In honor of Earth Day (which is next Monday, April 22nd), I’m publishing this conversation I had with Leonard Barrett, co-president of the climate justice organization, Families for Climate, here in Oregon. I’ve been working with Leonard and FFC for the past year or so on their communications and it has been an amazing source of inspiration.
Learn about Families for Climate at www.familiesforclimate.org and on Instagram at @familiesforclimate (Fun note: I run this account so just another way I have my hands in climate justice).
And as promised in the episode, here are some additional resources we mentioned in our discussion:
Other Regional Parent-Led Climate Action Orgs:
Climate Action Families in Seattle
Families for a Livable Climate in Montana
For Our Kids national org in Canada
Moms Clean Air Force national org in the U.S.
If you don’t have a local parent-led climate action group near year, you should start one! Contact info@familiesforclimate.org to ask for advice and ideas or contact them through their online form here.
Oregon Legislative Session Updates
Because of lot of Leonard’s work with FFC is focused on legislative advocacy. We talked a bit about last year’s and this year’s legislative sessions. Last year’s was truly historic. Here are the updates we wrote in the FFC newsletter and blog about those sessions:
Credits
Cramming for the Apocalypse artwork by Amanda Burnham
Music by DayFox
Parents Taking Climate Action with Leonard Barrett