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The non-partisan League of Women Voters of Rogue Valley is planning a League Debate with candidates for Oregon House of Representative District #56 (a new district established since redistricting) on October 23, 2022 at 4 p.m. at the Ashpole Community Center 17 Buchanan Avenue South, Eagle Point, OR (adjacent to Eagle Point City Hall.) The League Debate scheduled on October 10, 2022 with Jackson County Commissioner candidates positions #1 and #3 was cancelled because the Republican candidate declined to attend. Ballots will be mailed to Oregon voters on October 21, 2022 for election day Tuesday, November 8, 2022. According to Shirley Weathers, LWVRV Climate Change Coordinator for Jackson & Josephine Counties, "LWVOR’s Climate Emergency Team members... are monitoring activities of state agencies charged with carrying out actions within their authority to effect emissions reduction as mandated by Oregon Governor Brown’s Executive Order 20-04... They are also monitoring the various Oregon Senate and House Committee meetings during the Interim, watching for pertinent legislation that may appear in the 2023 General Session, e.g., National Resources, Energy, Budget, Forestry Committees." "LWVRV is also following and monitoring the GTN Xpress (Gas Transmission Northwest) pipeline expansion being pursued by Canadian TC Energy. The LWV opposes expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure." From the LWVRV October 2022 Newsletter: The League of Women Voters on all levels has demonstrated recognition of the urgency of addressing climate change. The national position adopted in 2019 stated that “an international approach to combating climate change—including through energy conservation, air pollution controls, building resilience, and promotion of renewable resources—is necessary to protect public health and defend the overall integrity of the global ecosystem. The League supports climate goals and policies that are consistent with the best available climate science and that will ensure a stable climate system for future generations.”

The Climate Reality Project on October 7, 2022 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.

Mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Ian in Florida has focused primarily on the devastation to human lives and property damage. With a few exceptions little mention has been made of the relationship to climate change. However, Bloomberg emphasized that Ian Delivers Stark Reminder of Climate Risks in Booming Florida. "Some 2.4 million properties in Florida — more than one-third of the state’s total — face a greater than 26% chance of being severely affected by flooding within 30 years, according to Risk Factor, a data reporting tool from the nonprofit First Street Foundation." Time Magazine also reported a study by climate scientist Michael Wehne of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab found that "Climate Change Added 10% More Rain To Hurricane Ian... A long-time rule of physics is that for every extra degree of warmth Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), the air in the atmosphere can hold 7% more water." The New York Times notes that "waters off the coast [western Florida] were also two to three degrees Fahrenheit warmer than usual for this time of year, according to preliminary data from NASA. And a few degrees can make a huge difference, said Karthik Balaguru, a climate scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, because it provides extra energy for a storm... More than 90 percent of the excess heat from human-caused global warming over the past 50 years has been absorbed by the oceans, and a majority of it is stored in the top few hundred meters." United Nations News says: "The World Meteorological Organization has reminded that climate change is expected to increase the proportion of major tropical cyclones worldwide, and to increase the heavy rainfall associated with these events. Meanwhile, sea level rise and coastal development are also worsening the impact of coastal flooding." The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offers a Sea level Rise Viewer. "Use this web mapping tool to visualize community-level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise (up to 10 feet above average high tides). Photo simulations of how future flooding might impact local landmarks are also provided, as well as data related to water depth, connectivity, flood frequency, socio-economic vulnerability, wetland loss and migration, and mapping confidence." Our hearts go out to all those whose lives have been lost or disrupted.

Image from GreenFaith Facebook page. GreenFaith is planning Faiths 4 Climate Justice, a month-long, global, multi-religious campaign (October 2 to November 6, 2022) taking place around the globe. Click here for a calendar of events worldwide and those nearby you. "A spiritual crisis requires a spiritual response. At the heart of this crisis is complacency, discrimination and polarization, denial and greed. We can no longer politely ask CEOs who continue to bankroll oil, gas, and coal or sit idly by while waiting for government officials to finally treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is." "As people of faith and conscience, we are called to take fierce love-in-action — principled nonviolent direct action rooted in compassion and community. This has proven again and again to be the most powerful force in social transformation." Earlier this year Greenfaith's Sacred Season of Climate Justice pulled together faith organizations from across the globe to take a stand and use their platforms to take action, and demand action from world leaders. Systemic changes are necessary to fully address our current climate emergency.

