SoCAN's monthly meeting will feature a presentation by Andrea Rodgers, Our Children’s Trust Senior Litigation Attorney. From SoCAN: The youth of the world are those who will suffer most if we fail to address the climate crisis. Our failure to address this crisis is why many young people are angry and others are simply disillusioned. […]
NDN Collective’s Climate Justice team Jade Begay and Kailea Frederick will host a webinar, Extreme Heat and Climate Change: A Health Equity Crisis. Alongside guest, Dr. Gaurab Basu, a health equity fellow from Harvard’s School of Public Health, who works with the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment. Join us by registering today! […]
The Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance invites you to join thee second session of the Rogue Valley Water Solutions Summit on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6-8 p.m. on Zoom. The session, called "Flow & Fairness, Pipes, Projects, and Possibilities" will take a deeper dive into two watersheds, irrigation districts and other water features and sources of […]
SoCAN to host State Senate and House Candidates Forum October 18 at the Medford Public Library. Invited: Senate District 3: Jeff Golden, Randy Sparacino House District 4: Christine Goodwin House District 5: Sandra Abercrombie, Pam Marsh House District 6: Dan Davis, Kim Wallan House District 56: Jonathan Chenjeri, Emily McIntire Volunteers are still needed for […]
Join Southern Oregon Climate Actin Now November 29 to learn about what's next after midterms. From SoCAN: Elections have consequences; the result of the 2022 mid-term election could be dramatic at all levels. The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication reported that as of February 2022 74% of Oregonians think global warming is happening and […]
From Southern Oregon Climate Action Now: Despite holding a bare minimum of control in both chambers, during the last Congress Democrats managed to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the most ambitious legislation targeting the climate crisis ever signed into law. However, as we enter a two-year period with Republican climate deniers in charge of the […]
Be Part of the Change: February 24-25, 2023 From SOU's Sustainability Center The goal of the conference is to accelerate the pace with which a racial equity lens is integrated into regional climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience efforts. Centering of BIPOC experiences and adopting a racial equity lens for planning and decision making is […]
You are invited to this free event with People of Red Mountain! As demand for electric cars and renewable energy increases, so has the pressure from governments and corporations to exploit Indigenous lands and waterways for lithium– a critical component in producing new batteries. A coalition of Indigenous groups, tribes, and environmental organizations are fighting […]
Join SOCAN February 28 at 6 pm via Zoom to learn how you can engage in climate action locally. From SOCAN: Addressing the climate crisis requires effort at all levels, from the individual to the federal. Are you wondering what might be happening locally that might interest you? The Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) […]
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) will feature guest speakers and a discussion about what people can do to help curb food waste in Southern Oregon March 28 at 6:00 p.m. online. In 2022, the U.S. department of Agriculture stated: “Food loss and waste … exacerbates the climate crisis with its significant GHG footprint. Production, […]
Over the more than a decade that Southern Oregon Climate Action Now has been engaged in grassroots climate activism, several other local organizations have either taken on the climate crisis as an aspect of their activism or have launched themselves as climate organizations. To honor what other Rogue Valley organizations are doing, and inform concerned […]
Anyone spending time in the dryer forests of Southern Oregon will have seen the splashes of orange among the healthy green backdrop. These splashes of color portend our future; they represent Douglas firs that are expiring. As the trees die, the needles lose the healthy green chlorophyll that drives photosynthesis and produce the familiar orange […]
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Ashland, OR 97520
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