst, including testimony from the front line of destructive dams, extreme energy development, carbon markets, and the' financialization' of nature. Participants will also consider whether emerging US climate rules like the Clean Power Plan and negotiations for a 2015 global climate treaty in the UNFCCC are steering us toward real solutions or dangerous distractions, and how to bring the power of social movements to keep real solutions on track.
FALSE PROMISES TO LIVING ECONOMIES: CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE VS. FOOD SOVEREIGNTYSpeakers:
- Antolin Huáscar Flores, Confederación Nacional Agraria (Peru),
- Dena Hoff, La Via Campesina North America (United States)
Moderator: Mamadou Goita, IRPAD Africa (Mali)
This panel will debunk the myth of Climate Smart Agriculture as a solution, and explain how and why the movement for Food Sovereignty is a true solution to climate change. Local, national and international panelists will describe current struggles for Food Sovereignty, activities and strategies leading to the upcoming UN Climate Summits in Peru and Paris.
Special Evening Event Hosted by the New School
Moderator: Tom BK Goldtooth (Dine'/Dakota), Indigenous Environmental Network/PCJS National Coordination Team of the Climate Justice Alliance, Minnesota, USA.Followed by Indigenous Women Defenders of Mother Earth – of the Western Hemisphere:
- Jeanne Shenandoah (Onondaga Nation), member of the Eel Clan, organizer with Onondaga Nation and Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and affiliated with the Traditional Chiefs and Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, New York;
- Patricia Gualinga Montalvo (Kichwa) indigenous leader from the Sarayaku village in the Amazon, Ecuador;
- Kandi Mossett (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nation), IEN Indigenous Energy & Climate Campaign, Montana/North Dakota, USA;
- Crystal Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree Nation-Treaty 6), Climate & Energy Campaigner, Prairie Chapter, Sierra Club, Alberta, Canada;
- Casey Horinek-Camp (Ponca), traditional Drumkeeper for the Ponca Pa-tha-ta, Woman's Scalp Dance Society and spokesperson of the Indigenous Environmental Network, White Eagle, Oklahoma, USA;
- Gloria Hilda Ushigua Santi (Sápara), indigenous leader from the remote village of Sápara people of Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, Ecuador;
- Josephine Mandamin (Anishinaabe), Wikwemikong Elder, founder of the Mother Earth Water Walk and member of the Three Fires Lodge of the Midewiwin Society, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Indigenous peoples have consistently reaffirmed their responsibility to speak for the well-being of Mother Earth, nature and future generations of all Life. There is a direct relationship between the expansion of fossil-fuels and extreme energy development within the homelands of Indigenous peoples in the global South and in the North, and the link to climate change. These Indigenous women speakers, as defenders of the sacredness of Mother Earth, come from indigenous communities that have borne the brunt of destructive energy and disproportionate social, cultural, spiritual, environmental and climate impacts. Indigenous peoples have the solutions to the climate crisis through their Indigenous ingenuity – Indigenuity – inspired by their ancient inter-generational knowledge and wisdom.
People's Climate March
The People's Climate March is scheduled for Sunday, September 21, just two days before world leaders attend an important Climate Summit at the United Nations. President Obama and many of the world's presidents and prime ministers are expected to attend.
The People's Climate March will be the largest single march on climate change in world history and the first major street protest of Mayor DeBlasio's administration.
More than, 1,100 organizations have endorsed the march, ranging from the NAACP to SEIU, the second largest labor union in the country and the largest in New York, to Hurricane Sandy survivors and Maine fisherman joining the march by boat.
The march will begin at Columbus Circle, proceed over on 59th Street to 6th Avenue, down 6th Avenue to 42nd Street, then right on 42nd Street to 11th Avenue. The route passes by some of New York City's most famous landmarks, from Rockefeller Center to Times Square.
Simultaneous events are planned in dozens of countries around the world, with major marches in London, Berlin, Paris, Delhi and beyond.
March Route & Climate Alarm
11:30 am – March Begins
Location: Marchers will assemble on Central Park West, between 65th and 86th streets.
Description: See here for more on the march lineup
1:00 pm—Mass Alarm Action Coinciding with Church's Ringing Bells
Location: Throughout the entire march
Description: After a moment of silence, the entire march will ring out with trumpets, bells, drums, whistles as more than 100,000 people sound an alarm for climate action.