American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that advocates for sustainable living and 100% renewable energy by sharing information, events and resources to cultivate community and power progress. ASES National Solar Tour is a program for increasing solar adoption and the implementation of sustainable upgrades by featuring a collection of Local Solar Tours which will occur both in neighborhoods and virtually on October 1-2, 2022. It is the largest annual grassroots solar, renewable energy, and sustainable living event in the nation. Check out the new key and map to explore all the diverse sites and tours featured on this year’s Tour. While there are no Local Solar Tours or Solar Sites listed on the map in Rogue Valley, you can participate online Despite its name, the ASES National Solar Tour does not just feature solar power but instead a bevy of sustainable features. ASES SOLAR 2022 was in Albuquerque NM. Next year SOLAR 2023 will be held August 8-11, 2023 at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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.* "Explore the epic opportunity created by our existential crisis." This conversation will be both expansive and deep, touching on themes including science, spirituality, systems thinking, and economics. It will also be participatory, for the way forward must be collaborative." The conversation with David Korten .will be facilitated by renegade economist Della Duncan. "We are a choice-making species of extraordinary potential and a false religion devoted to the worship of money has put us on a path to self-extinction." ~ David Korten *Note: A suggested requested donation for this webinar is between $25-$35 USD. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please donate generously within your means but feel free to join us even if you can't contribute financially. A portion of the donations for each event goes to the facilitator of the event to honor their work and contribute to their livelihood. Donations also cover the tools, resources and staff hours each event requires. Whatever is donated above and beyond these expenses will go to the general operating fund of the Work That Reconnects Network so it can continue to provide support, networking and programing for our global WTR community.

Oregon Climate Action Hub is on a mission "to empower ALL Oregonians to take effective climate action." At their website you will find "a comprehensive information hub about opportunities to take effective climate action (for individual, community, organizational, and/or policy level) within the state of Oregon. Their goal is "to build individual and community capacity for action, and encourage each of us to live in ways that create a vibrant future for all." Their website includes projects that have these results: Reduce sources of greenhouse gas emissions Enhance nature’s carbon sinks to support sequestration (pulling down) of CO2 Foster equity for all through an intersectional approach Build a broad-based community infrastructure for climate adaptation Among the participating organizations are Oregon League of Conservation Voters Municipal Eco-Resiliency Project (MERP) Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance Extinction Rebellion PDX 350PDX Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility Affiliated Tribes of NW Indians 1000 Friends of Oregon Citizens' Climate Lobby, Portland Chapter Community Energy Project Families for Climate Climate Reality Portland Chapter

Climate Week NYC was hosted by the Climate Group from September 19–25, 2022. . Click here for highlights and hyperlinks for more details. You can watch event videos here after you sign up. The Hub Live was a series of 18 forums, discussions, and workshops. Drawdown also has videos: Real-World Climate Superheroes (livestream on Pinterest TV) Up2Us2022: Strategies and Solutions to Save the Coolest Planet in the Universe Nest Summit Campus #Climate Week NYC

