COP 28 or COOPTED28?
Some are calling it COPOUT28 and others COOPTED28. Although it started out with finally setting up a Loss and Damages fund, less than .2% of what is needed every year has thus far been pledged … Read more
Articles
Featured pieces from the XRPDX newsletter.
Call for a Ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
The linkage between war and the ecological climate crisis we are witnessing is undeniable. Being an environmental activist means being a peace builder; it means standing for all living beings. In the struggle between Palestinians … Read more
Reckless Human Mastery
Photo Credit: Ivan Radic We human beings are animals, like millions of other species who move about the earth, communicate vocally and visually, gather, harvest, and/or hunt other species for food, and manipulate pieces of … Read more
A Gradual Awakening: Climate Change in the Media
After spending hours waving signs on street corners around Portland over the past three years, I have noticed an uptick in interest in my Climate Action Now! awareness message. Drivers have communicated their approval with … Read more
Oppose Oregon “Domestic Terrorism” Legislation
“There has to be a way to protect infrastructure while also supporting citizens to express their voices. I urge you to include voices traditionally most vulnerable to all manner of injustices in the process of … Read more
STOP TRIMET FROM RAISING FARES!
Fares aren’t Fair! On April 26 at 8:45 am, in Room 206 at 1120 SW 5th Avenue, TriMet is proposing a 12% increase in fares! Testify in person at the meeting or submit written testimony to boardtestimony@trimet.org by 5 pm … Read more
We Have Always Had a Trash Problem
And where people go, so does their garbage. Plastic bags and water bottles may be the detritus we see the most today, but we’ve been breaking things, leaving things behind, or simply throwing things away for thousands of years.
A Look at Egypt Post-COP27
Long before COP27, I had plans to visit my mom where she was teaching in Egypt, for Christmas. During the COP, XRPDX brought to my, and many others’ attention, the human rights violations against political activists by Egypt’s regime. We rallied at Pioneer Courthouse Square in November in support of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and an estimated 60,000 people unjustly behind bars.
A Spark, a Seed, a Beginning
On January 5, 2023, a group of climate change activists who share a passion for art, creativity and resistance, gathered in a house to explore the possibility of forming a creativity-based affinity group. Something special happened … Read more
Turning Angst into Activist Art
Activism’s fire is fed by our rage-fear, but in order that it might not consume us, Art brings the rain to grow images, sounds, and themes to connect us, and our collective action gives form to an otherwise shapeless longing for a more just and sustainable world.