Editorials, essays, opinion pieces and subjective personal reports.
This week marks the anniversary of the brutal murder of George Floyd and the anniversary of the Portland uprising. This was a year of resistance. But we weren’t the ones resisting. It was the government. … Read more
“Regenerative culture” doesn’t have a single definition, but includes a basic commitment to care and sustainability: care of each individual, care of the group, the community, the place they reside in and the planet as a whole so that all life thrives. Within this broad brush stroke concept, details that are meaningful to any one group emerge out of understanding what care—in the moment of consideration—means to them.
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
Imagine if Earth Day, and the environmental movement overall, had not been so easily co-opted into “green” consumerism and once-a-year craft and trash pickup projects. A reckoning with the history of Earth Day provides grim but necessary lessons for the climate movement.
Something became crystal clear to me: Fossil fuel pipelines are not a climate change issue taking place on Indigenous soil. They’re an Indigenous issue with global consequences.
As Texas is crushed by surreal winter storms mere months after the entire West coast was consumed by wildfires, it can be easy to feel despair over the fate of our planet, to feel like … Read more
As the new Biden administration explores a legislative response to the January 6th insurrection that trashed the US Capitol, remember Loren Reed. The fact that the insurrection even took place is a colossal failure of … Read more
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
Yes, we CAN win. This week the “thin green line” held, scoring two big victories over proposed projects for corporate profiteering. The first win: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission upheld the Oregon Department of Environmental … Read more
Firstly, you may have noticed that we’re now sending out the XRPDX newsletter on Thursday mornings instead of Monday mornings. There are some other cool changes coming soon, but this one arrived early! That said, … Read more