 A day of non-violent, economic disruption.We’re harnessing our power as workers and consumers, and honoring the contribution of Immigrants in May Day Strong protests!! Following our massive demonstration of people power at No Kings 3, a huge coalition of organizations are calling on all of us to take the next step on Friday, May 1st: No Work. No School. No Shopping. No business as usual. Join us in Eugene at noon at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza (8th & Oak) for a rally & march. Please come and help animate our beautiful Monarch butterflies!  Resisting Trump requires us to use tactics that the billionaire class understands: Flex your economic muscle! It works. A Game-Changer for Climate Progress in EugeneLet’s turn corporate profits into community power! Clean energy, green jobs and climate resilience.  Corporations are profiting off of the climate and affordability crises. They enjoy tax breaks while climate projects go unfunded. That’s going to change. Through a small fee on the profits of the largest, wealthiest businesses in Eugene, the Eugene Clean Energy Fund will fund community-driven programs to:
Polling shows a strong majority of Eugenians support government incentives to accelerate a fair and just transition to clean energy, and are in favor of making large corporations pay their fair share towards funding a just transition. Watch a short informative YouTube video by Oregon Energy Transition Organizer, Aya Cockram, and visit the website to learn more. RIGHT NOW the campaign is gathering signatures to qualify for a Eugene ballot initiative. Support the this exciting campaign! Our Public Lands are Under Attack - Fight back!The current administration has launched an unprecedented attack on our most treasured landscapes.  Organizations at the local and national levels are tracking every rollback, every threat and taking action! Public participation is the key. Get to know the issues. Contact your electeds, send the emails, share on social media and show up at events (links below)! ROADLESS RULE: We know the administration wants to rescind this cornerstone of sound forest management, which was passed overwhelmingly in 2001. It has balanced ecological, economic and cultural values for over 25 years! Our Public Lands, Public Voices event sponsored by Oregon Wild, FUSEE, Cascadia Wildlands and 350EUG at Gratitude Brewing last week was standing room only! We had great speakers, fun trivia and collected scores of postcard comments that will be submitted.  SO GET READY: The Roadless Rule public engagement period opens in June and we’re preparing to submit massive comments to the Secretary of the USDA to abandon this misguided effort. We’re fighting for places like Hardesty Mountain, Oregon Dunes and Alsea Falls!  TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE: In Washington, D.C., Rep. Cliff Bentz - HD 2, Oregon’s largest district (most of central and all of eastern Oregon), introduced H.R. 7603 - the “O&C Renewal Act of 2026,” which would make timber production the primary purpose on public (BLM) forests in order to fund county governments, prioritizing logging over protections for fish, wildlife, stream protections pushing threatened species to extinction. NO WAY. TAKE ACTION TODAY: Use Cascadia Wildlands form to send a message to our Congressional Representatives to oppose H.R. 7603 and reject efforts to dismantle protections for our forests and watersheds! WE’RE LOUD: Last month you helped submit almost 50,000 comments on the administration’s efforts to revise (weaken) Western Oregon’s forest resource plans, which would maximize logging at the expense of other forest values on BLM lands. Good job getting comments on the public record! It’s important! WE’RE ORGANIZED: The folks at More Than Just Parks have a Threatened Public Lands Map where you can see what’s at stake across the U.S. Appalling. NOT BACKING DOWN.  Earth Day 2026Facing the climate crisis together. Looking through the lens of young artists & filmmakers. Navigating this moment. We packed the Art House for 350 Eugene’s Earth Day 2026 Climate Future Film Festival last week. Thanks, everyone, for coming! We took a hard look through the eyes of diverse filmmakers at what we’re navigating personally and collectively. Big thanks to our wonderful co-host Encircle Films, and panelists, Ana McAbee, Isa Eisenberg and Esteban Camacho Steffensen. Here are some resources: Online: psychologyforasafeclimate.org & https://www.climatementalhealth.net/ In person (local): [email protected] & [email protected]  Get Out the VoteBallots are dropping on April 29th - PLEASE VOTE!  Thank you to everyone! We got out thousands of postcards to inspire and motivate our neighbors around the country to VOTE! Stay tuned for the next round. The midterms are coming. Contact Deb at [email protected] if you want to write cards! Save The Date Wednesday, May 27th 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Art House - Documentary film screening of The Price of Milk. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Food and Water Watch, 350 Eugene and Friends of Family Farmers. You Were ThereWe did this in Springfield, Oregon and we’ve only just gotten started!  (Video credit: Peter Dragovich) Earth Day Street Messaging After-Pizza-Party at Hey Neighbor!  Protect What You LoveWhen has the time been more crucial for working together to save what’s left of our precious earth? What can one person alone do? Stop being one person! Watch our calendar for events. Show up in the streets. Knock doors. Get to know your neighbors. We’ll get through this together.  This striking hand drawn piece by Ted Pesch, was gifted to 350 Eugene from Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology. FUSEE met Ted through his partner Molly, a wildland firefighter, who attended one of their amazing wellness retreats. These depictions are of fire-adapted landscapes and animals, to show the beauty of living with fire on the land.
