Thread by @EricHolthaus

We're all thinking about the climate emergency this week. We're learning and relearning that everything is connected. Our liberation, our planet, our cities, our futures — it matters what we do next.

So I'm gonna take this moment to... explicitly fundraise.
Here's why:

I want to prove that independent climate media — the kind rooted in community, justice, and transformational change — can the narrative away from doom and gloom & towards a better future for everyone.

I'm asking you to become a @currently founding member:
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Our goal at @currently is to become a weather service for the world, one that's built for the climate emergency, one that can bring the world closer together, one that can create change.

I'm asking you to join us:
currentlyhq.com

What makes people take action on climate change?

1) Immediacy: During or after a disaster
2) Tangible action: Knowing what you're doing actually matters
3) Community: People who trust each other
4) Vision: Knowing a better world is possible
5) Justice: We need systemic change

At @currently, we think a way to do all these at once is to build communities around the weather.

We know that personally experiencing a severe weather event drives deeper concern about climate change. We know empathy & connections form post-disasters.
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

So at @currently, in addition to daily weather updates written by a real person, we'll give you updates before, during, and after a particularly severe weather event hits your area. And we'll help you build community and help foster connection for mutual aid.

But when it comes time to directly help folks experiencing weather and climate disasters, we need to know that our actions matter. We work with scientists, organizers, and the communities themselves to learn what actions are most effective and most needed & share calls to action.

When the disaster passes, we'll keep checking up, keep telling the stories that need to be told from the community itself and keep elevating systemically marginalized voices on their own terms.

Above all we'll do all of this with the resolve of climate revolutionaries.

Our vision is explicitly that a better world is possible in our lifetimes. That everyone in the world deserves a safe and stable climate. And each of us are part of the solution.

thephoenix.substack.com/p/heres-how-to…

Our @currently Founding Members are a foundational part of this mission to provide critical weather and climate information to folks that need it, everywhere in the world.

You'll also get a gift basket of founders-only Currently merch including this t-shirt:

The bottom line is:

@currently is entirely independent and member-funded. We literally can't do this without you.

Many, many thanks in advance for your help. We're so excited to do this work with you. 💚💚💚

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