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year begins Sunday, September 25, 2022 at sundown, marking the start of 10 days of reflection and prayer, ending in Yom Kippur’s rituals of atonement. The primary purpose of repentance in Judaism is ethical self transformation. Rabbi Sharon Brous said in an On Being interview by Krista Tippett: “Part of the challenge of High Holy Days is to… bring people to one momentary understanding of the fragility of life. But to take that and to leave with a commitment to live a life in which they’re able to transform themselves and their relationships and the world, knowing that every day they have might be their last.” “Today is the birthday of the world” may be interpreted as a literal declaration of Rosh Hashanah, but it is also a call to remember that “each one of us participats in creation every single day, when we make a choice about how we want to live in the world.” Tikkun (the prophetic Jewish, interfaith & secular voice to heal and transform the world) is conducting High Holidays September 25-27, 2022 on Zoom for Rosh Hashanah and on October 4-5, 2022 on Zoom for Yom Kippur. Register here. (*see Note below) Cat Zavis, Rabbi Michael Lerner, and Ami Goodman will lead through much of the traditional high holiday prayers. And they will share reflections on God, and the connection between Jewish theology and the pressing political, social, and economic issues of our time. Ami Goodman will provide musical inspiration. Guest teachers will include Bill McKibben, Letty Cottin Pogregin, Noam Chomsky and Cecelia Wambach. "We can heal, repair, and transform ourselves, our society, and the life support system of planet earth." ~ The central message of Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur: *Note: You can join Tikkun as a member or join them for the High Holidays. If you've been donating on a monthly basis to Tikkun or Beyt Tikkun, please contact Alden via email or phone for a personal registration link. There are three ways to pay to do so. After you donate online, you will be automatically redirected to the High Holiday registration page to receive the Zoom link, schedule, and a guide to our approach to individual and societal transformation.

Jan Spencer of SuburbanPermaculture in Eugene OR is offering a four-part Zoom series Creating A Preferred Future on Saturdays, September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2022 at 11 a.m. PT The series topics include: Downsizing, Permaculture, Economic Mythologies, Paradigm Shift; Allies, Assets, Actions; Real Life Projects, Prioritize Time and Money, Push Back on Cars, Reach Out to the Wider World, Public Places in Europe, Here's the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81223758710?pwd=bG01SWVGMFY1TkZhZWk3aTVnK2VIUT09

Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance and their co-sponsoring organizations invite you to be a participant in the Fall 2022 Rogue Valley Water Solutions Summit, a 6-session community exploration of our relationship with water in the Rogue Valley. The sessions will be held from September 14 - November 12, 2022 from 6-8 p.m.PDT on zoom. Pre-registration is required and the Zoom link will be sent our ;the day prior. Register here. There is no charge for participating in the Summit, but if you'd like to help with covering the costs, their Donate button will take you to the donation page for Peace House (their fiscal agent). Each session will include background materials to review ahead of time, guest panelists for Q&A, and breakout groups for public input on "What Could Be" -- all aiming to create opportunities for the public to envision and share wholistic solutions that address issues and impacts related to water for Jackson and Josephine Counties. Their first Zoom session brings together the two major themes of this effort--nurturing an awareness and appreciation of water at the same time we seek out solutions that support all the Valley's communities. We start with... Wed Sept 14 - Honoring Water💦 Wed Sept 28 - Flow and Fairness: Pipes, Projects & Possibilities (Domestic water) Wed Oct 12 - Channeling Better Outcomes for AgricultureWed Wed Oct 26 - Veins of the Valley: Wetlands & Waterways Wed Nov 9 - The Catch Basin: Averting Floods, Fires and other Impacts Sat Nov 12 - Where Do We Go from Here? (in-person summary & action planning) Visit the Water Solutions Summit webpage for a full description of each session as well as access to the background materials (videos and articles) to review prior to Session #1. Source: Lorraine, Cynthia, Lauren & Catie at Southern Oregon Pachamama Alliance. Contact: 541 530-8454; Email: info@SouthernOregonPachamama.org

