On Thursday, May 19, we stood proudly with the many other member organizations at Common Good Missoula’s founding event at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. The weather conspired toward cold and windy, but nearly 420 people showed up anyway. It was a phenomenal event realizing years of work to bring together a broad base of community organizations to work for the common good.
Read MoreRelying primarily on facts, data, and scientific analysis has unfortunately not brought about the transformation needed to keep us below 1.5ºC warming.
Perhaps it is time for a strategy shift – one that takes advantage of millennia of human practice and leverages the storyteller innate within all of us. This is what drove us, Families for a Livable Climate and Stories for Action, (with support from Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Mountain Mamas, and Montana Environmental Information Center) to launch our Montana Climate Stories project.
Read MoreThese resources from Our Kids’ Climate help teachers, parents, and caregivers meaningfully and effectively communicate with young people about climate change. They provide top tips for helping children and young people deal with emotions and questions related to the climate crisis.
Read MoreGiven the huge impact of energy emissions on our changing climate, NorthWestern Energy has a unique responsibility, and opportunity, to help mitigate severe climate risks, and help protect all of our families, present and future.
Ask NorthWestern to get on board! Add your name as a parent, caregiver, businessowner or organizational leader, to this letter from Families for a Livable Climate and supporters asking NorthWestern to support our shared future.
Read MoreOn April 1, Families for a Livable Climate stood with 350Montana, Gallatin County Sunrise Movement, and Montana Sierra Club (with guest speakers from MT Women Vote) to begin calling NorthWestern Energy to account for their plan to build gas-fired power plants (and other regrets solutions) to fuel our shared future here in Montana. The upshot? NorthWestern’s “net zero” plan is not acceptable.
Read MoreHow well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Read MoreWatch this panel discussion on Zero Waste Schools to learn about how plastic and waste contribute to the climate crisis, the role schools play in building a Zero Waste community, and Zero Waste efforts and opportunities in Missoula schools and beyond. Also, stay tuned to our upcoming events by joining our email list for more plastic-focused workshops!
Read MoreBetween Russia's violent invasion of Ukraine and the latest IPCC report, we are truly in the midst of enormous and overwhelming change. How can we make a difference? In both cases, curbing war and aggression, and addressing our worsening climate crisis, ending our dependence on fossil fuels is key. Dr Helen Adams, a lead author on the new IPCC report, said, "One of the things that I think is really, really clear in the report is that yes, things are bad, but actually, the future depends on us, not the climate."
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.
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