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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Youth Voices Are Being Heard
Image from Ashland YAC Instagram page. The future belongs to young people and their voices are being heard by some local politicians. In...
Rick Bonetti
Oct 10, 20221 min read
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SOCAN August 2022 Monthly Meeting
SOCAN's Monthly Meeting topic is Youth v. Gov: Updates from Our Children's Trust - a presentation by Phil Gregory, Of Counsel with Our...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Creating Positive Futures
Some conservative, religious people may harken back to an imagined better past like the 1950s, or imagined utopian place like the Garden...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 16, 20223 min read
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What is the GTN Xpress Pipeline
From Alexandra de la Torre of Rogue Climate: Webinar: What is the GTN Xpress Pipeline? When: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 12 p.m. Where:...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Photo credit: Senate Democrats, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, Senator...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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A Living Earth Movement
The Living Earth Movement, founded in February 2022, is "a collection of leaders in the fields of theology, business, science, activism...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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Green Teams for Creation Justice
On September 17, 2018 Medford Congregational United Church of Christ made application to become a Creation Justice Church. They outlined...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 26, 20225 min read
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