2:00 pm—March End
Location: 11th Ave. in the streets between 34th Street and 38th Street
Description: The march will end with a block party. At the center of the close will be a massive tree installation created by Brooklyn-based artist Swoon. See more details here


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Provence by Barge: Bountiful Markets, Medieval Towns and Bucolic Beauty
Program Number:
Start and End Dates:
10/4/2013 - 10/12/2013
8 nights
Price starting at:
$2,499.00 -
Price may vary based on date, departure city
Program Type:
Adventure Afloat Study Cruise; Small Ship Cruising
Activity Level:
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16; 7 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 7 Dinners
Meal Options:
Lovely and bursting with life, Provence has enchanted artists, writers, even popes. Experience it for yourself on this village-to-village voyage by river barge. Attend traditional markets where colorful produce and flowers are on offer, discover Roman ruins and medieval châteaux, visit an abbey where monks have produced lavender and honey for centuries, see the "Camargue cowboys" at work and much more.
Itinerary At-a-Glance
Aboard Estello, 7 nights.
Day 1:
Overnight flight from the U.S.A.
Day 2:
Arrival Marseille (France) / coach to Avignon / embark the Estello:
Board the barge in Avignon and meet your captain and crew, then join fellow participants for a welcome-aboard dinner.
Day 3:
On a field trip to the medieval Palace of the Popes, learn about the Papal Schism, a 39-year period when two competing men claimed leadership of the Catholic Church.
Day 4:
Gordes, Cavaillon & Carpentras:
Journey to the hill town of Gordes and the 12th-century Sénanque Abbey, surrounded by lavender fields. Discover the oldest synagogue in France.
Day 5:
Learn about the construction and operation of the magnificent Pont du Gard aqueduct, built by the Romans beginning in 19 BC. Continue to the Roman arena at the center of Nimes.
Day 6:
Delve further into the Roman history of Provence at the site of Glanum, where the ruins include a great triumphal arch. Visit Château des Baux, an imposing hilltop fortress.
Day 7:
Arles & the Camargue:
Experience Arles, the city that inspired van Gogh's masterworks like Café Terrace at Night. Sail onward to the Camargue, a sprawling river delta home to horses, bulls and even flamingos.
Day 8:
Discover a manade, a Camargue ranch where cowboys tend semi-feral herds. Explore the walled medieval town of Aigues-Mortes on the "Petit Train" and learn about the ancient industry of salt harvesting.
Day 9:
Disembark / coach to Marseille for departure
The Estello
Classic deluxe river barge, measuring 128' long and 17' wide. The barge offers 10 cabins for a total of 20 participants. The Estello was built in 1937, converted to a passenger barge in 1981 and refurbished in 2008.
Meals and Lodgings
Avignon, France
Vallabrègues, France
Arles, France
Gallician, France
Aigues-Mortes, France
7 nights
This barge is exclusively chartered for Road Scholar participants.
Ship Information:
The Estello: Classic deluxe river barge, measuring 128' long and 17' wide. The barge offers 10 cabins for a total of 20 participants. The Estello was built in 1937, converted to a passenger barge in 1981 and refurbished in 2008.
Contact info:
N/A, France
phone: + N/A
Room amenities:
Each cabin has closet space, a hair dryer, adapter plug, alarm clock, bottled water, water glasses, wooden hangers, tissues, hand soap, shower gel, shampoo, towels, insect repellent, make-up mirror, full-length mirror and a fan. There is individual climate control (air conditioning/heat).
Facility amenities:
There are two decks: the upper deck has a saloon where meals are taken, a spacious sitting area, and a bar. There is also a sundeck with fixed awning, tables and chairs. All cabins are on the lower deck with heat, air-conditioning and private bathrooms.
Smoking allowed:
Check in time:
Check out time:
Travel Details
Start of Program:
12:30 PM group transfer from Marseille-Provence Airport by coach to the barge in Avignon You will be staying at
that night.
End of Program:
8:00 AM group transfer to Marseille-Provence Airport for independent flight departures. You will be staying at
the night before.
Required documents:
The Participant Information Form is required.
Parking availability:
Parking is not available.
(For Independent Travelers)
Train or bus availability:
See above
To Start of Program
Transportation to site:
A group arrival transfer is organized for all participants who purchased an air inclusive program and arrive on the group date and time. On arrival at Marseille-Provence Airport, independent travelers may take the airport shuttle (navette) to the main train station in Marseille (Gare St-Charles). Departures are every 20-30 minutes at a cost of approximately €8 per person. The transfer takes 30 minutes. At the Marseille St-Charles train station, board an SNCF train for Avignon. On arrival in Avignon, take a taxi to the barge located at the quai de la Ligne along the boulevard de la Ligne. This transfer is about 10 minutes.
