Climate Smart Missoula

Are you in support of 100% Clean Electricity?

Have you seen the draft Resolution to make this happen in Missoula?

Sign our letter, share with your friends and colleagues.
Join us April 3 or April 8 to let your voice be heard.
It's all HERE, including link to sign on letter.

Hey, we've updated our ADVOCACY page.
Read the latest 100% Clean Electricity Options Report.

And we have information about our Climate Resiliency planning effort - with the City and Missoula County.

What's happening in 2019? Check out Sustainable Missoula: We're aiming for 0-50-100.

Our Year 3 Celebration was awesome, really.

Thanks All for coming and supporting us. Read all about our 2018 Smarty Pants Awards winners HERE.

Thanks for your support. It's easy to donate here.

Another month, another meetup! March was all about zero waste. See our blog post for updates, inspiration, and opportunities to engage.

While you're at it, check out this AWESOME new resource: the Zero by Fifty Missoula website--your one-stop-shop for everything zero waste!

Our Clean Energy Expo last fall was a smashing success. Thank you for coming. Check out some great photos from the event HERE. It's time to Engage and EmPOWER!

At our Expo we released Missoula's 100% Clean Electricity Options Report. Please review, comment, and join the conversation - 2035 is soon!

The latest IPCC report on global climate change is out. The bad news - we need to act even faster than we thought. The good news - the time is right to accelerate current efforts, starting right here in our community. Peruse our Smart initiatives and buckets, come to our next meetup, and support us today to help bolster our work in Missoula and beyond.

Our revamped Community Calendar is up. 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!

Recent Highlights

We were a big part of the Sept 9 Missoula People's Climate March, in concert with over 900 Rise For Climate events across the world!
Conversations from our Monthly Meetups are on our BLOG. Read away...
Our Solar-Ease workshops were fantastic - we've got lots of resources on how to go solar on our Solar-ease web page. And check out Amy's Missoula Current column.
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 soon!

Connect with us!

NEWSY STUFF:

With Home ReSource, we host a weekly column in the Missoula Current -- Sustainable Missoula. Find all the columns in this series HERE.

Check out our new companion website:
MontanaWildfireSmoke.org.

Climate Smart Missoula in the news recently:

From Montana Public Radio: Report maps paths to 100 percent renewable electricity in Missoula
From the Missoulian: Renewable energy expo slated for downtown Missoula on Saturday.
From the Missoula Current: We’re ‘all in’ for 100 percent clean electricity; don’t miss Saturday’s Clean Energy Expo
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've ramped up climate action in 2019!

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

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