Learn how to craft effective Letters to the Editor (LTEs). This interactive session offers a quick “how-to” on writing impactful LTEs, explores their purpose in advocacy efforts, and provides guided time to draft your own with input from working groups on current issue topics. Light lunch provided.
Families for a Livable Climate & Montana Sierra Club are co-hosting a climate justice book group in Bozeman! Join us on November 3rd and November 17th at 6 pm to talk about The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Families for a Livable Climate & Montana Sierra Club are co-hosting a climate justice book group in Missoula! Join us on November 6th and November 20th at 6 pm to talk about The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Caring about the state of our climate and the world can weigh heavily on our hearts, minds, and bodies. This series offers a welcoming space for anyone—whether you’re taking personal steps toward sustainability, supporting community efforts, or simply feeling the impact of these times—to pause, reconnect, and restore resilience.
Caring about the state of our climate and the world can weigh heavily on our hearts, minds, and bodies. This series offers a welcoming space for anyone—whether you’re taking personal steps toward sustainability, supporting community efforts, or simply feeling the impact of these times—to pause, reconnect, and restore resilience.
This year, the Park High Green Initiative and PCEC are hosting the Montana Youth Climate Summit for 50 students from around the state of Montana. The two-day event in Livingston will take place on October 23rd and 24th.
Caring about the state of our climate and the world can weigh heavily on our hearts, minds, and bodies. This series offers a welcoming space for anyone—whether you’re taking personal steps toward sustainability, supporting community efforts, or simply feeling the impact of these times—to pause, reconnect, and restore resilience.
Join on October 8 at 6 PM on the DHC Patio for UM’s first Sustainability Slam! Hear rapid-fire stories about sustainability from students, faculty, and community voices. This free event is open to all. Come get inspired and connect with others who care about building a better future.
Come join us for a local community bike ride on Sunday, October 5, 2025 and help us raise awareness and funds for Missoula nonprofits doing essential work for our planet! Registration is free, and we'll have three route options to suit riders of all ages. Grab your friends and family, and let's ride for a greener future! For more information and registration, head over to Climate Ride’s site.
Join us for Climate Candyland on October 2nd at the University of Montana! This life-sized game takes you on a colorful path across UM’s Oval, with each stop themed around climate solutions, challenges, community wins, and visions for the future hosted by UM’s Climate Response Club, MontPIRG, and Families for a Livable Climate.
Join The Center, Queer Hiking Missoula and Families for a Livable Climate for a welcoming community hike in Crazy Canyon with writing and reflection led by local writer, Sarah Capdeville.
If you’ve experienced anxiety, grief, or difficult emotions related to our changing climate, you’re not alone. The good news? There are science-based strategies that can help. Join us for this (free!) engaging workshop & community potluck. Details and RSVP here.
ClimateFEST is a free, family-friendly, FUN community celebration! Featuring dozens of local organizations and businesses and drawing hundreds of Missoulians each year, join us to learn about climate solutions from renewable energy and electrification, to transportation and education, to art and advocacy, and more.
Join the Billings Climate Coalition for a FREE screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Single-Use Planet followed but Skip the Stuff discussion.
Youth are taking the Trump administration to court! For the first time ever, a federal court will hear live testimony in a constitutional climate case led by young people! The 22 youth plaintiffs in Lighthiser v. Trump are challenging three of President Trump’s executive orders that unleash fossil fuels, block renewable energy, and suppress climate science.
Heather White will remind us that resilience isn’t just a trait—it’s a strategy. She speaks to the heart of climate advocacy: thoughtful, inclusive, hopeful action rooted in shared responsibility. Her voice brings clarity in a noisy world and joy in a time of urgency.
Billings Climate Coalition hosts the 3rd annual Billings Climate Week! Events address the severe and ongoing consequences this climate crisis poses for every living entity on Earth, and particularly within the Yellowstone watershed and its surrounding ecosystems.
Ride for their Lives is a global group of health professionals drawing attention to the fact that climate change and air pollution affects our children. It started in 2021, with a group of pediatric health professionals led by the Head of Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization.