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 No Kings 3 - Springfield Eugene Building bridges & growing our movement We are at a critical time in our nation’s history and it’s imperative that the PEOPLE take to the streets to demand a stop to the authoritarian corruption, violence, repression and lies. It was a show of power and a feat of talented organizing with 8 million people in the streets at over 3,300 protests on seven continents… With 5,000 people turning out at Springfield City Hall on March 28th! We’re growing and building momentum! Huge thanks to the organizations within ACES (Activist Coalition Eugene Springfield) and SAfER (Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect) for planning an impactful, safe and fun event to build power and relationships in the greater Springfield-Eugene area. Special thanks to the 350 Eugene Artivist Team, logistics wranglers, and for those who marched as the “Climate Community.” Most especially… THANK YOU FOR TURNING OUT! More new and younger people showed up than ever! And we’re just getting started. Here’s Todd Boyle’s one-hour video of the inspiring rally and speeches.
Photos credit: Jim Neu Fighting Fascism TogetherWHAT’S NEXT? May 1st - Labor Day Protest & March 12:00 noon Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza 8th & Oak St., Eugene Watch this page for updates Protesting in the streets is just one of many acts of civil resistance. Read on to show up and be counted in Earth Month and beyond! 350 Eugene Earth Day 2026 Climate Future Film Festival
How do we commemorate Earth Day in 2026? Let’s turn to one another. We see the devastating effects of planetary overheating with our own eyes and it is intensifying political chaos, uncertainty and instability. Despite the extraordinary work of countless climate activists at every level, it’s an uphill battle to transform this suicidal fossil fuel juggernaut into the renewable, just energy economy at the speed and scale that physics demands. But we can not, and will not stop. So… This year, informed through the eyes of filmmakers, we are turning to each other to look at how we personally and collectively are navigating this critical moment. Join us for the Climate Future Film Festival at the Art House on Thursday, April 16th at 6:30 pm Prior to the films there will be a short moderated panel with young people representing their unique perspectives as a climate activist, environmental artist and mental health professional. Then for 2 hours we’ll further explore the artistic and human response to climate change through the lens of ten selected short films. Mingling, discussion and resources following the film. Tickets for $5 at https://www.encirclefilms.org/. 
The Eugene Clean Energy Fund (ECEF) is Kicking Off!In November, voters will have a chance to make Eugene a leader in the transition to clean energy! ECEF is a bold, community-driven initiative that turns corporate profits into community power. Through a modest 2% fee on large corporations operating in Eugene – those earning $1 billion or more nationally (think Target, Walmart, etc.) – ECEF will fund clean energy projects and build climate resilience across our entire city. It’s estimated that this will raise $15 million for just transition, job training, and community resilience projects! It’s practical, it’s equitable, and it’s long overdue. More information and a link to donate at eugenecleanenergyfund.org.  Stop in before heading over to the Climate Future Film Festival to find out how you can help advance this innovative climate policy right now! Forest Defense is Climate DefenseWhen our forests are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back! Public Lands, Public Voices: A night of trivia, inspiration, and action for roadless forests! Trump is trying to repeal the Roadless Rule, which was created in 2001 to protect 58.5 million acres of National Forest Land across the country, 2 million acres here in Oregon. (At the time, the Forest Service held 600 public hearings and collected 1.6 million public comments!) This time the public is being shut out of the process entirely! So… across Oregon we’re joining with allies to hold our own public meetings to have some fun and take action.  In Eugene What: Trivia, inspiration and action for roadless forests! (No host drinks & food.) When: Tuesday, April 14th from 5 to 7:00 pm. Where: Gratitude Brewing at 5410 E Eight Ave., Eugene RSVP here and get a free “Wild About Roadless Forests” t-shirt (limited supply, first come, first served). These are public lands and the public WILL HAVE A VOICE. Stand up, speak out!  Take action today: Tell your representatives in the US Congress to protect Roadless areas! Send an email to Senators Merkley & Wyden, Rep. Hoyle and the USDA Secretary, Brooke Rollins to protect Oregon's 2 million acres TODAY! Earth Day Street Messaging Fight to Protect Our Natural Forests! When: Wednesday, April 22nd from 2:00 to 3:30 pm Where: 18th & Chambers St., Eugene (on the edge of Westmoreland Park) What: Fresh air, friendly conversation with neighbors, hang out with your peeps! Pizza party to follow at Hey Neighbor! (The pizza’s on us!)  Get Out the VoteEmail Deb at [email protected] and you’ll be contacted. Thank you! There’s no climate action without a functioning democracy! That’s why 350 Eugene is committed to getting voters out in non-partisan races to support progressive policies by writing postcards to voters. Voting may be only one way citizens can influence the government, but it’s a very important way and we NEED TO HAVE MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION. Statistics show postcards increase voter turnout. The majority of Americans want common sense policies that protect our environment and communities. Email Deb at [email protected] and you’ll be contacted. Thank you! Breathe You read to the end of this newsletter. Good for you! You’re not alone if you’re feeling overwhelmed. One person can’t move the whole mountain. But one person can pick up one rock each time they walk by.  If you can, come to the Film Festival, take the actions in this email, then have a cup of tea with a friend. We’re all in this together.
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