Compost, Conflict, and Regenerative Culture
By Jennifer Sanborn Compost still seems like a little miracle to me. I remember the amazement I felt the first time I dug into the pile of scraps and straw that I’d piled up a … Read more
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Prepare for Impact: Comet MAGA
The movie Don’t Look Up is an obvious metaphor for any situation in which a population carries on with business as usual as doom rapidly approaches. Obviously, that could be climate disruption or the COVID-19 … Read more
“Beyond Hypocrisy” – Letter to the New York Times
Even wiser would be shifting such funds to true clean energy solutions…
Suffering and Sacrifice
It is logical that the central focus of climate action should directly confront the main contributor to climate change, the use of fossil fuels to provide by primary institutional consumers such as industry and other … 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.
Victory! Jordan Cove LNG Project Is Dead!
From Rogue Climate in southern Oregon: “Pembina, the Canadian company that tried to impose a fracked gas pipeline and export terminal on communities across Southern Oregon, today filed a formal request asking the Federal Energy … Read more
Looking Back, Growing Forward: Please Donate!
As we come to the close of the year, we ask for your help in growing our movement and supporting our work. Here’s a recap of our year. 2021, pandemic year 2, has been a … Read more
XRUS Fundraiser for Legal Defense Fund
The Necessity Series is a two-part documentary directed by Jan Haaken, filmmaker and professor emeritus of psychology at Portland State University, and Samantha Praus, researcher and filmmaker. Much like Part I, Necessity II is guided … Read more
Report Back: November 6 Rally for Climate Justice
This November 6, on Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in the streets of Europe and especially Glasgow as part of the COP26 Coalition. Here in Portland we … Read more