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#Oregon - Top tips for #gardeners to help fight #ClimateChange

Brooke Edmunds
Published September 2021, Reviewed 2025

"As Oregon gardeners have noticed, our climate is changing. This is primarily due to human activities releasing excessive greenhouse gases into the atmosphere over the last 150 years. As a result, we’re seeing temperatures increasing, periods of #drought expanding, and we are experiencing more #SevereWeatherEvents than ever before. These changes have serious effects on our entire lives, including our #gardens.

"Along with modifying what you plant in your garden as a reaction to these changing weather patterns, there are steps you can take to help slow the pace of climate change. Below are a few practical ideas to learn more, get involved and take action right in your own garden.
Learn more about climate change and get connected with your community

"Get up to date with the how and why of climate change on the United Nations’ Climate Action website. Get connected with others in your community: Join a local climate organizing group or talk to your neighbors about starting one. Check with your city or county government about how it is addressing climate change and get involved with local initiatives.

Do more with less

"Need a garden tool for an occasional task? Here are a few ideas to avoid buying one-time use equipment:

"Check secondhand home improvement and thrift stores before buying new. Ask your local library to start a #LibraryOfThings and include garden tools. Or consider starting your own neighborhood tool-lending library. Also, look online and join your local sharing community (the #BuyNothing and #Freecycle networks are two examples).

Reduce the amount of single-use plastics that you use in the garden.

"If you purchase transplants, look for seedlings grown in biodegradable containers rather than plastic. If you start your own seeds, reuse plastic pots and seedling trays from last year rather than buying new or try making your own pots from newspaper. (Make sure to clean recycled plastic pots well to remove clinging soil and start with fresh containers if disease was present to avoid spreading.)

"Disposable plastic greenhouse sheeting (used for season extension or hoop house coverings) usually has a life span of three to five years. Switch out for a long-lasting material like #RecycledWindows or polycarbonate panels. Check with your local nursery to see if it recycles plastic pots. Some nurseries offer incentives for returning plastic pots.

Recycle your #FoodWaste into #compost

"Keep kitchen scraps and yard trimmings out of landfills with composting. No yard for a large compost pile? No problem! Look into starting a composting worm bin or check with your trash service to see if kitchen scraps can be included in your yard waste bin."

Learn more:
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/em-9703-top-tips-gardeners-help-fight-climate-change

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeGardening #ClimateChangeAdaptation #OSUExtension #OSU #LocalAction #Resiliency #Composting #ToolLibraries

We have to understand that our society is under attack from the very people it was built to protect.

People with money.

A "Civil Society" has barely any protections against those with privilege.

That means we must assume our institutional protections will fail if the situation is left alone.

At the very least, we have to organize, go out into the streets and make clear that institutions, from media to courts, must reject the encroachment from lobbyists, owners, etc.

That's the absolute best case scenario: Where the institutions want to do the right thing, and just need moral support to do it.

Worst case scenarios would require much more from us.

#Resistance #LocalAction #Solidarity

Clara Mattei shares her viewpoint on capitalism in this interesting interivew.

What are your thoughts on capitalism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_dq_0ljsc

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #Future #capitalism #policy #tax #localaction #humanrights

It's the #biodiversityday! #Protecting & #restoring ecosystems and nature helps also us humans! @[email protected] #IDB2026 #LocalAction

Biodiversity loss threatens our health, food systems & economic resilience.

On #BiodiversityDay, we are reminded that #EUCivilSociety is key to turning #LocalAction into real global impact.

We must:
🌱align financing & biodiversity goals;
🌱strengthen the #OneHealth approach.
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https://nitter.net/EU_EESC/status/2057725651575022027#m

Attention #Illinois #USA people...
This is awesome, it's not updated on the ILGA site yet but this bill passed committee and is going to the state house of reps to vote.
You should call your IL statehouse rep and ask them to vote for SB3110 / HB4739 (Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill) and convince their colleagues to as well! This will help move towards making IL kids teachers and communities healthier. Once monitors are available it will increase awareness of the issue and open up the field to more parents, teachers, and students to have hard data to advocate for real change based upon.

Senate bill:
https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3110&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165729&SessionID=114
House bill: https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?GAID=18&DocNum=4739&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=165856&SessionID=114&Print=1

If you don't know who that is, find them here https://www.elections.il.gov/electionoperations/districtlocator/districtofficialsearchbyaddress.aspx

#LocalAction #CleanAir #COVIDisNotOver

Why cities around the world are uniting to keep cool

A new global initiative is helping cities from #PhoenixAZ to #QuezonCity address #ExtremeHeat with #SharedSolutions and #LocalAction.

