Solutions
Avaaz members just funded the biggest-ever survey on climate anxiety in children and young people
A landmark study shows kids are extremely anxious about climate change—and furious at governments for not taking action.
— Gizmodo
Creating conversations about climate change, and urgently encouraging action
In Glasgow on
31 October – 12 November 2021
Expect coverage by DemocracyNow!,
LInk TV channel 375 on DirecTV.
What You Need to Know About Climate Change from AARP
How it’s already affecting your health, home and safety — and what you can do about it.
Sign the Climate Petition to AARP
How Carbon Capture and Storage Works,
or doesn’t
Regional Actions
Class 1: Sept 23 | 6:00 pm PT
Watch for Class 2
Climate Advocacy Workshop:
Talking about Climate Change in Everyday Life
350 WA Civic Action Team Volunteer Campaign Launch
Sept 29 | 6:30 pm PT
Call on Governor Inslee and Senator Murray to keep their promises and stop salmon extinction.
— Columbia Riverkeeper
Local/Regional News
Meaningful Movies Presents
Oct 11 | 6:30 pm PT
Join our online screening via Zoom
(Joins the Zoom meeting)
Local and Regional Newsletters
Why is the USDA using M-44 “cyanide bombs” to kill 7500 wildlife per year?
What is an M44 (cyanide device)?
— Wikipedia
Sign the Petition to Ban ‘Cyanide Bombs’
— CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
National Actions
House Rules Committee: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies!
Sign and send the petition: SAY NO to big business lobbyists defending Trump tax cuts
— Daily Kos
Tell the President: Stop oil drilling on federal land
— Daily Kos
Host a Fossil Free Future Action!
Tell your Rep. Derek Kilmer to Co-Sponsor the Fossil Free Finance Act
— 350
Will you contact your Representative about carbon pricing?
— Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Write Postcards. Save Democracy.
— Progressive Turnout Project
Tell Senators Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden to keep pushing to end subsidies!
Submit a Public Comment to Protect the Arctic Refuge
— Alaska Wilderness League
Skilling Up for Climate Action training series
kicks off with a new fall line up on October 16
All 350 trainings are
SATURDAYS 11:00 am — 1:00 pm PT
March 30, 2022
WorldWide Teach-in on climate solutions
and climate justice
Calling all Climate-Concerned Educators, Students and Community Members!
Regional Information Sessions
Thursday September 30
- Western US 12 Noon PDT
- Northeast US 7 AM PDT
- Southeast US 8 AM PDT
- Central US 11 AM PDT
Sign up for a convenient time.
Click here to support clean car standards
— Hip Hop Caucus
Demand an End to Banking on Amazon Destruction!
National/International News
It’s Friday–do you know where your $3.5 trillion spending bill is?
And other developments in the climate crisis–plus, more novel!
Bill McKibben — The Crucial Years
How to end the American obsession with driving
To fight climate change, cities need to be designed with much more walking, biking, and public transit use in mind.
— Vox
The truth about carbon offsets — Climate Ad Project
The Increase in CO2/Heat is getting steeper
Raj Patel: Climate, Conflict and Capitalism Drive Global Hunger. COVID Made It Worse
— DemocracyNow! interview
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
September 20 — Biden wants the world to reduce methane emissions.
September 21 — The world is turning its back on coal.
September 22 — China is done building coal-fired power plants abroad.
September 23 — The World Health Organization has tightened its air quality guidelines.
September 24 — The White House is cracking down on super-pollutants.
Opinion
Carbon dividends as anti-poverty policy
Max Ghenis
— UBI Center
If we don’t get climate justice, shut it down
Time to get in the way of business as usual big time
— The Raven
I think that I shall never see/
An urban cooling device as effective as a tree
Climate in Politics
Sen. Murray & Sen. Schatz
Environmental Champions Event
Video Call with Senator Murray
September 28 | 3:00 pm PT
A podcast about our kinship with animals
Tongass Odyssey:
Seeing the Forest Ecosystem
Through the Politics of Trees
with John Schoen, biologist
Upcoming Lectures
October 19, 2021: “Trailblaze 120 Miles of Alaska Wilderness: An Artistic Multi-Media Journey with Max Romey”
November 2, 2021: “Love is King and Operation Roam’s inaugural expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”
Momentary Meditation
A note to my Yarns from the Farm Readers—I’ve started another series for our local newspaper on biodiversity…”
Cheers, Nan
View the Biodiversity Series
View A Climate Basics Series
9. Enhancing Biodiversity: Fire
“The millennia of experience that Indigenous Australians bring to this vitally important activity can guide us in enhancing native biodiversity. “
Olympic Climate Action 