It's wildfire season: time to get Summer Smart and prepare for the smoke that fires bring. There are ways to stay healthy. Check out our resources HERE.
Congratulations to our executive director Amy for being appointed to the Governor's Climate Solutions Council!
Congratulations to our executive director Amy for being appointed to the Governor's Climate Solutions Council!
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Interested in our Climate Ready Communities planning effort and 2019 Vulnerability Assessment? Head here where you can learn more. We've also recently been in the Missoulian, Missoula Current and KPAX. Thank you for stopping by our Public Open Houses and we'll be back in the late summer with a draft of our prioritized adaptation strategies.
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Great News! The City and County adopted the joint resolution to move Missoula to 100% Clean Electricity by 2030. More soon - meanwhile read more about our 100% clean electricity effort. Thank you to all who made your voices heard. Stay tuned for more opportunities to move this effort forward soon... |
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Shade Shelter #2 along the Bitterroot Trail
Along with our great partners - MMW Architects, Trees for Missoula, Home ReSource and Missoula Parks & Rec. - we built and installed a second creative shelter, this time complete with new native landscaping and trees. Check it out here. |
Missoula Gives 2019
Thank you for supporting us during this community Giving Day. 79 Donors helped us raise just over our $5000 goal, and we even won an extra $1K for having the most unique donors! We're honored and thrilled. You're the best! |
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Thanks to all who joined us in June for Paris to Pittsburgh at the Roxy Theater. The Roxy was packed for our showing of this inspiring new film about climate action and momentum happening right now across the US. The panel discussion following the film with County Commissioner Josh Slotnick, Missoula County Sustainability Coordinator Diana Maneta, Winona Bateman from Families for a Livable Climate, and our own Energy Corps member Anna was dynamic and inspiring!
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Check out our ADVOCACY page. Now is a great time to support clean energy by commenting on NorthWestern Energy's proposed changes to rooftop solar!
Read the latest 100% Clean Electricity Options Report. And we have information about our Climate Resiliency planning effort - with the City and Missoula County. |
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--> What's happening in 2019? Check out Sustainable Missoula: We're aiming for 0-50-100 <--
Another month, another meetup! May 9 was all about health, June was water, and we're taking the rest of the summer off - see you Sept. 12 for Energy Efficiency & Green Building. March was on the ever-popular topic of zero waste, and there was a lot - 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 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.
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The 2018 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
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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:
Want to read more? Head here. |
We've ramped up climate action in 2019!
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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 |
Why Cities and Communities?
We think Local Climate Action is pretty important! Some reading on why:
Why Cities and Communities?
We think Local Climate Action is pretty important! Some reading on why:
- Strong support: environmental initiatives + local govt
- Climate Progress, with our without...
- Climate Action will thrive at state, local...
- Cities are central to any any serious plan to tackle climate change
- Cities offer a great platform to bring about change
- Energy Secure Cities initiative launched
- American cities keep fighting climate change
- Low carbon cities are a $17 trillion opportunity worldwide
