On the surface, it may feel like the world is barreling toward climate chaos, and we’re haggling over top-level palace intrigue in Washington, D.C. — but we have folks waking up to build community every single day.
Moments like this come from somewhere. Moments like this don't happen without continuously building community through centuries and millennia of struggle.
In this moment of shortages and trauma, we are remembering the world doesn't just work top-down, it works by neighborhoods.
*Today* I'll be hosting our first-ever The Phoenix Twitter Space to chat about building community within the climate movement and in our neighborhoods.
Some personal news:
This week marks the one-year anniversary of The Phoenix — a newsletter for climate revolutionaries.
Today, we're launching The Phoenix 2.0 — kicking off 52 weeks of collaborative journalism focused on building the world we need. 🔥✨ thephoenix.earth/welcome-to-the…
Starting today, The Phoenix will be moving to a new url thephoenix.earth and begin publishing our revolutionary climate journalism on @Ghost, to help support a growing community of open-source creators.
I was under contract with Substack until yesterday. Today I left.
Substack has refused restrict harmful speech — on gender, Covid & climate — on their platform.
I refuse to believe that any of us should have to accept a world where the status quo is trying to actively kill us.
I don't want to speculate but it's almost like there are some important defense contractor sponsors that you don't want to alienate? What other possible reason would you have for a willfully dangerous policy like this?
Or, I dunno, maybe the fact it's in Houston means there are some important guests in the energy industry that can't be bothered to have an extra incentive to care for the basic decency and well-being of other attendees?
I'm really proud of what we're building at @currently: A weather service for the climate emergency.
✅ We're entirely member-funded
✅ We're producing independent climate journalism daily
✅ We're connecting people passionate about climate justice in their own communities
✅ We have free daily weather newsletters in: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, DFW, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, MSP, Montreal, New Orleans, NYC, Philadelphia, Portland, San Antonio, SF, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, DC + more currentlyhq.com/cities
✅ We just launched our interactive text message weather and climate hotline:
Text 'JOIN' to (833) 861-1130
...where you can text weather and climate questions and a meteorologist will reply to you personally and you can even ask for your own private forecast, anytime you want.
“There’s no doubt that the storm was worse because of climate change, but where it hit, where people died, could have been anticipated. It’s a consequence of over a century of development practices, and land stewardship,” says @LAShepard221.
In New York City at least 43 people were killed in the floods caused by Hurricane Ida, many of whom lived in basement apartments. In NYC basement apartments or “illegal conversions” are often not up to safety code and rented out without the inspections.
We're building @currently as a weather service for the climate emergency, with our main goal of connecting people with meteorologists in their community.
We're building a shared vision of a better world that works for everyone by talking about the weather. Weather intersects every aspect of our lives, it exposes inequality, it creates beauty and hope for the future.
By having those conversations, we're building climate justice.
In the climate emergency, a weather service is not just about timely science, it's about people. It's about understanding how we're all connected.
Currently works to make climate science tangible and concrete, explaining what it means in your backyard, making it personal.
We're excited to announce @currently's interactive txt weather service is now live!
Text 'JOIN' to (833) 861-1130
You can text weather questions to our team of meteorologists, and we'll reply to you personally. You can even ask for your own private forecast, anytime you want!
If you live in Boston, NYC, Twin Cities, or Seattle, you'll also get alerts when we notice any unusual or dangerous weather.
To join:
Text 'Boston' to (833) 861-1130
Text 'NYC' to (833) 861-1130
Text 'MSP' to (833) 861-1130
Text 'Seattle' to (833) 861-1130
To celebrate the launch of our interactive weather service, we're also launching annual memberships today:
To sign up for an annual subscription to Currently (including the text service) for $50 (a 17% discount), follow the link: buy.stripe.com/aEUg2g8umcVx8X…