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's most recent book on effectively communicating climate change is Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Dr. Hayhoe is an evangelical Christian and "an accomplished atmospheric scientist who studies climate change and why it matters to us here and now. She is also a remarkable communicator who has received the American Geophysical Union’s climate communication prize, the Stephen Schneider Climate Communication award, the United Nations Champion of the Earth award, and has been named to a number of lists including Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Thinkers, and FORTUNE magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders. Her TED talk." Dr. Hayhoe was live on zoom Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 3 p.m. PDT for the Rooted Together Green Team Summit’s keynote address, exploring her most recent book. Here is a condensed version of what she said: “The most important thing you can do to fight climate change it to talk about it. First find those common values you share with another person and talk about how they are being affected by climate change. Then talk about a positive, constructive, solution to instill agency - to help people see that that boulder is rolling down the hill in the right direction, and it will go faster if they lend their hand." "As a person of faith, the way I think about it is this: The only thing that counts is when our faith expresses itself through love. So when we talk to people, love is really important! Often we have a tendency to shame people to judge people with guilt. People play the zero-sum game of putting other people down to make ourselves feel slightly better. That is not love," "You know you can feel it when somebody comes at you with a judging finger. Right? And what does it make you want to do? Well, with me it just makes me want to go away and keep doing the thing i'm doing where they can't see me." "So whatever our interactions with people, whatever our conversations with people, always think, “How can I be expressing love” - love for this person, love for our community, and love for all the diversity of life on this incredible planet that we live on and share with every other living thing." "Quiz time. What do you do when someone thinks about climate change and gets worried? Do you load up all the scary facts about Antarctica and the Polar bears? No, you share two things: How would it effect something you both care about? i.e. gardening, diving, hiking, your grandchildren, the place you live… What does a positive, constructive solution looks like? "And what happens? People feel empowered and action results. Why? Because that's the way our brains are wired according to the neuroscience. The human brain is built to associate forward action with the reward, not with avoiding harm. So reframe your message so the information you provide induces hope, not dread." "How you do that? By connecting the head to the heart. By connecting the hands to the head and heart. That is how we spread hope." "Does it really work? Well, it turns out we did an experiment that shows that it does! Yale researchers tested the impact when you start conversations or even short one minute videos with the issues that Republicans care about (like free market values or national security) and connected the dots to why climate change affected them, and what climate solutions look like. They found that there were significant changes in people's opinions literally from a one minute video." "But you know what? There's one person who's a much better messenger than a scientist! Do you know who that is? You. And people we know are more effective messengers than scientists. People we know - friends, family acquaintances, colleagues are the most effective messengers." "So when you have that conversation, begin with something you have in common; connect the dots; bring in a positive constructive solution; and remember that the goal of the conversation is love!" "So that's why, when I wrote a book I called my book not saving the planet, I called it “Saving US.” because it really is about saving all of us together… and every other living thing that shares us home with us.”

Learn about how to fight lies and digital disinformation by downloading the Institute for the Future's map, “Building a Healthy Cognitive Immune System: Defending Democracy in the Disinformation Age.” Read the full IFTF report and pdf map here. Visit IFTF's Digital Intelligence Lab - "a social scientific research entity conducting work on the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and society. They examine "how new technologies and media can be used to both benefit, and challenge, democratic communication."author of After Nations. “Twentieth century political structures are drowning in a twenty-first century ocean of deregulated finance, autonomous technology, religious militancy and great-power rivalry,” ~ Rana Dasgupta, author of After Nations: A History of the Future (Viking, 2023).

Historian Yuval Noah Harari posits: "It took 40-50% of GDP to win WWII, 15% to manage COVID in 2020, so what can 2% do? "When I say that we just need to invest two percent of global GDP. It doesn't mean that it will actually happen. It just means that it's feasible. Because what I saw again as a historian over the last five years or so is this shift in the public mood, from denial to despair. Yeah, that five years ago, nah this is just a hoax. So this is just overblown and it will happen in like 200 years. Why worry about it now? And then very quickly, it's all over. It's too late. The apocalypse is here. There is nothing we can do. Let's just have fun while we can. And we need to stop in the middle between denial and despair, in actual responsibility and taking action. And the time is now whether there is enough motivation, whether the political will is there." ~ Yuval Noah Harari Outrage + Optimism is a wonderful podcast with energetic hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson who interview many brilliant guests and share expert opinions along with healthy doses of both outrage and optimism that will leave you feeling informed and energized. Their website has an extraordinary back catalogue of over 160 episodes of conversations with guests including Luisa Neubauer, Yuval Noah Harari, Vanessa Nakate and Sadiq Khan among many others. Christiana Figueres is the former UN climate chief who oversaw the 2015 Paris summit. Tom Rivett-Carnac is a political strategist, author and podcaster who has spent more than 20 years working to address the climate and ecological crises. Paul Dickinson founded CDP, a not-for-profit charity that runs a global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts, with an ambition of creating a global economic system that operates within sustainable environmental boundaries and prevents dangerous climate change. For the past decade climate change and disruptive weather has been a recurring theme in global trend analyses by the World Economic Forum and the U.S. National Intelligence Council, with increasing "serious concern" about a "disorderly climate transition" or "climate action failure." The November 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) passed the Glasgow Climate Pact and concluded with important steps towards the 1.5°C scenario: Requesting governments from 153 countries to update and strengthen their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) Bolstering climate adaptation finance efforts Continuing the mobilization of billions of US dollars for climate funding and trillions to be reallocated by private institutions and central banks towards global net zero. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. Their report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability In 2021 the world was at 1.2 degrees C above the pre-industrial level, but headed is toward 2.0 and 3.6 degrees C based on current policy levels. Even at full implementation of the 2030 NDC targets the most likely trajectory will take us to 2.4 degrees C. Climate Analytics says "fossil fuel must exit the global power system by 2040 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C." We can now say with credibility that we have kept 1.5 degrees alive. But, its pulse is weak and it will only survive if we keep our promises and translate commitments into rapid action.~ Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, COP26 President

