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Energy Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy in Carbondale, Illinois

On Tuesday, May 23, the City Council of Carbondale, Illinois heard a promising presentation about "Energy Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy" at a regular City Council meeting at the Carbondale Civic Center.

The full title of the presentation was "Community GHG [Greenhouse Gas] Inventory Baseline 2019 and Energy Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy."

Keep the buffer and run Coalition Life out of town

On May 16, an anti-choice organization called Coalition Life announced that it’s filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of a Carbondale ordinance that prohibits protestors from approaching people within 100 feet of a medical clinic. The article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a good overview of the basics of the situation. …

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Film Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline

How to Blow Up a Pipeline poster courtesy Neon

How far are you willing to go to stop the fossil fuel industry from poisoning local communities and disrupting the climate of our entire planet?

That's the premise of a new independent film called How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

Book Review: How To Blow Up A Pipeline

In honor of the release of the film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, I decided to review the nonfiction book of the same name that inspired the film.

I'm glad that I did.

Despite its provocative title, How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm isn't a how-to manual for aspiring saboteurs. It's a thought-provoking exploration of the history, ethicality, and strategic considerations of a broad range of violent and nonviolent tactics of resistance to systems of oppression, particularly the fossil fuel industry.

Turning Climate Data Into Music

Did you know that you can turn climate data into music? I've made music using climate data -- and you can too!

Climate music is a small but growing body of music that references the climate crisis in some way. Most songs about climate change feature music and lyrics composed and performed by songwriters and musicians. However, it's surprisingly easy and rewarding to create climate music that takes climate data sets and converts them directly into musical notes or chords.

All The Climate Feels is now officially published!

I'm pleased to announce that my climate poetry book, All The Climate Feels, is now officially published!

All The Climate Feels is a poetic exploration of the climate crisis, climate justice, and how it feels to be alive in times of profound change. This climate poetry collection includes twenty-eight poems written over the course of ten years of climate communication and climate justice advocacy.

Read Climate Fiction Ebooks Through Your Local Library

I'm pleased to announce that all of my published climate fiction ebooks are now available on hoopla! Thanks to participating local libraries, you can now read these ebooks anytime you'd like at no cost to you. I encourage you to check these books out and invite you to tell your friends!

Happy Read An Ebook Week!

Happy Read An Ebook Week!

March 5-11 is Read An Ebook Week. This holiday is an opportunity for people who haven't ever read an ebook to give it a try. It's also an opportunity for people who already love reading ebooks to find some new titles!

In honor of Read An Ebook Week, I'm participating in a huge ebook promotion on Smashwords. Many participating authors have made their books available at a major discount or entirely free. You get some fun new ebooks, authors like me get a week-long boost in sales. Everyone wins.

Preorder All The Climate Feels Today!

My new climate poetry collection, All The Climate Feels, is now available for preorder!All The Climate Feels is a poetic exploration of the climate crisis, climate justice, and how it feels to be alive in times of profound change. This climate poetry collection includes twenty-eight poems written over the course of ten years of climate communication and climate justice advocacy.

Climate Change Game Review: The Climate Trail

The Climate Trail is a climate change game that plays like a modern Oregon Trail. It's a free multi-platform game about climate refugees fleeing from the US to Canada to escape climate disasters.