Solutions
Your foundation for strength and resilience
In this course, you’ll discover + learn about:
- Global warming myths and mistakes
- What regeneration means and why it’s key to ending the climate crisis
- Why this problem is for humans to solve, not just science
- The six frameworks for taking action
- Your personal, meaningful role in healing the planet
Commune with Jeff Krasno and Paul Hawken
Regeneration
with Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken on His Fascinating Journey from Civil Rights Protester to Erewhon Founder to Environmentalist
GM envisions electric vehicles with 600 miles of range with new battery research center
This kind of range will change the charging paradigm.
— The Verge
How to Argue with People You Know and Love—IRL
Disagreements these days can escalate quickly, but with the wisdom to know what to say and how to say it—and the courage to nurture meaningful dialogue—your efforts will be worthwhile. Here are a few tips.
How Can I Convince Doomers That It’s Not Too Late to Fight Climate Change?
NRDC senior scientist Kim Knowlton explains how to stay in the fight—not throw up your hands.
Your Guide to Talking With Kids of All Ages About Climate Change
Tips for discussing the basic facts, answering tough questions, and helping your kids cope with climate anxiety—even when you, too, are feeling overwhelmed.
Regional Actions
Climate in Politics
Can you call the Finance Committee today at 202-224-4515 to support the Polluters Pay Climate Fund?
Here’s some talking points you can use.
“I support a strong climate bill, and that means the Polluter Pays Climate Fund bill authored by Senator Van Hollen that imposes a fee on the largest fossil fuel companies. This $500 billion fund would work like the Superfund and would ensure that polluters pay for the mess they make — just like I learned in kindergarten. Please incorporate this pay-for into the Build Back Better bill.” (no link)
Tell your Senators to support an end to fossil fuel subsidies by passing the full Build Back Better deal.
— Greenpeace
Sign and send the petition:
SAY NO to big business lobbyists defending Trump tax cuts
— Daily Kos
Call the White House to stop all new fossil fuel projects
You can leave a written message here.
— 350.org
We CANNOT Back Down on Climate Action
Strong budget reconciliation legislation is our best chance to avert climate catastrophe.
— NRDC Action Fund
Alex Ramel represents WA’s 40th district, which includes Anacortes
In his day job he’s a Climate Policy Advisor for Stand.Earth.
Can you donate to Alex’s campaign by December 1st?
Local/Regional News
“The New IPCC Report – what it says and what it means for us”
Wed. October 6 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm
We are excited to get the green light to gather in person for our next series of Climate on Tap sessions.
Vaccinations are required.
Food and beverages will be available.
Clallam Transit to apply for 3 Electric Busses
Clallam Transit will be submitting an application through the WA State Department of Transportation for $5,177,000 to purchase 3 heavy-duty diesel (biodiesel-compatible) replacement buses, 3 electric heavy duty buses, and supporting charging infrastructure.
Clallam Transit System is also interested in hydrogen fuel, which will be studied next year. (no link)
Voices for the West webinar
Climate Mapping for a More Resilient West
Public Screening of “Island Road”
Highlighting Indigenous Voices in the Struggle with Climate Change.
These screenings will be online
- Tuesday, Oct 12 | 6:30 pm
- Wednesday, Oct 13 | 12:30 pm
- Thursday, Oct 14 | 2:00 pm
Join the screenings at
https://pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/81727615841
Local and Regional Newsletters
National Actions
Are you a Chase, Wells Fargo,
Bank of America or Citibank customer?
Sign and send the petition: Climate can’t wait. We need historic investments now
— Daily Kos
Protect rainforests and those who depend on them
24 Hours of Reality:
Let’s Get Real,
a global day of action, on October 29
Save the Florida Panther’s Home from Big Oil!
Tell Manchin to Remove Himself from Drafting Climate Policy due to glaring conflict of interest
— Sunrise Movement
Saturday, October 16th – Climate Justice: Principles of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Demand that President Biden and Governor Newsom to stop permitting new oil and gas wells, pipelines, and refineries.
— Stand.earth
Tell Chase executives:
Bankrolling Line 3 is destroying lives and the planet
— Rainforest Action Network
Chase: No More Greenwashing
— Rainforest Action Network
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Don’t let polar bears go extinct!
National/International News
“Blah, Blah, Blah”:
Youth Climate Activists Slam Political Inaction at U.N. Summit Ahead of COP26
Do not miss Greta Thumberg’s assessment of our efforts so far!
Unextractable fossil fuels
in a 1.5 °C world
— A study published in the journal Nature
“. . . we find that nearly 60% of oil and fossil methane gas, and 90% of coal must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C carbon budget.”
What Do You Get for Beating Chevron in Court?
Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?
Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy.
— The New Yorker
Ticking Time Bombs:
California Oil Spill Spurs New Calls to Ban Offshore Oil Drilling
— DemocracyNow! video
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
September 30 — The Biden administration is scrapping a rule to make drilling on public lands cheaper.
October 1 — Sacramento is breaking new ground with its air pollution monitoring system.
October 4 — Billionaires have pledged more money than ever before to protect our planet.
October 5 — A U.S. automaker is putting its money where its mouth is.
October 6 — The physicists who first explained climate change won a Nobel Prize.
October 7 — Pennsylvania is holding a pipeline company criminally accountable for pollution.
October 8 — President Joe Biden is restoring Bears Ears National Monument.
Opinion
Joe Manchin’s Truly Brutal Ransom Note
Treewashing, and other Friday notes
A useful reminder that good intentions and good outcomes are not always the same thing.
With massive new wins, divestment pushes ever harder on the fossil fuel industry
Facebook is to our minds as Exxon is to our air
Getting serious about protecting our mental environment from ‘the metaverse.’
Tory Stephens and his team launched a hugely popular climate-fiction contest for writers, while Lindsey Brodeck is the author of “Afterglow.”
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 