Southern Oregon Climate Action Now is a grassroots, volunteer, non-profit organization of area residents who care about climate change and have joined forces to take bold action against it. Through volunteer projects, we focus on reducing the impacts of Global Warming across Southern Oregon.

SOCAN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization;
contributions are tax deductible

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Action Item & Climate News

Oregon Climate Action Plan

Oregon Climate Action Plan For several years a coalition of  Oregon Climate Activists has been promoting comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction legislation in the Oregon State Legislature. On March 10, 2020, Governor Brown…
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Guest View: Rural Oregon seeks bold action on climate

Alan Journet, Eugene Register Guard,  September 18, 2021 "Code red for humanity." Thus, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres introduced the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. If global warming continues, our natural…
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Take Action!

Attend Monthly Meetings

SOCAN Monthly meetings are the last Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at the Medford Public Library.

Join a Project

Get involved with activities of SOCAN to fulfill our mission.

Take Personal Action

The cumulative impact of millions of painless individual choices can be immense.

Donate to SOCAN

Donate to support SOCAN’s work financially, either in your own name or on behalf of another person.

Projects – Get Involved!

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Transit Equity

Promotes awareness of the need for social justice in public transit
Creative Commons

Offshore Wind

A collaborative project supporting the Southern Oregon coastal offshore wind project, OCEAN (Oregon Coastal Energy Alliance Network)

Federal and State

Engages with federal and state legislators and agencies promoting climate action

Coastal SOCAN

A group of south coastal residents collaborating to promote climate action

Media Corps

Engages in letter-and opinion-writing and interviews with regional print and electronic media

Presentations

On all aspects of climate science to regional organizations

Forests & Fire

Promotes climate conscious management of forests in relation to wildfire

Public Transit

Promotes awareness of the need for climate conscious public transit