Bright Ideas No. 29 OUR WETLANDS AND SHORELINES If you know the exhilaration of spotting a snowy white heron or egret waiting patiently in tall coastal grasses, you can appreciate some of th... Read more
HALF MEASURES Many of us are reduced to half measures or, at best, slow walking when we realize the true magnitude of the climate crisis. We talk about alternatives but there is no substitut... Read more
GET READY: IT’S CODE RED FOR HUMANITY As the most consequential thing to happen in our lifetimes, climate change threatens the existence of life on the planet. This is confirmed by the lates... Read more
A REAL BIG DEAL Waste production multiplied tenfold over the past century and can be expected to double again by 2025. Households generate almost half. Looking into a recycling bin, it’s eas... Read more
A burger for lunch, a bag of wilted greens in the trash may not be as obviously destructive to the environment as a private jet or a gas-guzzling car. But they are choices we make daily, and... Read more
EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE “(It’s) a cry for survival… from the planet itself, one that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear.” -President Joe Biden Since we started this column tw... Read more
Climate change presents us with ever more serious challenges – financial, food, and housing insecurity, not to mention the strain on physical and mental health. We must rely more on ea... Read more
ECOSYSTEMS TO NOURISH US This month, we look at One Climate Future’s fifth Big Move — our ecosystems. One Climate Future wants to protect and nourish ecosystem health, economic h... Read more
“Change is coming one way or another. Our choice is whether we try to shape that change to the maximum benefit of all or wait passively as the forces of climate disaster, scarcity, and fear... Read more
Beneficial Electrification for Portland With One Climate Future, Portland and South Portland have a plan to address climate change. The plan calls for clean renewable electricity to power ev... Read more
