Solutions
A pleasant night ride through Amsterdam with a resident, discussing the excellent bike infrastructure available.
Can a Major City Go Car-Free?
Berlin Might Know Soon Enough
Building Community
by Buying Nothing
“It’s like a radical new economy, except of course it’s an old economy that has been around forever.”
Regional Actions
We have accomplished so much together this year. Help us accomplish even more next year by donating now!
Join us for the 350 WA Civic Action Team’s 2022 legislative campaign Launch
200-year old trees found in
Green Thomas Timber Sale!
Decarbonizing Now:
The Natrium Project in Wyoming
Lecture / Panel / Movie in support of Averting Climate Catastrophe
Jan. 11 | 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm PT
Give the Tongass Forest the
Roadless Rule protections it deserves
Local/Regional News
Return to Paradise:
Three Years After the Camp Fire
Discovering the lessons for living in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).
— Fire Adapted Network
The crisis unfolding in America’s Christmas tree capital
— MSN
Honoring traditional ecological knowledge is critical
A meaningful step forward for nation-to-nation relationships
Traveling photo exhibit will be on display at the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend through February 2022.
Cities Use Public Transit to Make Nature More Accessible
Seattle is one of several major cities implementing a “transit to trails” program to help more people access local wilderness.
— Yes! Magazine
Timber company returns 2 miles of waterfront property to Squaxin Island Tribe
Dean Ferguson and his father Dwight have an annual tradition.
Local and Regional Newsletters
National Actions
National/International News
Trends in Arctic Report Card:
‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’
The changes happening at the top of the planet could unfold elsewhere in the years to come, scientists report.
— The New York Times
Manchin to Dems: Redo the whole thing, maybe I’ll vote for it
The West Virginia senator wants a new bill that goes through Senate committees and focuses on rolling back the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
— Politico
7 wins for the climate movement in Europe this year
European leaders may have failed to take meaningful action on the climate crisis, but people power was stronger than ever.
— 350.org
Kim Stanley Robinson:
The Best-Case Scenario You Can Still Believe In
Women Wisdom Keepers and Healers: Ancestral Authorities of Life
Amazonian women have been guides to the very essence of life on Earth.
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
December 20 — The Pacific Northwest has big plans to tackle climate change.
December 21 — European regulators are proposing stronger limits on BPA.
December 23 — Indigenous leaders have a plan to protect the Amazon.
December 24 — Support Grist
Opinion
Joe Manchin Has Wrecked the Biden Presidency—Perhaps He’ll Also Liberate It
The need to appease the West Virginia senator is gone now, and not just on the climate.
— Bill McKibben
“Don’t Look Up” Is as Funny and Terrifying About Global Warming as “Dr. Strangelove” Was About Nuclear War
Adam McKay’s new movie may be the first film in 57 years to equal the comedy and horror of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece.
— the Intercept
Interview with Flourishing Fiction founders
Blake Atkerson, Anya Lamb and Ben Soltoff.
Director Adam McKay sounds the alarm on the climate emergency
“There is a Climate Emergency, but we’re all acting like everything’s normal. The news runs, TV shows go on, sports happen, but the house is on fire — and it’s time to take bold action right now.”
Don’t Look Up is available today on Netflix.
Olympic Climate Action 