Book Review: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety
“if you need some help with feelings of grief, loss, and anxiety around the changing climate…”
Tri Sanger
Being Young Right Now Is Terrifying
It’s hard not to fall into despair most days. To feel like I’m capable of changing anything in this big, nasty place.
Tending to Graves and History, Regenerative Culture in Action
Block 14 of Lone Fir Cemetery in Southeast Portland looks a lot like a gravel parking lot, in stark contrast to the many trees and headstones that fill the rest of the cemetery. And for … Read more
Killing a School to Widen a Freeway?!
Last spring the Oregon Department of Transportation’s maps planning an I-5 freeway expansion were uncovered by No More Freeways PDX. These maps detailed expanding the interstate onto the school grounds of Harriet Tubman Middle School. … Read more
Reflections on Roller skating and COP26
The morning after going roller skating, you’re sore, and tired, and maybe even feel like you can’t get out of bed. Post-exercise paralysis. Which maybe doesn’t feel so different from climate-paralysis.
Hope. It’s a beautiful thing.
It’s been a long year and a half, on that I think we can all agree. As an educator, this last school year was one of the toughest of my life. Online teaching left me drained … Read more
This Earth Day, I Am Tired
This Earth Day, as we reach nearly a month without rain here in the Pacific Northwest, I am tired. I am tired of the fire warning being red in April. I am tired of Big Oil still … Read more
Climate Education and Nightmare Fuel
A year ago, if you had told me I would now be an online teacher, I would have laughed in your face. You see, eons ago, in normal life, I am an outdoor educator. I … Read more
Why is it so hard to get Gen Z involved in XR?
As the youth outreach coordinator, this question has been plaguing me for months. Gen Z is, on average, very passionate about the climate, social justice, and what’s going on in our world. But then why … Read more
Tri Sanger’s Climate Emergency Declaration Testimony
Last week, XRPDX member Tri Sanger testified to the Portland City Council regarding the Climate Emergency Declaration. Here are their comments. My name is Tri Sanger and I’m testifying on behalf of Extinction Rebellion PDX. … Read more