Your Community Spirit 2009-03-27

Happenings include holidays of the week; International Coffee Hour; Critical Mass; film showing of You’re Fired at the Big Muddy IMC; ThinkFast fast for hunger awareness; Co-op Owner Meeting; Backyard Gardening Workshop; Shawnee Energy Fest. News includes deluge of climate and energy bills; U.S. House passes big conservation plan; GM gives free gas to white-collar staff; EPA plans aggressive review of mountaintop removal permits; Gore releases new book; urban residents generate less greenhouse gases; Exxon spill anniversary; EPA tells White House that climate change is a public threat and how to get green jobs and beat recession blues.