Environmentally Sustainable

Join friends and family in community action, use your political voice, and support projects that protect a thriving natural world. No action is too small.

We recognize that humans have unique gifts that enable us to respect, preserve and protect the natural world. The survival of our species and many other species can benefit from our intervention in the destruction of our planet’s living systems.

Pachamama Alliance Resources

Climate Change: 400 Parts Per Million and Counting
Global warming is the most urgent environmental issue of our time. To avoid the worst effects of climate change, scientists say atmospheric CO2 should not exceed 350 parts per million. We recently passed 400 parts per million. And we know the worst atmospheric polluter is the fossil fuel industry – the industry gets away with dumping CO2 emissions into the atmosphere at no cost, leaving the environment and society to pay the price.

The Pachamama Alliance is mobilizing participants to work with the Citizens Climate Lobby to pass climate legislation in the United States that would establish a national carbon fee (tax) and dividend program. Learn more about CCL and other movements we support.

SOPA Action, Projects & Resources

• Phoenix/Medford Zero Waste
  • Food & Materials Waste Reduction Brochure
• Southern Oregon Master Recyclers in Action (SOMRA)
• Southern Oregon Food Solutions Newsletter
• Talent Zero Waste Facebook Page

Local Partners, Resources & Action

• 5g Technology
• City of Ashland, Climate and Energy Action Plan
• Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
• Ashland Firewise 
• Beyond Toxics Non Toxic Southern Oregon
• Carbon Footprint Calculators (SOCAN recommendations)
• Citizens Climate Lobby, Southern Oregon Chapter 
• Cultivate Oregon
• Emerging Futures
• Friends of Family Farmers
• The Freshwater Trust: Our freshwater resources are indicating that it’s time to change course. 
• Oregon Community Food Systems Network, Cultivate Oregon
• K/S Wild
• Lomakatsi Restoration Project
• Oregon Climate Action Hub
• Oregon Climate Action Plan from Renew Oregon
• Oregon Interfaith Power and Light
• Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance Member Organizations
• Peace House Calendar
• Pollinator Project Rogue Valley
• Rogue Climate
• Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN)
  • Ashland Action Project – Explore this page to learn about efforts to ensure that climate action is treated as a top priority in Ashland and incorporated into all city planning and decision-making.
  • Education Resources for Climate Change 
  • SOCAN YouTube channel (regenerative gardening and other climate topics)
• Southern Oregon Rising Tide
• Sustainable Rogue Valley 
• Water Footprint Calculator

Films and more

• Bedrock Rights: A new foundation for global action against fracking and climate change (Documentary)
• Films for Action
• Series of 5 short films explaining why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed
• SOCAN’s Movies and Videos page

National & International Resources & Action

• A promising tool for prioritizing action to adapt to slow climate change
• Bioneers
• Bioneers Series: “Carbon Farming: Agriculture’s Solution to Climate Change” 
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Citizens Climate Lobby
• Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
• Count Us In: Whose mission is to inspire 1 billion citizens to significantly reduce their
  carbon pollution and challenge leaders to deliver bold, global change
• Countdown: a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action.
• EcoResolution, an environmental justice platform enabling people to step up rather than shut down in the face of the climate crisis.
• EcoWatch: Environmental News for a Healthier Planet and Life
• The Farmers Footprint is a film featuring the trials, learnings and victories of the four generation Breitkreutz family from Stoney Creek Farm transitioning from conventional farming to regenerative agriculture in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
• Food and Climate change for teachers and students
• Global Tree Initiative
• GreenFaith: Because the Earth and all people are sacred and at risk, GreenFaith is building a worldwide, multi-faith climate and environmental movement.
• How the Green New Deal Fixes More than Just One Problem from the YEARS Project
• Local Governments for Sustainability
• New York Times article on climate and migration
• Regenerative Agriculture
  • Farmers Footprint film and project
  • From the Bioneers
  • Growing our Future: Scaling Regenerative Agriculture in the United States
  • The Curious Person’s Guide To Earth Repair
  • Zach Bush and The Farmer’s Footprint
• Project Drawdown
• ThriveGlobal
• Treesisters
• UN Climate Action
• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network
• Unete, Center for Farm Worker and Immigrant Advocacy
• Yale Climate Connections
• See more Rights of Nature Resources on our Social Justice page

Diving Deeper

• Fixing the Outdoors Will Fix Our Economy
• New York Times article on climate and migration

See more resources on our Spiritually Fulfilling page