Upcoming Events

Click on the quick links below to learn more about each event:

PECA Presents

1st Sunday of the month at 1:15 pm; in-person or virtually!

August 3, 1:15 pm

Can We Take the Heat?

The number of extremely hot days, defined as days with temperatures above 95 degrees F, is projected to increase each year because of climate change.  What does that mean for our day-to-day lives?  How can we best adapt to the intensification of summer heat waves?

In this presentation, Dr. Kenneth Moore will examine the science behind extreme heat events and explore ways to be prepared to deal with the impact of rising heat upon our health.

Scroll down for both in-person and zoom information.

Please join us at PECA Presents:

When: Sunday August 3, 1:15pm

Where: The Fireside Room at the 1st Congregational Church of Auburn located at 710 Auburn Ravine Rd in Auburn (OR via zoom, see below)

ZOOM information for Sunday afternoon PECA Presents
First Sunday of the month, 1:15 PM Pacific Time
Click here to join the SUNDAY PECA PRESENTS zoom meeting
if needed, the passcode is: 383510
Are you looking for the zoom for Thursday Climate Movie Night? Click here for the THURSDAY MOVIE NIGHT zoom

PECA is an interfaith partnership of Placer County Faith Communities concerned about our climate crisis.

Climate Movie Night

Third Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm; in-person or virtually!

August 21, 6:30pm

Just Eat IT

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food for six months. What they find is truly shocking.

As Jen and Grant’s six month experiment progresses, they are surprised by how easy it becomes to find perfectly good food (especially once they learn the routine of where to find it) but how difficult it is to get past due date food when they ask , even when willing to pay for it. They also find that they have to reassess their eating habits to eating what is available. In addition to documenting their experiment, food activists are interviewed, who provide perspectives on, among other things, the unnecessary reasons for the food waste, which are largely aesthetic and economic, misconceptions by the public especially concerning "best before" dates and by companies as to the donation of what they believe to be perfectly good food, and the unforeseen problematic issues of most of that discarded food going to landfills.

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The climate movies are shown at Auburn Presbyterian Church (or you can zoom!)

When: Thursday August 21, 6:30pm

Where: Auburn Presbyterian Church located at 13025 Bel Air Dr., Auburn (OR via zoom, see below)

ZOOM information for Thursday evening Climate Movie Night
Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 PM Pacific Time
Click here to join the THURSDAY CLIMATE MOVIE zoom meeting
if needed, the passcode is: 772730
Are you looking for the zoom for Sunday afternoon PECA Presents? Click here for the SUNDAY PECA PRESENTS zoom

PECA is an interfaith partnership of Placer County Faith Communities concerned about our climate crisis.

Other Events Related to our Mission

Placer 2050: Planning OUr Future

The Placer County Community Development Resource Agency is launching a series of in-person and online Placer 2050 General Plan Update visioning workshops beginning Feb. 26 through April 30.

The visioning workshops are an opportunity for residents and stakeholders to provide input into a variety of topical areas including sustainability, community design and housing, transportation, community health, safety and resilience, parks/open space, agriculture, economic development, utilities and infrastructure.

PECA encourages you to attend as a voice for climate change and resilience, and sustainability for the region. 

Online:

  • Feb. 26 – 6 p.m. Online workshop

  • April 5 –  10 a.m. Online workshop

In-person:

  • Feb. 27 – 6-8 p.m., Martha Riley Library, 1501 Pleasant Grove, Blvd. Roseville

  • March 4 – 6-8 p.m., Placer County Health and Human Services Bldg., 11434 B Ave., Auburn

  • March 13 – 6-8 p.m., Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Dr., Roseville

  • April 2 – 6-8 p.m., City of Lincoln Library Willow Room, 485 Twelve Bridges Dr., Lincoln

  • April 30 – 5 to 7:30 p.m., Tahoe Discover and Discuss, North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 N. Lake Tahoe Blvd., Kings Beach

Join a Local Climate Strike Every Friday at Auburn City Hall! 12-1pm

PECA Board members, Mary Joe Buettner, Barb Munn, and Linda Franklin at the Jan 20, 2023 Climate Friday Strike.

Bring your own sign, or just add your voice to others at this weekly Auburn Fridays for Future event in order to agitate for Climate Change action. The Fridays for Future group in Auburn are a welcoming, friendly group - if you don’t have a sign, they will provide one!

  • What: Auburn Fridays for Future

  • When: EVERY Friday, 12-1 pm

  • Where: In front of the Auburn City Hall

February 2023 interview with Shirley Ballinger and Mike Davis, who founded Fridays for Future in Auburn.

Envisioning A Livable Future

Envisioning a Livable Future is an online, serial conference marking the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. This groundbreaking document called climate change “one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day,” proposed an analysis of “the human roots of the ecological crisis,” and advanced a new ecological vision for the challenges ahead.

The conference seeks to inspire lively interdisciplinary dialogues aimed at:

  • Raising ecological consciousness,

  • Drawing attention to climate-forward initiatives, and

  • Encouraging both personal discernment and social action.

Following the four spring 2025 events, fall 2025 events will address investment and finance for a greener future, the promise and perils of technology, and the role of the arts.

The 4 Spring Events take place on-line from 3:30 to 4:45 Pacific time:

  • Wed. Jan. 29: The Current State of Climate Science

  • Mon. Feb. 17: The Contribution of Catholic Social Thought

  • Tues. Mar. 11: The Political Economy of Climate Change

  • Wed. Apr. 9: Environmental Politics

Click here to explore the series and register for any of the webinars.