Climate Smart Missoula

Happy September!

Attending the Sept 22 Griz Game? If you drive (and we know some of you need to), plan to park on East Broadway - as a benefit to us!

October's Monthly Meetup is on Transportation & Smart Growth, and it's coming up soon. Join us on Oct. 4 as usual in the INB Community Room. More info HERE.

Check out our revamped Community Calendar! Not only does it look snazzy, it lets us crowd source local climate-related events from community members - that means you. Add climate-related events and share this calendar!

We've been lucky with wildfire smoke this year. Learn more about being Summer Smart and what to do stay healthy indoors and out, whether the skies are clear or not: wildfire smoke or hot temps.

Thanks all for another great monthly meetup on September 6th all about Renewable Energy. August 2 was all about WATER + CLIMATE - we've got the writeup on our BLOG.

Recent Highlights

We were a big part of the Sept 9 Missoula People's Climate March, in concert with over 800 Rise For Climate events across the county and world!
Our Solar-Ease workshops were fantastic - we've got lots of resources on how to GO SOLAR on our Solar-ease webpage. And check out Amy's recent Missoula Current column.
With Home Resource, we launched a new weekly column in the Missoula Current, Sustainable Missoula. Find all the columns in this series HERE.
We co-hosted Climate Change in Missoula: From Statistics to Strategies with League of Women Voters and Clark Fork Coalition.
Our River Trail Shade Shelter is much loved and appreciated. Keep your eyes out for the second shade shelter coming fall 2018!

Check out our companion website:
MontanaWildfireSmoke.org.

Interested in supporting our HEPA air filter program? Click here.

Thank you for your generous support during MISSOULA GIVES 2018! We met our $5000 goal.
You can support our work anytime.

Connect with us!

Climate Smart Missoula in the news recently:

From the Missoulian Opinion Section: Rise for Climate this Weekend
Heard on NPR! "When Wildfire Smoke Invades, Who Should Pay To Clean Indoor Air?"
MTPR: Summer of wildfire smoke exposes need for clean indoor air in Montana
Our director's take: Preparing Missoula for a fiery, smoky future that is here

We're ramping up climate action in 2018!

summer smart

energy smart

SOLAR SMART

We are:
• Expanding our collaborative efforts to have clean, cool indoor air for all, with a focus on the health of the most vulnerable including our kids at school
• Growing trees and building shade!

We are:
• Launching a new program to weatherize and retrofit manufactured homes
• Working with UM to create a nifty online platform to boost residential energy savings
• Leading city and community partners to figure out how to shift to 100% Clean Electricity

We are:
• Helping residents and businesses navigate the process of going solar
• Advocating for more rooftop solar in partnership with the city, community, and statewide partners

Support our Work

In our recent history....

Martin Kidston photo

We honored four fabulous Smarty Pants Awards winners at our Year 2 Celebration: read more HERE.
The People's Climate March and Rally Missoula was incredible. Check out this great article, short video, and photos here.
Our Director, Amy Cilimburg (right), was honored by NWF, MCV and friends with the 2017 Montana Women in Conservation Award. Read the Missoula Current article.
Wahoo! Our first-ever Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory is now available. Head here for the report and here for the Missoula Current article.

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We've got solar lanterns!
These lightweight, solar-powered, packable lanterns are our only swag. The large lantern even doubles as a phone charger! To get yours, email us, or stop by 103 Hickory. Small lanterns $25 or 2 for $40, Large $40.

Why Cities and Communities?
We think Local Climate Action is pretty important! Some reading on why: