Spring is the time to dress for any weather

Serendipitous spring weather…plus 99 ways we can all help halt climate disruption

On our daily walk up Woodrat Mountain at this time of year I dress for anything. The few hundred feet we ascend can bring altogether different weather as we walk up from the Sterling Creek cleft where we live. In spring I often end up shucking gloves, hat, and jacket by the time we’re ready to head back down. But today as I write this, the temperature's a good 20 degrees below normal, and there’s three inches of snow on the ground.

A Tuxedo Top in Sage over a Teal Tank Top works well in changeable spring weather.

As I’ve blogged about before, here and here, venturing out in spring calls for versatile styles that layer well. The blended hemp and Tencel in the Sympatico collection is ideal in addressing variable weather. It breathes extremely well yet when used an intermediate layer, does a nice job of insulating.

99 ways we can help address climate change

It’s easy to fall into despair about the existential challenges that we share at this moment. Humankind is pretty clearly at a crossroads and how we behave going forward will have an enormous impact on how well we weather those challenges. I recently came upon a genuinely inspiring and helpful piece on The Good Trade website headlined “99 Ways to Fight Climate Change.” Under five categories, writer Audrey Stanton clusters the actions we can take to address climate change as citizens of our planet:

• Read and Support Climate Journalists & Media
• Voice Opposition Against Policies & Players Actively Harming The Environment
• Volunteer & Donate to Organizations Fighting Climate Change
• Make Lifestyle Choices That Prioritize Our Planet
• Keep Reading and Learning

Under each of these headings Stanton offers concrete actions we can take, ranging from the simple and mundane to all-in commitment. In my life, juggling work and Netflix bingeing with my environmental convictions, I think I fall somewhere in the middle of that range. My partner and I are active in a local grassroots nonprofit engaged in protecting public wildlands and rivers from commercial logging, mining, and grazing. Though we recognize that working for longterm change in land and forest management in a state like Oregon where timber interests have enormous clout involves playing the long game, we’re in. But reading over the list of 99 ideas still prompted several actionable ideas we can adopt readily. How about you?