@SkipBackus

CEO @Omega_Institute

Joined June 2012
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Thank you @opalayo
Omega Institute@omega_institute2 Jun 2020
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Thank you @ADunneWAMC
WAMC News@WAMCNews14 May 2020
The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York is postponing programs on its campus until 2021. wamc.org/post/omega-ceo-disc…
"We need to refocus on what unites us all and our common humanity." -- @SenatorMetzger w/ Omega President @Carla_Goldstein moderating panel w/ Donna Hope & Assemblymember @DidiBarrett106 on how women are advancing climate policy solutions. #DrawdownLearn #ClimateSolutions
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Punitive approaches to behavior change are not the most effective way to motivate people to change patterns. #DrawdownLearn #Climate Solutions @omega_ocsl @omega_institute @Carla_Goldstein @hopePOCrises @JenMetzgerNY @DidiBarrett106
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What’s needed is our ability to sit with discomfort. #climatesolutions #drawdownlearn @DrKWilkinson @sacred411
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Omega President @Carla_Goldstein moderating panel with Donna Hope, Senator Jen Metzger, and Assemblymember Didi Barrett on how women are advancing climate policy solutions. @HopePOCRises @JenMetzgerNY @DidiBarrett106
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“We have an interrelatedness with the rest of the web of life. There is an unrealized field of possibility.” —Sherri Mitchell @sacred411 #DrawdownLearn @Omega_OCSL #ClimateSolutions
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.@DrKWilkinson speaking on climate, gender equality, women’s leadership, healing and transformation with Sherri Mitchell @sacred411 @#DrawdownLearn @Omega_OCSL #ClimateSolutions
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“Questions are the ultimate compost for learning.” —@DrKWilkinson @ProjectDrawdown #DrawdownLearn #ClimateSolutions #OCSL @Omega_OCSL
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Proud to be hosting #DrawdownLearn w/the @Omega_OCSL. Real #ClimateSolutions exist. Join us live online for free this weekend: bit.ly/31svliv
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Thank you @AlterNet for publishing my Op-Ed.
Omega Center for Sustainable Living@Omega_OCSL24 Jul 2019
"It is essential that public interest and scrutiny be sustained throughout this process. The kind of activism we need is not defined by a protest or a phone call. It is a practice that must be nurtured." — @SkipBackus @omega_institute via @AlterNet alternet.org/2019/07/work-ha…

Work has just begun on New York’s ambitious climate plan

New York State just took a bold and heartening step toward a future that promotes clean energy, a healthier environment, and resources for disadvantaged communities that typically are hardest hit by...

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"What really gives me a lot of hope is the many talented and caring people that are working on #ClimateEducation." — @leweiland32 at #SB50Bonn w/ @ClimateECOS Watch here: unfccc-sb50.streamworld.de/w… #DrawdownLearn #ACENow #ClimateActionNow @GlochaYouth @omega_institute
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So excited that OCSL Director @leweiland32 is attending @UNFCCC Climate Change Conference #SB50Bonn as part of @ClimateECOS, which seeks to build community capacity to minimize climate risks and maximize resilience. #ACENow #ClimateAction #DrawdownLearn @omega_institute – at Bonn, Germany
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"The beauty of the 250-acre campus, the nourishing food served, the extraordinary teachers, and the care and hospitality of the staff illustrate that the environment in which teaching occurs is as important as the teaching itself." via @Orion_Magazine bit.ly/2HyDyw9
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"I love the vision of collaborative healing—examining how we are taking personal responsibility, and sharing that, and standing with each other and nature." — @SkipBackus #DrawdownLearn #GlobalWarming #OCSL
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.@leweiland32 last words at #DrawdownLearn @omega_institute: "We need to move forward as individuals & organizations. It's time to be big & bold. We need to figure out what each of our passions & skills are, who we know, & how we want to participate in reversing #globalwarming"
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Agreed
Curt Newton@qwertnewto20 Oct 2018
Inspiring practical and positive way to take action on climate justice: support @HBCUGreenFund. Thank you Illai Kenney! #DrawdownLearn
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An important message from @captainplanetfd at #DrawdownLearn: When you tap into a child's natural empathy, great things can happen -- and for a long time. @omega_institute @ProjectDrawdown
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Fantastic #DrawdownLearn presentation about the educational, convening, and action-creating potential of #libraries by @Rebekkah @JenCCannell @StephenMaherNYU. @omega_institute @ProjectDrawdown @nypl @CapRegSLS
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.@ChadFrischmann: "There is no such thing as a small solution. There is no silver bullet to solving global warming." #DrawdownLearn @omega_institute
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