Tribes Use Western and Indigenous Science to Prepare for Climate Change

  Northwestern tribes and the University of Washington climate group have joined forces to help protect salmon, roots, trees, and other important resources. Erica Gies February 21, 2019 | Hakai Magazine Historically, snow from the Cascade and Blue mountains would melt slowly over months, releasing a flow of cold water that sustained salmon and other wildlife…

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Organized Labor Supports Meaningful Climate Action in Thurston County

By Jeff Johnston The Thurston Climate Action Team (TCAT)/ Carbon-Free Thurston Team has worked over the past several months to meet with organized labor in Thurston County to involve them in the important climate mitigation work taking place locally, request their support for this work, and ensure that labor’s concerns are incorporated. As the city councils…

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Opportunities to Understand Native Wisdom and Culture: Book: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

©2013, Milkweed Editions Review by Bob Ziegler, Olympia, ZieglerBob AT msn.com In my career in working as a wetland and aquatic systems biologist, I used linear logic that could get us to the wrong answer because while our logic was linear, the biologic reality was often not. So I am excited about the book, Braiding…

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