Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.

The Logging Lobby in the Evergreen State How a quasi-academic group convinced Washington State to classify industrial logging as a climate change solution.

When we say forests store carbon, we mean FORESTS. Not just trees. Carbon cycles keep the soil healthy, and leaving old growth trees keeps the forest cooler, wetter, and is one of the best climate solutions available to us. A fascinating (if frustrating) read:
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

In Eugene, Trump environmental rollbacks already divide people. Roadless forests could be next The Trump administration's proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule has reignited long-running tensions over the best use of old-growth forests near Eugene and Springfield. A public comment period is open...

“Imagine Oregon’s forests as a pizza,” LeGue said. “The logging industry, over the last several decades, got to eat all but one of the slices of pizza. We’re being asked what is a fair way to share the last slice of pizza with them.”

lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/enviro...

Well I never liked much on tv these days anyways. I for sure won't be watching anything from ABC anymore. But I did up my contribution to OPB ❤️

Bees on artichoke 🐝

YouTube video by Jourdan Blue Stand Up - Jourdan Blue OFFICIAL COVER

This guy Jourdan Blue is amazing
#bluesky #music #blues #AGT
His AGT performance: youtu.be/UXAdn8uwyaY?...

My favorite shirts are hemp...such a versatile plant

And these 3 will make our duck count a nice round 20 ❤️. I love them so much

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Trump’s proposal to transfer National Park Service Units to the states is one more example of how extreme and unAmerican this administration is. Not just NO, but HELL NO.

Cooperation Makes the Difference Food co-ops don’t change their values based on which way the wind blows. We are rooted in our communities and participate in the international cooperative business movement, a business model rooted in cooperative principles and values. At a food co-op, members own the business and elect their board of directors from among their community every year, ensuring that as their co-op grows and changes it remains true to the values and goals of its community. NCG is owned by 165 community food co-ops with stores in 240+ communities and growing! Cooperative Principles Voluntary and open membership Democratic member control Member economic participation Autonomy and independence Education, training and information Cooperation among cooperatives Concern for community Diversity, equity and inclusion Cooperative Values Self-help Self-responsibility Democracy Equality Equity Solidarity 240+ co-op locations in 39 states $9 million collectively donated to local community organizations annually by NCG co-ops 1.3 million co-op owners as of 2024 Co-op owners account for 58% of sales

Leaders in Local and Organic Food Resiliency, interdependence and a thriving local economy — cultivating a strong local food system brings many benefits to a community. Food co-ops invest time, energy and money in building strong relationships with farmers and food producers, and it shows — we sell more local products than any other grocer. Food co-ops are also leaders in organic sales. We have a higher percentage of sales from organic products than our competition does. Soil-based organic agriculture is a regenerative farming system that builds soil health and increases its ability to capture and hold carbon (as CO2) from the atmosphere. Organic farming is good for bees and butterflies and builds biodiversity by working with the natural food chain to control pests — just how nature balances itself. Co-ops Lead in Local and Organic Local products as percentage of sales NCG Co-ops: 24% Conventional Grocers: 2% Organic products as percentage of sales NCG Co-ops: 37% Conventional Grocers: 3% Number of local producers NCG Co-ops: 175 Conventional Grocers: 41

Affordable Food in Every Neighborhood Food co-ops work together nationally to source the foods our communities want at the lowest prices possible. Look for our Co+op Deals and Co+op Basics programs which compete with national chains’ name brand and private label groceries. We also advocate at the federal level through NCG for increases in federal funding for SNAP, WIC and GusNIP, the federal grant for SNAP Produce Incentive programs. SNAP is the most effective anti-hunger program in the nation with over 41 million people using it to purchase groceries in 2024. Currently, 77 of NCG’s 165 member co-ops are located in parts of the country designated as having low access to fresh foods and a low median household income by U.S. Department of Agriculture. NCG donates to Food Co-op Initiative, a nonprofit that supports communities working to organize a food co-op in their neighborhood and other organizations supporting co-op development. 2,650+ Co+op Deals each week 25% average retail discount on Co+op Deals 1 out of 2 food co-ops offer SNAP double dollars for produce 93% food co-ops participate in SNAP

Responding to the Climate Crisis Food — how it is grown, produced, transported, used and thrown away — has a huge impact on our climate. Food co-ops work together to reduce our impact on the climate individually and collectively. NCG has been offsetting carbon emissions from staff travel and office utilities since 2012. In 2024 we welcomed a new offset partner, ReSeed, an innovative organization that funds Indigenous Brazilian farmers who use traditional agricultural methods that sequester carbon and reduce climate change. Food co-ops promote organic food as a climate change solution — soil-based organic farming methods are regenerative and can help to heal environmental depletion and slow climate change. 100% NCG food co-ops have up-to-date sustainability tracking software and support to set goals and reduce carbon footprint 8,293 metric tons CO2 offset since 2012 through conservation and agroforestry practices in partnership with Indigenous communities

Food co-ops are driving change. The 2024 NCG Food Co-op Impact Report details the efforts of 240+ food co-ops across the United States. These community-owned businesses provide affordable, locally sourced products and promote regenerative and sustainable food systems.

www.ncg.coop/sites/defaul...

Support your local farm stands and they will support you. sunbowproduce.com

The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean - Nature Global data collected between 2014 and 2024 provide insights into the distribution and potential transport mechanisms of subsurface microplastics throughout the oceanic water column.

Microplastic distribution in the global oceans. 🌊 microplastics concentrated in coastal regions, but also present even in remote regions of Antarctica. Size fractionation with depth. Contributing to the carbon cycle.

The case for American reindustrialisation | Dustin Guastella Walking through the US’s deindustrialized zones is a bit like walking through Dresden after 1945. We can rebuild better than before

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I am for this—Sending everything over the ocean in a container ship is not good for us. Manufacturing in countries lacking labor and environmental protections is not good for us. Let's do it better. #cheapgoodsarealie #reindustrialization #doitbetterthistime

Love this time of year

It's important to note that shipping our products across an ocean from a country with less pollution control (amongst other things) is not good for this planet. Politics aside, we should be looking to change this. Shop local and remember the first two (and most important) r's, reduce and reuse.

I will not wait for change. I will make my own change regardless of what is happening in the US. I know there are others doing the same. Together, we are strong. #permaculture #makechangehappen

Did not buy

It always pays to read your toothpaste labels 🤣

It means no thank you

‘Yoda’ for scientists: the outsider ecologist whose ideas from the 80s just might fix our future John Todd’s eco-machine stunned experts by using natural organisms to remove toxic waste from a Cape Cod lagoon. Forty years on, he wants to build a fleet of them to clean up the oceans

We need more of this www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Environmental groups notch major legal win in Southern Oregon to protect old-growth forests A federal judge in Medford agreed Tuesday with a previous ruling a year ago that the federal Bureau of Land Management wasn't adhering to its own resource management plan in protecting forest canopy f...

Yes, stop the clear cuts of old growth. We have so little of it left at this point. Old growth (besides all of the many other reasons it is valuable) is the most fire resistant and beneficial.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

Gonna try it

We are on our way to a full-on WALL-E world www.iflscience.com/plastic-bags... Would love it if we could go the other direction.

Yes and well said

If govt agencies were actually concerned about communities burning down in wildfires, they'd follow the science & work to reduce risks immediately around infrastructure that is at risk. Instead, they push commercial logging in the hinterlands as a false solution. Don't buy into their scam. 🌏