Climate Smart Missoula

  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Story
    • Five Year Report
    • In the News >
      • Sustainable Missoula Column
      • Summer Smart News
    • Podcast >
      • Clear the Air
    • People + Partners
    • Jobs and Opportunities
    • Smarty Pants Awards
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
  • Adaptation
    • Overview
    • Summer Smart >
      • Active Fires
      • Hotter Days and Nights >
        • Heat + Health Risks
        • Prepare for Heat
        • Shade
      • Drought and Low Flows
      • Shareable Products
      • Partners and Supporters
    • Wildfire Smoke >
      • HEPA Air Filtration
      • Improving Indoor Air Quality
      • Clean Air-Healthy Homes
      • Clean Air for Schools & Daycares
      • Pregnancy + Infants and Smoke
      • Older Adults and Wildfire Smoke
    • Resiliency Planning
    • Health and Climate >
      • Mental Health
    • Art and Humanities
    • Adaptation Resources
  • Mitigation
    • Overview >
      • 2015 Action Plan
      • Community Emissions Inventories
    • 100 % Clean Electricity
    • Solar >
      • Solar Ease
    • Buildings 4 the Future >
      • Electrify + B4F
      • Energy Smart
    • Transportation + Smart Growth >
      • Land Use Planning
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Electric Bikes
      • Electric Buses
    • Financing
    • Zero Waste
    • Mitigation Resources
  • Get Involved
    • Calendar
    • Connect >
      • Visualizing Climate
      • Climate Venn Diagram
    • Advocacy >
      • Building Codes
      • Cryptocurrency
    • Past Events >
      • Electrify Missoula spring webinars
      • Earth Month
      • The Big Climate Event
    • Clean Energy Expo
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Act, Advocate, Assist
    • Footprint Fund
  • The Science
    • Overview
    • Climate Justice >
      • Justice and Indigenous Knowledge
    • Localized Impacts >
      • Specific Local Impacts
    • What We're Doing
  • Donate
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Story
    • Five Year Report
    • In the News >
      • Sustainable Missoula Column
      • Summer Smart News
    • Podcast >
      • Clear the Air
    • People + Partners
    • Jobs and Opportunities
    • Smarty Pants Awards
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
  • Adaptation
    • Overview
    • Summer Smart >
      • Active Fires
      • Hotter Days and Nights >
        • Heat + Health Risks
        • Prepare for Heat
        • Shade
      • Drought and Low Flows
      • Shareable Products
      • Partners and Supporters
    • Wildfire Smoke >
      • HEPA Air Filtration
      • Improving Indoor Air Quality
      • Clean Air-Healthy Homes
      • Clean Air for Schools & Daycares
      • Pregnancy + Infants and Smoke
      • Older Adults and Wildfire Smoke
    • Resiliency Planning
    • Health and Climate >
      • Mental Health
    • Art and Humanities
    • Adaptation Resources
  • Mitigation
    • Overview >
      • 2015 Action Plan
      • Community Emissions Inventories
    • 100 % Clean Electricity
    • Solar >
      • Solar Ease
    • Buildings 4 the Future >
      • Electrify + B4F
      • Energy Smart
    • Transportation + Smart Growth >
      • Land Use Planning
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Electric Bikes
      • Electric Buses
    • Financing
    • Zero Waste
    • Mitigation Resources
  • Get Involved
    • Calendar
    • Connect >
      • Visualizing Climate
      • Climate Venn Diagram
    • Advocacy >
      • Building Codes
      • Cryptocurrency
    • Past Events >
      • Electrify Missoula spring webinars
      • Earth Month
      • The Big Climate Event
    • Clean Energy Expo
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Act, Advocate, Assist
    • Footprint Fund
  • The Science
    • Overview
    • Climate Justice >
      • Justice and Indigenous Knowledge
    • Localized Impacts >
      • Specific Local Impacts
    • What We're Doing
  • Donate

Climate Smart Missoula 

About us
Sign up for our e-newsletter
Wahoo for the Inflation Reduction Act - the first real and transformative climate legislation ever passed by Congress.

We are beyond happy this is now law. It's awesome for our country and will no doubt enable Missoula to better act on climate. More here and more to come - we've a lot to say about the IRA!
Are you Wildfire Smoke Ready?
This summer is hot and dry and we may see fires yet. For everything you need to know to prepare for wildfire smoke, locate active fires, and understand today's air quality, plus articles and media, visit MontanaWildfireSmoke.org. 
Picture

Looking to volunteer this summer? We can use your help!

We've got several opportunities coming up this summer & fall, from River City Roots Festival to our Climate & Clean Energy Expo.
Volunteer with us
We've joined millions of Americans calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency -
​Learn more and sign our petition!
High gas prices have you thinking about getting around in new ways? Want to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels? ​Check out our great resources for ways our community can jump on Mountain Line, bike safely any time of year, Walk, Roll or otherwise get around in more climate-friendly ways!
low carbon transportation resources
Picture
Quick links to current programs, initiatives & resources:
Wildfire Smoke Ready
​Clean air- Healthy Homes
our community's
climate resiliency efforts: 
​CLIMATE READY MISSOULA
Electrify Missoula campaign
to decarbonize our buildings
carbon offset
footprint fund
Our Podcast Series:
Clear the Air
Recordings from all three of our spring
Electrify Missoula events are available
:
  • Part 1: Growing Solar
  • Part 2: Getting off Gas
  • Part 3: Electrifying Transportation
Watch Electrify Webinars
Picture
Check out our 2021 Highlights & Happenings for a visual "annual report" of what we accomplished last year. (Click image to view full-sized PDF.)
Picture
Picture
We were thrilled to be part of Project Earth, a unique and powerful multimedia event at the University of Montana on Earth Day 2022.