From the #C40 website: "Cities are focusing on increasing green cover, cool roofs, and shaded public areas in places that experience the most heat and the least access to adequate cooling."

Nov 05, 2025

"The following is a sponsored op-ed written by Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona and Joy Belmonte, Mayor of Quezon City, the #Philippines and sponsored by C40 Cities.

This summer, cities around the world broke temperature records once again. The results were devastating: Extreme heat now kills nearly half a million people each year, and the danger keeps rising. By 2050, the number of people in cities exposed to life-threatening heat is expected to increase fivefold.

From the desert of Phoenix in the United States to the humid streets of Quezon City in the Philippines, mayors are facing the same new reality: Heat is here to stay, and it is impacting every element of city life. That’s why we — along with more than 30 other mayors from C40 Cities, a global network of nearly 100 of the world’s biggest cities tackling the #ClimateEmergency — are joining forces to protect our people today and prepare our communities for a hotter tomorrow. Through the new C40 #CoolCities Accelerator, we’ll work together to speed up bold and inclusive #ClimateAction that meets the urgency of this growing threat.

In some ways, our cities couldn’t be more different. Phoenix, America’s fifth largest city, sits in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, and sees more than 300 days of sunshine a year. Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, faces sweltering humidity and the annual risk of typhoons. Yet both cities are on the front lines of rising temperatures that threaten health, strain our power grids, and deepen inequality.

Extreme heat is the deadliest climate hazard, but it’s also the quietest. It kills through heatstroke and dehydration, and by worsening heart and respiratory conditions. It’s often felt most by the people with the fewest resources to cope: older adults, children, outdoor workers, and low-income communities. In Phoenix, residents in low-income neighbourhoods can experience temperatures several degrees higher than in wealthier parts of the city. In Quezon City, densely populated neighborhoods can become dangerous heat traps.

We refuse to accept a future in which a heatwave becomes a death sentence for those with the least, and whose responsibility for the climate crisis is disproportionately small. The Cool Cities Accelerator is our shared plan to prevent that. In line with COP30’s call for a ‘decade of delivery,’ this provides a practical framework for mayors to act boldly and share what works.

First, we’re protecting lives right now. Participating cities are appointing heat leaders, improving early-warning systems, and coordinating emergency responses across agencies. Phoenix, for example, created the US’s first publicly-funded Office of Heat Response and Mitigation, expanded access to chilled water stations, and opened cooling and hydration stations, including overnight cooling center options to bring relief where it’s needed most. Meanwhile, Quezon City is currently mapping heat-vulnerable communities and developing a citywide heat-health action plan. It has already adjusted work hours for outdoor workers, and introduced heat-tolerant crops across more than 1,400 urban farms.

The goal is to build long-term resilience. Within five years, cities in the Accelerator will integrate cooling into building codes, redesign streets for shade and airflow, and expand tree canopies and green corridors. Phoenix is piloting reflective ‘cool pavements’, planting thousands of trees, and building artistic shade structures and setting regional standards for heat-ready infrastructure. Quezon City is restoring parks and greening schools and public spaces. As part of these efforts, the city has supported local groups turning vacant lots into small forests and gardens, while encouraging private development to adopt greener designs under its Green Building Ordinance. These efforts save lives, and cut energy bills while improving neighbourhoods.

But urban heat doesn’t stop at city limits, and neither should our solutions. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of the Cool Cities Accelerator. Thirty-two cities — from Austin to Athens and Singapore to Santiago — are now exchanging data and design ideas. The details on the ground obviously differ, but the solutions we craft together are remarkably similar, creating more shade, better design, and better care for the most vulnerable. When our teams share lessons on early-warning systems, or how to engage with our communities, we all move faster and more effectively.

For too long, extreme heat has been under-measured and under-estimated. We can build cities that are not only cooler, but more fair. But to do so, we must act together, and we must act now. We need to deliver solutions that both keep people alive today, and allow future generations to thrive."

Source:
https://grist.org/sponsored/why-cities-around-the-world-are-uniting-to-keep-cool/

More info about #C40:
https://www.c40.org/accelerators/cool-cities/

#SolarPunkSunday #ExtremeHeat #Resiliency #Cooling #Greenspace #GreenBuilding #GreenCorridors #HardeningInfrastructure #ClimateChange

Trailblazers update 🚶‍♀️🌿
✅ 21 volunteers
✅ 750m footpath cleared
✅ 40kg litter removed
Footpath 38 & Miners Path now open and walkable!
Pencoed’s looking better every month thanks to YOU 💪
#PencoedTrailblazers #LocalAction #FootpathFriday

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) was established in 2015 to empower cities.