From End of Program
Transportation from site:
Take a train from the rail station in Aigues-Mortes to the rail station in Nimes. The transfer time is approximately 45 minutes. Transfer to another train which departs the main rail station for Marseille St-Charles train station. The transfer takes 90 minutes. On arrival at the Marseille train station, take a shuttle (navette) to Marseille-Provence Airport. Departures are every 20-30 minutes at a cost of approximately €8 per person. The transfer takes 30 minutes. We strongly encourage participants to take the group transfer from Aigues-Mortes to Marseille-Provence Airport.
The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Daily Schedule
Day 1:
Board an overnight flight.
(Friday, October 4)
Board an overnight flight to Marseille.
Day 2:
Arrival Marseille/Coach to Avignon & Welcome Dinner
(Saturday, October 5)
Join your fellow travelers at the Marseille-Provence Airport for the coach transfer to the barge moored in Avignon. Meet the crew and listen carefully to the safety instructions from the skipper.
Enjoy a welcome dinner with the other participants aboard the barge.
Meals Included:
Day 3:
Avignon/Palais des Papes
(Sunday, October 6)
Aboard the Estello
Begin with a lecture aboard the barge about Vincent van Gogh and how Provence influenced his artwork.
Sample the local fare in Avignon on your own.
Return to the medieval city of Avignon for a lecture and field trip to the Palace of the Popes, home to popes during the Papal Schism from 1378 to 1417. See the famous (and unfinished) Pont d'Avignon.
Aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4:
(Monday, October 7)
Aboard the Estello.
Begin with a visit to the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque to learn about lavender production at a medieval monastery. Visit the Monday Market in Cavaillon.
Independent lunch in Carpentras
Tour the medieval town of Carpentras and stop by the oldest synagogue in France.
Aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5:
Pont du Gard/Nimes
(Tuesday, October 8)
Aboard the Estello.
Coach to the Pont du Gard, a well-preserved Roman aqueduct, dating from the 1st century CE. With three tiers of arches, this bridge provided millions of liters of water to citizens in nearby Nîmes. Become versed in the history of this architectural wonder through a lecture and field trip.
Independent lunch in Nimes
Stop by the Nimes Tuesday Market before heading to Nimes Arena, built around 70 CE. Today, the arena is used for bullfights and other cultural events.
Aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6:
St-Rémy-de-Provence & Chateau-des-Baux-de-Provence
(Wednesday, October 9)
Aboard the Estello.
Learn about the Romans' influence in the region through a field trip to Glanum and Les Antiques. Visit the famous Wednesday Market in St-Rémy-de-Provence.
Sample local fare on own in St-Rémy-de-Provence.
Visit Chateau-des-Baux-de-Provence, an imposing medieval chateau/fortress atop the Alpilles mountains.
Aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7:
Arles Arena/Camargue
(Thursday, October 10)
Aboard the Estello.
Spend time in Arles with a field trip and lecture about the beautifully preserved Roman amphitheater. Today, bull fights are held there, but unlike in Spain, the bull is not killed. Board the barge for a morning and afternoon of barging. Van Gogh lived in Arles from 1888 to 1889; see the city that inspired some of his most beloved artwork, such as Starry Night over the Rhone, The Yellow House and Café Terrace at Night.
Lunch aboard the Estello.
Barge to the day's destination. Upon arrival in Gallician, enjoy a lecture aboard the Estello about the Camargue Nature Park and its wildlife.
Aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8:
(Friday, October 11)
Aboard the Estello.
Coach to a local manade (similar to a ranch) to learn about the gardians (herders or cowboys) and see wildlife of the Camargue.
Lunch at a manade.
Coach to Aigues-Mortes (old French for "dead waters") in the Petite Camargue where there is a field trip and lecture aboard the Petit Train to view the walled medieval town. The village featured prominently during the Crusades of the 13th century as a point of embarkation.
Say au revoir to fellow passengers at the farewell dinner aboard the Estello.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9:
(Saturday, October 12)
Aboard the Estello.
Coach transfer to Marseille-Provence Airport for departure.
Meals Included:
Important information about your itinerary:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information featured on this website. Itineraries are based on our best information at this time. Circumstances beyond our control may require us to adjust itineraries or other details. We regret any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Information will be sent to you from your Program Provider approximately three weeks prior to the program start date. The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Suggested Reading List
A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France
Author: Georgeanne Brennan
Description: Marvelously frank about daily chores and the decidedly unglamorous business of raising goats and pigs, Brennan lards her earthy tale of the rural life with recipes, one per chapter.
A Traveller's History of France
Author: Robert Cole
Description: This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times.
A Year in Provence
Author: Peter Mayle
Description: The original best-selling tale of settling down in Provence, told with warmth and a great deal of humor. It offers a wonderful inside look at the charms and quirks of the people and the countryside in the south of France.
Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
Author: Roger Williams
Description: This is an illustrated, colorful guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Fodor's Provence and the French Rivera
Author: -
Description: A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Author: William Rodarmor (Editor)
Description: This collection contains literary gems from all corners of France--not just Paris--by a select group of 20th-century French writers, from Colette to Georges Simenon.
Lonely Planet French Phrasebook
Author: Marie-Helene Girard, Anny Monet
Description: This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon
Author: M.F.K. Fisher
Description: A memoir of Fisher's years in France in the late '20s and early '30s, a time of exuberant discoveries of the glories of French food and French culture.
Michelin Green Guide Provence
Author: Michelin Travel Publications
Description: A comprehensive driving guide, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed maps of each region, city or village.
My Life in France
Author: Julia Child
Description: Child's characteristically ebullient record of Paris and Provence, her many friends, family and memorable meals, in the years after WWII, turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci (as husband Paul).
Nostradamus, How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom
Author: Stephane Gerson
Description: Gerson explores the life -- and afterlife -- of Michel de Nostredame, the seer whose Prophecies have been interpreted, adopted by successive media, and eventually transformed into the Gospel of Doom for the modern age. Born in the South of France, he settled in Salon-de-Provence, where you can still find his home and tomb.
Provence A-Z
Author: Peter Mayle
Description: A companion to all things Provencal, from bouillabaisse to lavender and vinaigre, by the British expatriate and Francophile Peter Mayle.
Provence and Camargue Map
Author: Michelin Travel Publications
Description: A detailed local map in Michelin's ZOOM series, featuring a place name index and insets of local cities and towns. Scale 1:160,000.
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
Author: Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
Description: This lively, astute examination by two Canadian journalists tackles the contradictions and complexities of the French character, paying particular attention to the question of why the French resist globalization.
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence
Author: Michael Jacobs
Description: With an excellent introduction on the history, culture, landscapes and the pleasures of Southern France, this illustrated guide features 34 towns and villages across Provence from the Vacluse to Bonnieux and Gordes, tranquil Alpine villages and southern vineyards.
The Popes of Avignon, A Century in Exile
Author: Edwin Mullins
Description: Grounded in the architecture and papal legacy of Avignon and the surrounding area, this engaging history sets the 70-year period of papal exile in the south of France against the context of Europe's turbulent transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Author: Ina Caro
Description: Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history.
The Roman Provence Guide
Author: Edwin Mullins
Description: Mullin's succinct history and guide to the many monuments, arches and other antiquities of Provincia Nostra, the first Roman territory outside Italy, covers the must-see archaeological sites of Provence and neighboring Languedoc in detail. With 2 maps and 60 black and white photographs.
Two Towns in Provence
Author: M. F. K. Fisher
Description: Celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher contrasts village life in Aix-en-Provence with bustling Marseilles, evoking these two favorite places with anecdote and loving description.
Vanished Kingdoms, How Nations Rise and Fall
Author: Norman Davies
Description: In this marvelously tale of lost civilizations and the shifting fate of nations, historian Norrman Davies presents the stories of 14 now all-but-forgotten European states, including Aragon, Etruria and the Two Burgundies. Not just an intiguing look at history, these tales will also incite wanderlust.
You can't find a better value than Road Scholar.
As a not-for-profit organization, we are dedicated to providing all-inclusive educational programs at great value. From lectures to gratuities to field trips to accommodations - the tuition you pay up front is all that you pay.
Specifically, this program includes:
7 nights accommodations
16 meals: 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 7 dinners
Expert-led lectures: 10
Expert-led lectures
Led by one or more of our world-class instructors, typically in a classroom setting, lectures come in the form of presentations, discussions or workshops and offer expert insight into your area of study.
Field trips: 14
Field trips
The world is your classroom, as you're on location with an instructor to pursue your educational theme firsthand.
Plus these special experiences...
Explore Provence's medieval side by exploring St-Rémy-de-Provence, Avignon and Aigues-Mortes.
See the Provence that inspired Vincent van Gogh during the later years of his life.
Learn about the wildlife of the Camargue, from its pink flamingos to majestic white horses.
Explore Roman Gaul with visits to the Pont du Gard, Nimes Arena and Arles Amphitheater.
View the Daily Schedule to see more
And included with all Road Scholar programs:
Learning led by expert instructors who are authorities in the field of study.
An experienced Group Leader attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants.
Customary gratuities throughout the program that you would normally pay yourself.
The Road Scholar Travel Assistance Plan, providing 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance coverage.
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