October 1, 2022 at 12 p.m. PDT on Zoom, the Work That Reconnects Network is presenting a webinar Ecological Civilization: Humanity's Transformational Alternative. Register Here.*
October 2 to November 6, 2022 - GreenFaith is organizing Faiths 4 Climate Justice, a month-long, global, multi-religious campaign to address climate justice.
October 4, 2022 11 a.m. PDT on Zoom. - Pushed to Poverty: Women, Girls, and the Climate Crisis. Richenda Fairhurst's Faiths4Future welcomes international human rights attorney Nesha Abiraj, Diplomatic and Advocacy liaison to Stop Ecocide International who works with communities of faith to address the climate crisis by ending ecocide. Register here.
October 4, 2022 4 p.m. PT on Zoom - Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth presents Fighting Climate Change - Student Movements Globally. Hear how your voice and your congregation can be a critical part of the advocacy for change. Register here.
October 4, 2022 7-8:30 p.m in person - Candidates Forum on Climate and Environment. at Medford Public Library, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford. Meet & Greet from 8:30-9:00 p.m. Organized by SOCAN. Invited:
U. S. Congressional District 2: Cliff Bentz (R), Joe Yetter (D)
Jackson Co Commission Position 1: Rick Dyer (R), Denise Krause (D)
Jackson Co Commission Position 3: Al Densmore (I), Colleen Roberts (R)
October 6-7, 2022 - BTS Center is offering online Convocation 2022: Imagination and Collective Liberation for a Climate-Changed World. Register here.
October 7, 2022 The Climate Reality Project is presenting 24 Hours of Reality: Spotlight on Solutions and Hope. For 24 hours straight they’ll be sharing stories about ways people are tackling the climate crisis in our communities. Register here.
October 8, 2022, 10:00 a.m PT at Pony Espresso in Ashland - Southern Oregon Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby gathers for national Zoom link and Stephen Perkins and Quill Robinson from the American Conservation Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing young people around environmental action through common-sense, market-based, and limited-government ideals.
October 11, 2022, 11 p.m. PT - Richenda Fairhurst's Faiths4Future presents Nonviolent Direct Action: Why youth are walking out and organizing, a conversation with William H. Morris climate organizer with GreenFaith and Victoria Wingell, forest campaigner for Oregon Wild. Register here.
October 12, 2022 10 a.m. PT on Zoom - UCC Creation Justice webinar How Faith Communities Can Benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act. Register here.
October 12 & 26, 2022 6-8 p.m. PT on Zoom - Water Solutions Summit - Continuation of a series hosted by the Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance held on Wednesday evenings. This Summit is an overview of our regional watersheds and water issues. Call 541-530-8454 or email info@southernoregonpachamama.org for more information. Register here.
October 18 - November 15, 2022, 2:00-3:15 PT on Zoom - GreenFaith and The BTS Center are hosting a 5-week book study of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (2022). Join an interfaith conversation on how to dismantle systems of oppression to protect people & planet. Intersectional Environmentalist (IE) is a non-profit, "climate justice collective radically imagining a more equitable + diverse future of environmentalism". "IE focuses on achieving climate justice, amplifying historically excluded voices + approaching environmental education, policy, and activism with equity, inclusion and restorative justice in mind." Register here.
October 18, 2022, 7-8:30 p.m PT in person - Candidates Forum on Climate and Environment at Medford Public Library, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford. Meet & Greet from 8:30-9:00 p.m. Organized by SOCAN. Invited:
Senate District 3: Jeff Golden (D), Randy Sparacino (R)
House District 4: Christine Goodwin (R)
House District 5: Sandra Abercrombie (R), Pam Marsh (D)
House District 6: Dan Davis (D), Kim Walden (R)
House District 56: Jonathan Chenjeri (D), Emily McIntire (R)
October 20, 2022, 6 p.m. PT on Zoom - Circle Faith Future and Faiths4Future are hosting a special meet the authors event: Wake Up, Take Heart: A Creation Care Study for the Local Church. Authors Rev. Bob and Anita Dygert-Gearheart will join us for a virtual conversation about the curriculum Wake Up World, sharing about what inspired them and how the curriculum could be used in community. Register here.
October 25, 2022, 6:09-7:00 p.m. PT - SOCAN Monthly Meeting: Climate-induced Forest Change. Register here.