As the summers’ sweltering heat reminds us, fire risk is here and now. Last year’s fires were devastating, but the consequences of ongoing global warming tells us a repeat is almost inevitable. The message is that while we hope for the best we should prepare for the worst – a return of fire to our […]
September 28th at 6:00 pm, Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) will introduce their Businesses Taking Action program, explain how it achieves its purpose, and provide an opportunity for three recognized businesses to discuss what they are doing and why. The group has coordinated a panel including OSU student Gabriela Safay who developed the program […]
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) and the Ashland Climate Action Project invite you to a presentation by local solar energy enthusiasts Tuesday, October 26 from 6-7 p.m. Presenters include Jim Hartman from Ashland Solar Cooperative and Ray Sanchez-Pascador, from Solarize Rogue.
Sunday November 14 the Ashland Climate Action Project of SOCAN and Local Innovation Works will host a moderated discussion: Community-Driven Leadership. Stephen Bárczay Sloan of the Humane Leadership Institute will moderate Ashland's Mayor Julie Akins and Interim City Manager Gary Milliman. Register Here Background: Ashland has a long tradition of rising to challenges with intelligence, […]
'Hope in a Changing Climate' features filmmaker John Liu who optimistically reframes the debate on global warming. Illustrating that large, decimated ecosystems can be restored, this documentary reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda, and China which illustrate that bringing large areas back from environmental ruin is possible, and is key to stabilizing the earth's climate, […]
Presentation by Dr. Bill Gorham, marine biologist, Coastal SOCAN leader, SOCAN Board of Directors member Since we are land-dwelling organisms, we focus on the climate crisis as an atmospheric and terrestrial issue. If we were dolphins, we’d have a different point of view. Besides causing warming above the ocean, greenhouse gases also impact our oceans […]
The March Southern Oregon Climate Action Now general meeting, scheduled as a ZOOM program from 6:00 – 7:00 pm on March 29, will offer a summary of what happened during the 2022 legislative session and what is happening on the agency front in response to the Executive Order. The program will feature Rural Oregon Climate […]
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 […]
The Jefferson Center Salon Series and the SOCAN Ashland Climate Action Project Present: The Future of Water in the Rogue Valley May 22, at 4 p.m. The program will feature Julie Smitherman and Cody Scoggins from Medford Water, with Joseph Graf from the Jefferson Center. The water we have enjoyed in the Rogue Valley—for drinking, […]
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 […]
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 […]
