My climate story, Mica, age 11
I am eleven years old, hopefully I have much longer to be left on this planet. I don't like to see my planet dying, so we need to save it from climate change. I first became involved in activism when I watched the film “Chasing Ice,” which made me very upset. I dictated a letter to my parents and they mailed it to our state senator, Jon Tester. This all happened at the age of three.
Parents Around the World Plea for Urgent Climate Action
Today, Families for a Livable Climate joined 228 parent-led climate groups from 28 countries in a joint letter to delegates at the UN climate negotiations demanding ambitious climate action. As parents we demand a safe future for our children - for all children - and call upon parents everywhere to join us. Plea.parentsforfuture.org
We are proud to stand with families around the globe demanding livable future for us all.
On #GivingTuesday, Support Our Volunteer Climate Efforts Across Montana
Families for a Livable Climate empowers Montana families to advocate for their future in the age of climate change. We do this work by offering free community climate conversations, hosting Fridays for Action working groups across Montana, sponsoring community events (such as DearTomorrow Missoula), and working on Montana voter education. In 2020, we will also organize the Montana Community Climate Summit for families across that state.
On #GivingTuesday, we are kicking off our first fundraiser. Learn more and support out work!
We must channel climate activism into daily action for change
To make the deep systemic change needed to address the climate crisis, we need a movement that channels the energy of these big gatherings into day-to-day action.
Unite behind the science: A Guide for Families
Families plan for the future. But how do you plan for a future that includes the climate crisis?
Fossil fuels are not family friendly - Part 1
For California families, the easy, cheap power we all expect and rely on, has been withdrawn as their utility provider’s infrastructure, webbed across the state, is, at the moment, nothing more than an intricate fuse embedded in climate-change-dried kindling.
For Missoula City Council, Vote Community and Climate
As you complete your ballot for the City Council elections, please join me in supporting the six candidates who are committed to our community values, fiscal responsibility, and doing our part to combat the growing climate crisis: Heidi West (Ward 1), Mirtha Becerra (Ward 2), Gwen Jones (Ward 3), Amber Sherrill (Ward 4), Alex Fregario (Ward 5), and Nick Shontz (Ward 6).
Join "Fridays for Action"
To support Montana families who would like to have a consistent working commitment to climate, we are forming Friday Working Groups. Attend one Friday or more each month, or sign up to volunteer when you’re available. Not in Missoula? We are seeking leaders in other Montana communities who would like to coordinate actions.
Get Involved: Host a Community Climate Conversation
Scientist Kathryn Hayhoe shared an amazing statistic in an interview last year. Three-quarters of Americans hear about climate change from someone they know only twice every year—that’s right, only twice a year. She summed up the impact of this silence very clearly: “If we don’t talk about it, we won’t care about it, and we won’t take action.” We are looking for people who would like to host an hour-long conversation of some kind in their community (we will have different formats), and gather 5-15 people to join in the event.