In our first ever youth writing contest this past winter, we invited Montanans 18 years old and under to envision what our communities will look like and how they've responded to climate change in the year 2070. Here we present to you the entire collection of responses from the contest. Read their words, hear their voices, listen to them.
Read MoreWhen we recognize the nature within, and embrace it in our interactions with the world, nature becomes intimate. It changes from being a far-off abstraction to being an essential component of each of our personal stories.
Share your story by submitting to The Changing Times in our second annual art issue! Submissions due July 4. We are so excited to see nature through - and within - your eyes!
Read MoreThis Winter we interviewed Jeremy Drake, owner of Strategy Zero Waste Solutions about the Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Zero Waste pilot program, and his work as project manager.
Read MoreRead the full interview with Anna Baize and Naomi Alhadeff, of the National Wildlife Federation, as previewed in the Fall 2021 issue of The Changing Times!
Read MoreIn The Changing Times’s Summer 2021 issue, the editors wanted to feature the voices and perspectives of artists, photographers, poets, and narrtive writers. Issue 6 was built out of connection to the earth during climate crisis and what it means to have a creative relationship with this planet we call home.
Read MoreBy Callie Stephenson
I am afflicted by a certain nostalgia. It’s a hot muggy night, barefeet in damp grass, and the smell of skin slicked with sweat. It is summer. Denim shorts and pine needles mixed with sweet, heavy lake water. It is Americana: all fireworks and sunscreen grease. The voices of people around me saying how absurd I am to revel in the heat of the evenings, and the comfort I find in the deafening accumulation of a dozen fans whirring at different pitches. It is my contempt for air conditioning coupled with full body resignation every time I enter a building that has been pumped full of that delicious, refrigerated air.
Read MoreSpending time outside in the summer is part of our individual climate stories. These stories become part of us, guiding us as we make decisions about how we interact with the world each and everyday. When our editorial team sat down following the release of our spring 2021 issue, we discussed how we could tell these stories about engaging with our world and share the places that are important to us. We came up with the idea of a special summer art issue, where we could invite everyone to share their experiences of the world. Learn more and submit by July 5!
Read MoreMontana Survival Seed is a small seed company located in the Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana. On behalf of “The Changing Times,” I speak with the founder and owner about his seed company, how seeds fit into his passion for ancestral skills, and why supporting locally-sourced and adapted seeds is a great choice. I really enjoyed our conversation while just in time for planting season, and absorbed some great advice and ideas for my own little gardening and seed saving adventure.
Read MoreWe don't exactly follow the Gregorian New Year; however, January is a very important month for the Salish. It is the time where you put your differences to the side. We go to social ceremonies and shake hands with everyone and sincerely wish everyone a good New Year. It's a happy occasion — we are grateful for each other, and Creator's gifts of food and warmth. We gather together as a community to celebrate making another year together.
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