Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race!

Please join Veterans for Peace and partners in a panel discussion: Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race. Following an introductory presentation showing the links between militarism and climate change, a panel of experts will discuss how to proceed in uniting the peace and climate movements to avoid increasing militarism and worsening the climate crisis. […]

SOCAN: Funding Healthy Soils in Oregon

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All gardeners and farmers want healthy soil.  One of the best ways to achieve this is through practices that improve soil organic matter.  Regrettably, we have been degrading our soils for too long and need to adjust our behavior. Fortunately, doing so may lead to a win-win outcome: healthy soil and crops, and we may […]

Film Screening: The Revolution Generation

Stopping the emissions and then reversing the effects of excess greenhouse gasses is the existential crisis of our times. Massive, transformative action is needed and must happen by the end of the decade. The Millennial Generation has grown up with the technology, social tools, and cooperative training to lead this fundamental change. The Revolution Generation […]

SoCAN Monthly Meeting: Climate Justice 101

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Southern Oregon Climate Action Now invites you to join their monthly meeting with the theme: Climate Justice 101. Presentation by Virginia Camberos, Regional Director of Rogue Valley Unite Oregon and joined by Anahi Cervantes & Jose Antonio Bucio, Unite Oregon Climate Justice Committee. Erika Bucio will translate for the Spanish-speaking panelists Since time immemorial, vulnerable […]

Interfaith Work on Climate Change

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Southern Oregon Climate Action Now invites you to join them in their monthly meeting June 28 on Zoom for a presentation and discussion about faith communities engaging in the movement to curb the impacts of climate change. Join the hour long meeting to hear a presentation from Cherice Bock, a Creation Justice Advocate from Ecumenical […]

SoCAN Monthly Meeting: Update from Our Children’s Trust

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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. […]

Webinar: Extreme Heat and Climate Change: A Health Equity Crisis

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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! […]

Water Solutions Summit: Flow & Fairness, Pipes, Projects, and Possibilities

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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 […]

Candidate Forums on Climate and the Environment

Medford Public Library

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 […]

SoCAN: Election 2022 – Now What?

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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 […]

SOCAN: Discussion with Sen. Merkley on Climate

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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 […]

Climate Justice Conference

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 […]