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
“The use and sustainability of transportation cannot be separated from how and where people live, work, and play; two major influences going forward will be the design of the urban environme... Read more
With properly designed cities we can greatly lower our impact on the planet while living healthy, meaningful lives. This is, in part, the promise of the twin cities’ One Climate Future (OCF)... Read more
The cities of Portland and South Portland have finally released the long awaited One Climate Future plan, as you learned last month in “Just Thinking Out Loud” by Rosanne Graef. The Six Big... Read more
