What’s New for September-October 2025
Dear Climate-Concerned Friends,
We are excited to share several new developments in our ongoing public outreach about climate issues:
FAMER’S MARKET TABLE
Several group members hosted an information table at the Independence Farmer’s Market on Saturday, September 20. Shoppers stopped by to talk about climate issues and take fliers or photos of our posters announcing the next Climate Café (See below.) We plan to host tables at other local events including craft fairs. Look for special announcements of these opportunities for you to stop by and chat with us.
EXPLORING OUR PERSONAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
A 2026 Climate Café series We are considering hosting a short series of Climate Cafés focused on the personal side of climate change. The goal is to provide a free, safe, and welcoming space where community members can connect and share how they feel about this “too big to hold” challenge. These sessions would be participatory, with an emphasis on group conversations in our regular Café format. The focus is on fostering connection and mutual support through shared dialogue.
Possible discussion topics include:
Climate anxiety
Eco-grief
Intergenerational impacts
“What can I DO?”
If you are interested in joining these discussion please send us an email.
OREGON SENATOR DEB PATTERSON
Senator Patterson will meet briefly with our group at 6:00 PM on November 20 at the Monmouth Senior Center. We will discuss how we can interact with the state’s climate-related programs. You will receive further notices about this important event in the coming weeks.
VIDEO: IMAGINE OUR FUTURE
Our climate group sponsors an annual contest called Imagine Our Future where we invite everyone to share their vision of a positive future for our community in original poems, essays or artworks. Look for an upcoming announcement of the 2026 contest.
Meanwhile, inspire your vision with this inspiring video:
UPCOMING SPEAKERS: Seeds for the Sol
A speaker from the Corvallis based solar-energy promotion group will address the public at St. Patric’s Parish in Independence one evening in October. You will receive a special announcement once the exact date and location within the Parish are determined.
From the group’s website (seedsforthesol.org):
Seeds for the Sol is a nonprofit, grassroots organization taking action now to remove the financial barriers to residential energy efficiency. Our neighbor-to-neighbor funding model mimics the natural cycles of planting, harvesting, and renewal, helping more households move toward net zero. This funding model addresses climate mitigation and adaptation, energy equity and outreach, and workforce development by making affordable housing more energy efficient.
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Climate Cafés: Our Climate Cafés are free and open to the public. For the remainder of 2025, we will meet from 7:00 to 8:30 PM on the third Thursday of every other month (October and December, 2025) at the Monmouth Senior/Community Center, 180 Warren Street, Monmouth. Join us to discuss your climate concerns and ideas for climate action.
Monthly Zoom Meeting: Join our next regular Climate Group’s Zoom meeting at 6:00 PM, Monday, October 13. This meeting is primarily about organization and task distribution for our various group activities. Since you are on this Newsletter’s mailing list, you should automatically receive a notice and link to the Zoom page a day or two before the meeting. If you don’t receive that, and want to attend, please send us an email we will send you the link.