"Climate change, war, extreme inequality, economic upheaval, and the dying back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope can strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power." Joanna Macy and co-author Chris Johnstone have a newly revised edition of Active Hope How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creation Spirituality's Creation in Crisis team of Bob Isenberger, Penny Andrews and Gail Ransom will explore the book on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 1 p.m. PDT REGISTER HERE This Zoom webinar will include both theory and practice as the team guides us through the key concepts of the book They will consider the wisdom of Macy, her transformational paradigm (The Work That Reconnects) and how to build resilience and strength to embody "Active Hope" to a wounded world. The 10th anniversary edition of Active Hope came out on June 14, 2022, To get a taste of what it offers, you can read or download a pdf of the introduction and first two chapters from this link. You can also read or download a pdf list of fifteen ways the new edition is different from this link. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach know as the Work that Reconnects, the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society." The Work That Reconnects, based in the teachings of Joanna Macy, follows a Spiral of practices, described in detail below. The following links will help you learn more about the Work and how it can support you in meeting the crises of our time. Joanna Macy, Root Teacher "the authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. can strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. "Turning, to a life-sustaining society." Foundations of the Work (assumptions and aims) Three Stories of Our Times (revised) The Three Dimensions of the Great Turning History of the Work "The Work that Reconnects helps people discover and experience their innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action." ~ Joanna Macy

In 2022 Local Futures produced a video Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution, available free on Youtube or on their website. The film "shows a quiet and transformative revolution emerging worldwide." Away from the screens of the mainstream media, the crude ‘bigger is better’ narrative that has dominated economic thinking for centuries is being challenged." As people work to protect and restore their local economies, their communities, and the natural world, countless diverse initiatives are demonstrating a new path forward for humanity. It’s a path that localizes rather than globalizes, connects rather than separates, and shows us that human beings need not be the problem – we can be the solution. The film features activists from every continent alongside figures like Russell Brand, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Naomi Klein, Jane Goodall, and Gabor Maté, Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution is a timely and compelling call to action. Local Futures' 2011 film The Economics of Happiness looked at current conditions of globalization, climate change, decreasing equitable job opportunities, crumbling communities, and the stress of modern life. Most importantly, this film provides solutions to reverse these trends. The Economics of Happiness described a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, an unholy alliance of governments and big business continues to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, people all over the world are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to rebuild more human-scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization. In 1993 Local Futures produced an award-winning documentary film: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet, life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.