Join us on September 10th for a hybrid event dedicated to the fight for youth rights in the landmark Lighthiser v. Trump case. This event unpacks the lawsuit led by 22 courageous young Americans demanding protection of their constitutional rights to life, health, and safety in the face of aggressive federal fossil fuel expansion as they prepare for a two-day evidentiary hearing in Missoula, MT September 17th and 18th.
Join Mighty Missoula for their second gathering where they'll go deep into how geothermal energy networks (TENs) are changing the way communities heat and cool buildings.
Missoula County, the City of Missoula and Climate Smart Missoula are seeking volunteers to help collect data about the hottest and coolest places in our region during an upcoming heatwave this summer. Data collected by volunteers during the one-day heat mapping campaign will be used to develop temperature and heat index maps of Missoula County.
PLASTICS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HUMAN HEALTH
On July 2nd at 5:30pm the Billings Climate Coalition with CCL, YVCC, LWV, and Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate are sponsoring Dr Megan Wolff, a national expert in plastics and human health and a part-time employee of Cottonwood Law.
Join Climate Smart Missoula for a SOLAR happy hour where we'll share the latest updates on solar policy, from tariffs to tax credits and more - plus everything you need to know about the process and why now is a great time to go solar.
~ 45 minute program starts at 5:15; stick around afterwards to chat with our staff and get your questions answered. We plan to record the presentation part of the event, so be sure to RSVP so we can share it with you.
Join Climate Smart Missoula, the Home Upgrade Hub and the Office of Emergency Management for an engaging morning all about getting wildfire and heat ready!
The event will kick off with coffee, donuts and a brief presentation about getting your home ready for hotter, drier summers. Stay after for a networking fair and garden-wise tour.
Join us for a tour of Broken Ground while we raise funds and build support for Families for a Livable Climate! You’re invited to a summer evening of connection, climate action, and community spirit!
NorthWestern Energy is asking the PSC to raise our rates another 20% to fund fossil fuel expansion! Join other families and ask the PSC to stand with Montana families and say NO!
NorthWestern Energy is pushing for another 20% rate hike — right after hitting us with a 28% increase. Why? To fund a $310 million methane gas plant and more fossil fuel projects. We’re done paying the price while they profit.
Join Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities (YTCC) for the 2025 Annual Stakeholder Meeting on June 6th from 1-4pm in Helena, MT at the Lewis and Clark Library. This event will provide updates on state electric vehicle (EV) funding, a summary of the recent legislative session related to alternative fuels for transportation, and discussions on EV charging infrastructure in Helena. They will also offer an overview of and updates about renewable diesel in addition to our work to expand YTCC's work in Montana. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore electric vehicles firsthand, hopefully including Helena's electric street sweeper.
NorthWestern Energy—Montana's monopoly utility giant—is proposing a 20% rate hike, and it’s time to fight back.
Join us for an evening of community action and expert insight on how this hike could impact everything from your housing costs to Montana’s climate future.
Gardeners of all ages are invited to bring some of their garden produce to the library and join in preparing a meal. Dr. Christina Yoshimura, University of Montana professor, will help gardeners from across Missoula improvise a meal with their vegetables while they cook and converse together. Any participants under the age of 18 should bring an adult who would also like to participate.
We hope you will join us, get your hands dirty, and enjoy the company of community at the Rocky Mountain Gardens! Learn about this new addition to our community and volunteer with us!
Join Climate Smart Missoula for their Electrify Homes Tour Saturday, May 17th, from 2PM - 4PM!
Hear an update from local experts on on bills passed or pending from the current Montana Legislature that may impact the Held v. State of Montana Supreme Court ruling.
Join parent-led climate groups in the U.S. and Canada to bring you this timely conversation with Dr. Debra Hendrickson, pediatrician and author of The Air They Breathe.
#SkiptheStuff Missoula is a local, volunteer-driven campaign inspired by a successful national initiative. The goal? To reduce the mountains of waste created each year by single-use food accessories that most people don’t need—and don’t use.
Together, we can help restaurants make the shift toward a less wasteful future.
Join us for this impactful training, led by MontPIRG intern and project lead Alena Flocchini, in partnership with MT Plastic Free Missoula and the Families for a Livable Climate – Beyond Plastics Working Group.
Take action. Support local businesses. Skip the stuff!
