2014 is go-time for climate

People Climate's March Portland

Have you heard? News reporters got a glimpse of a leaked draft of the latest international consensus report on climate change.  It’s the last word summarizing the three giant, detailed reports by the International Panel on Climate Change, a Nobel prize-winning experts. Here’s the upshot:

  • We changed the climate. 
  • It’s bad.
  • We can still ward off catastrophe.
  • We have to act now, and we have to act big. 

As the People’s Climate March organizers say, “To change everything, we need everyone.”

Here’s what you can do:

Join the People’s Climate March

Be a part of history

On September 21, New York City will host the largest climate march in history, as world leaders gather there for a climate meeting. Solidarity events are planned in Africa, Europe, Asia, and all across the U.S. including Oregon. Read more →

Challenge yourself as a citizen 

Sign up for the Northwest Earth Institute’s Eco-challenge.

If you’ve always meant to write to your legislators or write a letter to the editor and haven’t yet made the move, this may be the challenge for you! OEC and the Northwest Earth Institute invite you to take on the EcoChallenge this October and spend two weeks creating a new habit that’s good for you and the planet. This year, OEC helped them create a “civic engagement” category of suggestions. Read more → 

Recruit business support 

Sign the business declaration on climate

Local business voices can have powerful sway in the legislature. That’s why we’re asking local businesses to declare their support for climate action. See if your local companies have signed the declaration, and if not, recruit their support! Read more → 

Learn about state policy

Get active in Oregon

Oregon’s Governor Kitzhaber has joined other Pacific Coast states to commit to real climate action; but we need Oregon Legislature to take bold action, too. Take a moment to learn how we can start with cleaner fuels and other ways to shift into a carbon-pollution-cutting economy, and then contact the people you elected and tell them what you think!. Read more →

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