Our Spring Fling on effective activism strategies was a great success! We learned how to make change through art, strategic messaging, and direct action. Thanks to our great hosts and wonderful presenters! Let’s move forward with that inspiration from the weekend and support each other through the coming year of activism! Full photo gallery here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oHLMqQdRTINDHWwC3
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The CCN had a gathering at Reed College last weekend! The theme of the weekend was Natural Disasters, so we collectively did some research on why natural disasters are occurring more frequently due to changes in the climate and we looked at some of the repercussions of larger natural disasters. We also had a speaker come in, Aaron Ramirez from the Reed College Environmental Studies Biology department, to speak about his research on the effects of drought post fire on…
SAVE THE DATE: April 7-9, 2017 This year the Spring Fling will be at Reed College in Portland! We often consider the Pacific Northwest (and Portland) to contain the archetypes of environmentally sustainable cities. However, research on environmental inequality has shown that minorities and low-income communities in urban settings are exposed to the bulk of environmental toxins. This clarifies a major intersection in the environmental and social justice movements. This intersection is especially salient in the Pacific Northwest, where we…
This year the Cascade Climate Network (CCN) Fall Flurry will be held in Tacoma, WA at the University of Puget Sound from November 11-13th. The theme of this convergence will be Environmental Justice. During this weekend we will host films, activist and organizer workshops, discussions, and CCN strategizing sessions. Trainers and workshop leaders will come from a variety of organizations/backgrounds and will have on the ground organizing experience. This convergence is open to any Pacific Northwest college students, whether or not…
SPRING FLING 2016 will be the weekend of April 8th-10th in Portland, Oregon Spring Fling Registration Form! Reed College will be hosting the Spring Fling this year! This is the first event that has happened in a while so we encourage any and all groups interested to come! The event will be centered around establishing what CCN is and renewing connections between activist, environmental, and sustainability groups on Pacific Northwest college campuses! Spring Fling Agenda Please email Bella at [email protected]…
We’re excited to announce that this year’s Fall Flurry will be held in Vancouver, WA! What do we want to see in our regional community? How do we want to achieve that vision? Interested in what other campuses are doing, or how they run similar campaigns? Along with answering these, we’ll be discussing our 2014-15 timeline, workshops, campaign breakouts, and getting to know fellow activists! Please join us this weekend and set 2015 up to be a kick ass year…
The following story was written by Dandelion, a youth activist from Oregon who had the opportunity to go to the Tar Sands Blockade in Texas to help out. First I would like to clarify that I am a white, middle class woman, with a high school diploma, pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies. I went to Texas expecting to live in the woods with a bunch of anarcho-environmentalists, working on back woods strategy and reaching out to a primarily white…
Today the first all-inclusive Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference came to a close at Portland State University. I was incredibly excited to be invited to be part of the conference and help lead a visioning portion of the Student Summit with Amanda Maxwell, our Oregon Co-Director, on behalf of the Cascade Climate Network. The efforts resulted in a beautiful vision document that we hope will be used to further sustainability across the Northwest and which aligns with our CCN Declafesto….
On a cold, breezy fall weekend in December, a group of passionate, dedicated, like-minded individuals gathered for a weekend to strategize, hang out, and connect with each other around the CCN. We started off the weekend with a fun game night filled with deep questions, tea, and blankets. It was a very fun night connecting with each other and finding out things we didn’t know before. The next day was a fun full day of CCN discussion and planning with…