ACTION OF THE MONTH: Tell the new COGCC commissioners you want a just transition off oil and gas fracking.  Take Action!  The Realities of Climate Migration Climate refugees are already here, whether we recognize them or not. How many more will be forced to leave their homes and how much more dangerous will the journey north become?

As the nation struggles to recover from the devastating effects of COVID-19 we consider how a rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewables could contribute to an equitable and resilient economy going forward. Moderator and youth climate activist Phoebe Dominguez shared her motivation for getting involved in the climate movement. Born from a love of her home state of Colorado she wants her own and future generations “to have a chance to look around and see lark bunting, I want them to see blue spruce, I want them to see mountain goats, I want them to look around at the beauties of Colorado.”

Written by Robert Parker, Originally Published by Colorado Central Magazine Mel Strawn Husband, father, artist, professor, community servant – Climate  Activist Mel was known throughout the land as an accomplished non-objective artist and print maker. He was also known as an art professor at the University of Denver and later in life became a central figure in the art scene in Salida.