Don’t Give Up. Ever.
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
Extinction
Relating to posts centered on extinction, threatened or actual.
What’s New on xrpdx.org!
If you haven’t checked out our Climate Information Resources page, now is the time! This continuously updated library is a collection of everything you need to keep up to date with climate science and the … Read more
Death of a Pipeline
On Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden signed executive orders to re-enter the United States into the Paris Climate Agreement and rescind the Keystone XL pipeline permit. Pretty good for starters. Kudos to all … Read more
Tipping Points and Greta and the Dalai Lama, oh my!
tipping point: 1. (mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences. 2. (sociology) A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting … Read more
XRPDX in 2020: A Rough Year in Review
by Your XRPDX Coordinating Team If you’re reading this, you know 2020 has been a rough year. A global pandemic that upended our lives in March and is still far from over. A national surge … Read more
Five Years Later: The Paris Climate Accord
As the plague-haunted year of 2020 comes to a close, the Paris Climate Accord concludes its first five years…of ever-higher greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts. Greta Thunberg shared a video message about this sad … Read more
Are We “Past the Tipping Point”? Don’t Panic!
Icy rain was hitting my window as I read through my Twitter feed. November’s gray gloom made the afternoon feel like an endless evening, and a recent report published in Nature titled “An earth system … Read more
A Case for Optimism
As the world literally burns and melts around us, it’s very easy to feel discouraged. The concept of “climate grief” is back in the news and I’m sure a lot of you are feeling it. … Read more