With 13,700 local governments representing 1.2 billion people, cities are committing and acting on climate goals! #GCoM #LocalAction

Laura Solorio is among residents featured in #MontereyCountyWeekly July 3 cover story. "She was president of Protect Monterey County, the group that successfully got Measure Z passed in 2016. The countywide ban on fracking and the expansion of the oil and gas industry was largely unraveled in court, but she persisted…[which led to California] "AB 3233. The bill, signed into law in 2024, gives local city and county governments the ability to ban, limit or regulate oil and gas projects.”
https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover_collections/born-into-a-family-of-activists-laura-solorio-has-been-engaged-since-she-can-remember/article_23be2f3d-5e39-4105-99c6-d568ecfa8b61.html

https://bikemonterey.org/californias-local-environmental-choice-and-safety-act-ab-3233.html

#ClimateAction #LocalAction #LocalControl #PowerToThePeople #OilAndGas #BigOil

Community-led initiatives have shown success in driving climate action. Ignoring them in favor of top-down tech solutions misses the mark. #LocalAction #SustainableCommunities

Balancing tradition and change isn’t easy, but in every challenge is an opportunity for growth. What are you fighting for in your community? 🗣️ #LocalAction #ProgressiveVoices

Leadership, representation, power = we find them all right here, in our communities.

We love this new film by We're Right Here: the campaign for community power. Join their call for a Community Power Act to make it easier for local people to unlock positive change for their places.

https://vimeo.com/969558672

#wererighthere #communitypower #localaction #transitiontown

A shame they aren't on here but #StirToAction have some great stuff on their website and have just produced a useful little book #TheABCsOfTheNewEconomy about community action and some great examples of local groups doing interesting things.. it is also a step by step guide to setting up or converting an existing organisation to a #cooperative or #CommunityBenefitSociety More on the book in the link https://www.stirtoaction.com/abcs #AlernativeEconomics #LocalAction

Got weekend plans? We do!

😊HKD in Transition is relaunching as Greene Hhassocks & Ditchling with an open day
🤸‍♂️ Sustainable Northwich hosts the Sustainable Cheshire festival
🛠 Kew the Transition Share and Repair
🥦 Transition Town Rugby Produce Swap
🍎 Transition Haverfordwest Orchard Mawr harvest and juicing day
🎥 Transition Leytonstone film night
💧 Transition Bewdley marking Rivers Day with art, music and citizen science
🌱 Transition Evesham Vale seed swap
🎉 Transition Monmouth bringing their projects to the Action on Climate Emergency festival
🦀 Deal With It joining in the #GreatBritishBeachClean
🐟 Festival of the River Exe finale with Salmon run with Transition Exmouth Transition Exeter and Sustainable Tiverton
🎪 Sustainable Crediton Big Green Fair and Green Trail
🛌 Vision 21 gloucestershire Reclaim store is open for pre-loved furniture.
What else??

#transitiontown #climateaction #localaction #communityaction #cheshire #kent #RiverExe #Gloucestershire #Monmouth

Autumn events 🍂Transition groups doing brilliant things, upcoming events, training and more...

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Gulf Coast officials are #scrambling to prepare for two weather disasters to combine in #deadly fashion

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/us/hurricane-extreme-heat-gulf-coast-climate/index.html

Officials in #Miami, #NewOrleans and #Houston are now grappling with how to handle two potentially deadly #disasters set to compound: a #hurricane and #extremeheat.

#climate #climatecrisis #localaction #humancost #oilprofit

Join us in wishing Clacton Community Transition Group a happy first birthday!

They've already started a grow group, energy group, a podcast, held community film nights, collected items to address the cost of living crisis and explored local wellbeing. Lots to celebrate at this evening's party

#Clacton #essex #transitiontown #community #climateaction #growyourown #energy #localaction #wellbeing #costoflivingcrisis

Trying my hand at stirring up some local action. Printed off 30 or so flyers for a meeting that my anchorage assembly person is putting on about housing challenges and zoning reform in #eagleriver and put them on the porches of a bunch of my neighbors. Included my mastadon just in case it helps anyone find the instance #strongtowns #waroncars #urbanism #localaction