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Tools and Resources for Climate Care
On Thursday, April 25, 2024, from 3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. PDT, Creation Justice Ministries (CJM) is presenting Culture of Preparedness, the...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 19, 20242 min read


Actions Toward a More Sustainable World
Earth Month Ecochallenge is an effort to expand Earth Day awareness and activism over an entire month. Running from April 1st to April...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 28, 20242 min read


Agrivoltaics
"A key to combating climate change is action." To this end, NETA offers a series of short documentaries called 50 States of...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 4, 20241 min read


Grist Looking Forward to a Sustainable Future
Photo by Torsten Dederichs dederichs.info via Unsplash Zoya Teirstein writes in the January 30, 2024 edition of Grist.: "Climate Change...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 30, 20242 min read


Oregon Climate Action Hub
Oregon Climate Action Hub (ORCAH) is on a mission "to empower ALL Oregonians to take effective climate action." Their goal is "to build...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 26, 20231 min read


Medford Climate Action Plan
On December 19, 2023, Rogue Valley Times published a Guest Column by Alan Journet urging the City of Medford Oregon to approve a Climate...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 23, 20233 min read


Living Earth Movement
John B. Cobb Jr., is convinced that "humanity’s most urgent task is to live in harmony with and, thereby, preserve the ecosphere on which...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 20, 20233 min read


New Plant Hardiness Map Shifting Toward Higher Temperatures
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023. from the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Accessed from...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 1, 20232 min read


Reimagining Education for Ecological Civilizations
The Earth Charter (EC) is "a document crafted by visionaries over twenty years ago with sixteen principles powering a global movement....
Rick Bonetti
Nov 30, 20232 min read


SOCAN to Hire Executive Director
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) has announced that "our fundraising campaign “Reaching a New Level of Climate Action” was very...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 27, 20231 min read


SOU Moves Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency
SOU President Rick Bailey tells Becs Walker "The University anticipates generating 100 percent of its own electricity by 2033. "Southern...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 11, 20233 min read


Our Bioregion and The Commons
Many decades ago I studied geography (regional, physical, human, economic, historical, political, and urban) because a spatial...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Building Resilience
" According to Brad Reed, Campaign Director for Building Resilience, "Our buildings and homes account for more than one-third of the...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 14, 20232 min read


Worth More Standing
The Climate Forests Campaign reflects the interests of dozens of organizations wanting to conserve our remaining older forests and trees...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Where Does Sustainability Meet Spirituality?
"The Earth is being devastated before our own eyes, primarily due to the unsustainable economic, ecological, societal, geopolitical,...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 6, 20231 min read


The Climate Crisis and the Church
Evangelical Christians in the United States, often part of the "Religious Right," may be skeptical about the urgency of the climate...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 3, 20233 min read


United Nations Climate Action Now
At the United Nation's Stockholm+50 held June 2-3, 2022 (the week of World Environment Day), world leaders made calls for bold...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 19, 20221 min read


How to Find Joy in Climate Action
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson offers her views on "How to Find Joy in Climate Action" in her recent TED Talk. "We can all play a role in the...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 19, 20221 min read


Southern Oregon Climate Smart
From SOCAN: "In September 2019, the Southern Oregon Climate Smart (SOCS) Working Group was formed to confer about and collaboratively...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Oregon Global Warming Commission
"In August 2021 the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) approved a Natural and Working Lands Proposal in response to Governor Brown’s...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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