City of Salem: Our Salem - Comprehensive Plan
Our Salem is planning for Salem's future. How do land use and transportation fit together to help us reduce climate-changing emissions even as the city is expected to grow? What would a city look like where all residents can enjoy safe, healthy, active lives in neighborhoods where places to live, work, shop and play are all within easy reach? Will Salem evolve in sync with the emerging clean energy economy? Participation in the Our Salem survey can help the city answer these questions. Our persistent presence during the Our Salem community process has been an important factor in bringing climate-friendly opportunities to the table.
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
This year Earth Day is devoted to climate justice
Even though we can't hold the grand public demonstrations the day deserves, plans are in progress for a massive online presence. Young people, born and raised in the Internet era, are bursting with creative energy and ideas: email blasts, Tweetstorms, hashtags, Facebook Live events and DIY videos, a flood of letters to the editors of mainstream media, selfies with homemade climate art posted everywhere in every sort of social media, and more. This is a chance to learn new techniques, try out new tools, stretch our imaginations, put resilience into practice.
Wednesday April 22 - 50th Earth Day
Global Day Supporting Youth-Led Activities
Thursday April 23
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2020 ELECTIONS
We all know how consequential this election year is. Many of our members, supporters and friends are campaigning hard for candidates we know will work to protect our climate and our communities. Since candidate events and door-to-door campaigning are off limits now, it's important to do what we can to ensure that good candidates get the attention they deserve. We can help by educating ourselves on candidate positions, making phone calls, sending texts, displaying yard signs and communicating with friends and neighbors.
For the first time 350 Salem OR endorsed a candidate for public office: Mark Gamba for the US House of Representatives from Oregon's 5th District. . https://www.markgamba.com/ . As Mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, Gamba made climate action a core achievement of his administration, along with other goals that benefit people rather than corporate interests.
Make sure to vote in the May primary as well as the November election. Oregon's primary might be too late to affect the presidential nominations, but there are critical choices to be made for many other offices.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
After years of failed attempts to enact comprehensive legislation on climate change, on March 10, Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order 20-04 Directing State Agencies to Take Actions to Reduce and Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-04.pdf
Zach Baker, Oregon Policy Manager at Climate Solutions says that with this Executive Order "Oregon reclaims leadership on bold climate action"
Check out our 350 Salem OR monthly radio show on KMUZ Community Radio 100.7 & 88.5 FM: The Elephant in the Room with Tom Ellis.
Live every first Tuesday at 8 am.
Listen to the March 2 program archived online here.
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