Futurists look for clues about emerging trends and use "signals of change" as concrete examples how the world could one day be different. "Strangesight" leads to foresight, which is translated into alternative scenarios. One tip in finding futures clues is to google search "future of..." Several institutions also identify global trends. The World Economic Forum publishes an annual Global Risks Report. The 17th edition, 2022 Insight Report has the following key findings: A divergent economic recovery threatens collaboration on global challenges. A disorderly climate transition will exacerbate inequalities. Growing digital dependency will intensify cyberthreats. Barriers to mobility risk compounding global insecurity. Opportunities in space could be constrained by frictions. Year two of the pandemic yields insights on resilience. Only 3.7% of us feel "optimistic" about the outlook for the world with another 12.1% "positive." Most (84%) are concerned or worried because of the turbulent global context. The 10 most severe risks on a global scale over the next 10 years, are in decending order: Climate action failure Extreme weather Biodiversity loss Social cohesion erosion Livelihood crises Infectious diseases Human environmental damage Natural resource crises Debt crises Geoeconomic confrontation Another good source of futures analysis is the U.S. National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World. The report is published every four years so the 7th edition assesses the key trends and uncertainties that will shape the strategic environment for the United States during the next two decades. They examine structural forces in demographics, environment, economics, and technology that shape the contours of our future world. Analyze how these structural forces and other factors - combined with human responses - affect emerging dynamics in societies, states, and the international system. Finally they envision five plausible scenarios for the distant future in 2040. The Covid-19 pandemic and corresponding national responses "appear to be honing and accelerating several trends that were already underway before the outbreak". The key themes of Global Trends 2040 are: Catalyzing Economic Trends Reinforcing Nationalism and Polarization Deepening Inequality. Straining Governance Highlighting Failed International Cooperation Elevating the Role of Nonstate Actors. The five plausible scenarios for 2040 are: Renaissance and Democracies A World Adrift Competitive Co-existence Separate Silos Tragedy and Mobilization While it is necessary to directly and unflinchingly face the reality of the above threats, ;there are also signals of hope and a positive future. Futurist Jan McGonigal offers 10 future forces that could make a better world in the next decade in her book Imaginable.: mRNA vaccines Super-inexpensive solar and wind energy Prioritization of social safety nets over economic growth Bio-printing technology Living concrete Direct cash transfers Cultured meat Efforts to combat social isolation Free or low-cost learning for a lifetime Anti-aging bio-tech Which of these possibilities make you feel hopeful for the future?

On August 21-24, 2022 the New Era Convergence met at Sky Camp near Eugene OR to contribute to constructive socio-economic transformation. Envisioning systems and change models adaptable to regional contexts and local arenas Generating viable plans and strategic programs for action Activating solidarity and agency through collaborative problem-solving, skill sharing, and expression Mobilizing social movement by organizing coordination networks, collaborative tools/platforms, and resource hubs We can work together to build a society that is regenerative, equitable, cooperative, and just. #New Era Convergence

SOCAN's Monthly Meeting topic is Youth v. Gov: Updates from Our Children's Trust - a presentation by Phil Gregory, Of Counsel with Our Children's Trust with an update on where the legal cases filed by Our Children’s Trust stand, and what the future seems to hold.. The meeting is on zoom on Tuesday Aug 30, 2022 at 6 p.m. PT. Register here. "The youth of the world are those who will suffer most if we fail to address the climate crisis. Our failure to address this crisis is why many young people are angry and others are simply disillusioned. Some, meanwhile, have joined forces through the Eugene-based nonprofit law firm, Our Children’s Trust (OCT), to take legal action. This action takes the form of lawsuits against federal and state governments for their actions violating the youth’s constitutional rights and harming both young people and the natural resources they hold in trust for future generations". "YOUTH v GOV is an independent film by acclaimed Director Christi Cooper, Barrelmaker Productions and Vulcan Productions. It tells the story of the groundbreaking youth climate case, Juliana v. United States. It is available for viewing via Netflix. Please try to watch the video before the program." SOCAN 10th Anniversary Celebration is just around the corner! We hope you’ve made a place on your calendar for our 10th anniversary celebration, an entertaining evening co-hosted by long-time SOCAN associates and climate advocates Pam Marsh and Jeff Golden, with presentations by SOCAN old- and new-timers, and a greeting by internationally-celebrated climate activist Bill McKibben. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, we’d encourage you to do so to reserve your place. Don't miss this wonderful event! September 17, 2022 at 5 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn, Medford Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served Event tickets and more information are at socan.eco/anniversary