​We think the whole recording is worth a watch! Check it out via YouTube, and you can also watch just our 11 minute climate stories video that was featured.

It's not too late to join our community climate stories campaign by submitting your short video or audio clip! ​
SHARE YOUR CLIMATE STORY TODAY!

More Recent Climate Smart History:

Running up for Air 2022 was a huge success, raising over $15K for our clean air efforts
Co-hosted Climate Conversations panel & Don't Look Up film discussion with Families for a Livable Climate
We honored 2021's Smarty Pants winners at our Year 6 Celebration at JRPC
Local panelists offered insights on the UN climate conference (COP26) and what it means for Missoula
We produced our first podcast series - have a listen and let us know what you think!
We launched our Electrify Missoula campaign to get off fossil fuels in homes & buildings!
Hundreds of Missoulians take part in our 3rd Annual Climate & Clean Energy Expo
In 2021, we worked with partners to provide >150 fan/filters & HEPAs to Missoulians in need
Our first Wildfire Smoke Ready Week brought resources across our community
A new display for climate art at our office - thanks Wren for being our first featured artist!
The Big Climate Event - 1 Year Later, with Dr. Davies
Building(s) for the Future Virtual Summit on Jan. 15, 2021
Footprint Fund launches with Cornerstone Apartments
Fall 2021 Virtual Solar Happy Hours
Climate Smart Missoula featured on NPR's All Things Considered!
Climate Smart Missoula hosts Q&A on Wildfire Smoke Readiness
Missoula Gives is a great success! Over $8,000 raised for Climate Smart
Climate Ready Missoula adopted by City and Couunty
Virtual Earth Day Art Show inspires art across Missoula
Virtual Solar Happy Hours
1st Annual Running Up for Air raises $11,000 for Climate Smart
700+ People Pack the Wilma for The Big Climate Change Event, Feb. 2020
Food Policy Advisory Board Established
Climate Ready Missoula: Building Resiliency in Missoula County Plan Published
2019 Clean Energy Expo was a great success!
Restoration Project as Part of Global Climate Strike, 9/21/19
Families Strike for a Livable Future
Sunday Streets
Roots Festival Green Team
Executive Director Amy featured in Missoulian, named to Governor's Climate Solutions Council
Shade Shelter #2 Open on the Bitterroot Branch Trail

I want to know more about...

the people and history of climate smart
  • ​Our Story will give you the history of Climate Smart and our mission and goals. 
  • Our Five Year Report is a great way to quickly understand our programs and impact in our first 5 years (through 2020).
  • People and Partners features our staff, board, and multitude of organizations we collaborate with to drive climate action in Missoula and across the state of Montana.
  • Peruse In the News to read past news coverage and Sustainable Missoula columns to better understand what we've been thinking and working on over the years. 
what to do during hot and smoky summers
  • Summer Smart was our first major project and continues to be a flagship effort.  It's full of amazing resources. 
  • Improving indoor air will tell you what you can do to make the air safer inside, including details and guidance for purchasing a HEPA Air Filtration unit. 
  • Hotter days and nights will make our higher summer temperatures more bearable. 
reducing the carbon footprint of my home or business
  • Reduce Our Use has tips for reducing energy consumption.
  • Learn how easy it can be to go solar on our Solar Ease page.
  • Transportation + Smart Growth is the place to go if you want to commute or run errands sustainably. 
major efforts at the city and county government level
Climate Smart Missoula works closely with the City of Missoula and Missoula County. For more on the primary initiatives, we've partnered on, visit: 
  • ​100% Clean Electricity Resolution, which resolved to have 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
  • Resiliency Planning provides more information on Climate Ready Missoula: Building Resiliency in Missoula County. 
  • 2017 Community Carbon Emissions Inventory details our community's carbon footprint. 
what climate change looks like in missoula and the science that is driving the change
  • Visit our General Impacts or Specific Local Impacts pages for what climate change looks like in Missoula as well as Montana as a whole. 
  • Our Climate Science Overview will provide you with important foundational knowledge.
  • If you have 90 minutes, watch Rob Davies' presentation to understand the science and why we need to resolve to act now. 
getting involved
  • ​Act, Advocate, Assist includes ways to go beyond reducing your personal energy consumption to help others and advocate for systemic change. 
  • We need more people talking about climate change with loved ones - our Dear Tomorrow Project is a great place to start. 
  • Come to an event that you find on our calendar or volunteer with us! 
  • Donate page is also an important one. We are a small organization that depends on donors like you! 

Check out our 5 year Report

Click the link below to peruse this brief visual summary of all that we've been up to for the first 5 years of Climate Smart Missoula, and stick with us for the next 5!
Picture
Support our Work

Connect with us! 

Picture
Picture
Picture

Sign Up For Our E-News

* indicates required