Photo courtesy of NOAA When I am skiing and the snow ‘whoomphs’, it tells me something vital about stability, and I change course if I’m exposed to avalanche terrain. The climate is now telling us something vital about a set of risks to our communities and our...
Photos by Caitlin Ochs Hurricane Helene is a tragedy. The storm dropped 42 trillion gallons of water on communities across the Southeast—enough to completely drain Lake Tahoe. With the water, came widespread flooding, power outages, and an estimated $160 billion...
Photo by Micheli Oliver Last week I was at a climate leadership summit with powerful individuals from the outdoor industry. In this room, full of predominantly white men and a few women representing an elite class of climbers, skiers, Olympians, etc, the question was...
Photo by Adam Clark Jumping into climate conversations can feel a bit like having a go at a new sport. It’s scary, uncomfortable, and uncertain. But it’s also worth it. Sometime late in the summer of 2012, I sat in a packraft, teetering through rolling...
A latine experience on an all-white Grand Canyon rafting trip Renewable energy is always brought up while discussing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. There are loads of books and podcasts about why the “Colorado River Compact” is a good idea, a...
In “The Conservative Environmentalist,” Benji Backer, long-time friend of POW and founder of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC), presents a compelling narrative that challenges traditional political divides by advocating for a more inclusive...
