Coastal SOCAN monthly meetings, 2019
| Meeting Date | Speaker | Topic |
| February 12 | Alan Journet, PhD. & Kathy Conway, Co-Facilitators Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) | Our Climate Crisis: The Urgency Grows |
| March 27 | Bill Gorham, Ph.D., Coastal SOCAN Co-Facilitator | The Climate Crisis – Must We, Can We, Will We? |
| April 24 | Ann Schmierer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Wild Rivers Land Trust | Natural Climate Solutions |
| May 22 | Community Action Plan (CAP) volunteers | Development of CAPs |
| June 26 | Shannon Souza, P.E., Sol Coast Companies, Sustainability Coordinator | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Surviving and Thriving on the Edge: Mitigating & Adapting to Climate Change* |
| July 24 | Jacob Knudsen, Marketing & Member Services Manager, Coos Curry Electric Cooperative | Net Metering and Conservation* |
| August 28 | Bill Bradbury, former Oregon Secretary of State, Climate Reality Project Leader | The Oregon Legislative Process, HB2020 as a working example |
| September 25 | Miranda Gray, South Coast Watershed Council Coordinator | Oregon’s South Coast Watersheds, Current Projects and Plans* |
| October 23 | Tom Suchanek, Ph.D., Research Associate, University of California, Davis | What’s Happening to our Ocean & Forests?* |
| November 27 | CAP volunteers | Appreciation of CAP volunteers, update & potluck |
| December 25 | Christmas Day, no Coastal SOCAN meeting | |
| * Talks available on Curry County Voices (https://currycountyvoices.com/programs/) | ||
Coastal SOCAN monthly meetings, 2020
| Meeting Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 22 | Ann Schmierer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Wild Rivers Land Trust | Understanding and Dealing with
Climate Change* |
| Feb 27 | Bill Gorham, Ph.D., Coastal SOCAN Co-Facilitator, Charley Kahler, Ph.D., Coastal SOCAN, Planning Committee | Demystifying Climate Change Myths* |
| * Talks available on Curry County Voices (https://currycountyvoices.com/programs/) | ||
Formal Presentations under Coastal SOCAN banner, 2019
| Date | Personnel | Title and Audience |
| April 10 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson | The Climate Crisis – Must We, Can We, Will We?; Lion’s Club of Brookings Harbor |
| April 20 | Bill Gorham | What can we do about climate change – a civil discussion; 7 Devil’s Brewery, Coos Bay, open discussion of actions we can take to help fight climate change |
| May 9 | Bill Gorham, Dennis Triglia | The Climate Crisis – Must We, Can We, Will We?; Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation Tribal Council, Smith River, CA |
| Sept 5 | Bill Gorham | Resources for teachers on climate change, Brookings Harbor High School |
| Sept 18 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson, Deb Worth | Domoic Acid, Ocean Acidification, Dead Zones; Oregon South Coast Fishermen’s Association |
| Oct 10 | Bill Gorham | Lead session on climate change as part of 4-week course “One Planet – One Ocean”, Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) |
| Oct 21 | Bill Gorham | The Climate Crisis – Must We, Can We, Will We?; AECOM, Los Angeles, CA |
| Oct 22 | Bill Gorham | The Climate Crisis – Must We, Can We, Will We?; AECOM, Camarillo, CA |
| Nov 5 | Bill Gorham, Dennis Triglia | The Science of Climate Change, SWOCC |
| Nov 20 | Bill Gorham | 24-hours of Reality |
| Dec 11 | Bill Gorham | What’s up with the salmon? Discussion on ocean acidification, Chetco Brewery |
| Dec 20 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson | Employment opportunities in a low carbon economy, Brookings Harbor High School, STEM class |
Formal Presentations under Coastal SOCAN banner, 2020
| Date | Personnel | Title and Audience |
| Jan 21 | Bill Gorham | Climate Change, Are we being affected? Why are we being affected? What can we do about it? – Lower Rogue & Curry Watershed Councils |
| Feb 4 | Bill Gorham | Climate Change, Are we being affected? Why are we being affected? What can we do about it? – Brookings Harbor Rotary |
| Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 | Bill Gorham | Climate Change, The Science and Global Impact (in conjunction with edX course taught by Dr. Michael Mann), SWOCC & Beyond Lecture Series |
Letters to the Editor, Guest Columns, Letters to Legislators, other similar communications, 2019
| Date | Author & Recipient | Topic |
| August 17 | Bill Gorham; Curry Coastal Pilot | Letter to the Editor: Climate change certainly isn’t ‘false news’ |
| October 15 | Bill Gorham; Curry Coastal Pilot | Guest Column: Solutions to climate change |
| October 18 | Bill Gorham; Mr. David Brock Smith, Oregon State Representative, District 1 | Thanking Mr. Brock Smith for his participation in our August 28 discussion about the Oregon legislative process that focused on HB2020 |
Coastal SOCAN activities, 2018/2019
| Date | Coastal SOCAN Personnel | Activity |
| Nov 15, 2018 & on-going | Ed Patterson, Deb Worth, Bill Gorham, Lee Tuley, & others | Initial organizational meetings for Coastal SOCAN. Developed into twice monthly meetings of the Planning Committee with the addition of Dennis Triglia and Charley Kahler, meetings 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month |
| Jan 14-Mar 21 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson, Deb Worth, Lee Tuley, + 3 Coastal SOCAN members | Change is Our Choice, Northwest Earth Institute’s (NWEI’s) interactive discussion course on climate change. |
| March 13-15 | Bill Gorham | Training at the Climate Reality Program in Atlanta, Georgia |
| Apr 2-Apr 30 | Bill Gorham, Dennis Triglia, Charley Kahler, + 3 Coastal SOCAN members | Change is Our Choice, NWEI’s interactive discussion course on climate change. |
| May 8 | Bill Gorham | Presentation of Coastal SOCAN’s activities to the Leadership Circle of SOCAN |
| June 12 | Bill Gorham | A Teacher Conversation on Climate Change in the Classroom, SOCAN workshop on teaching climate change in K-12 grades |
| June 14 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson | Climate Reality Project presentation to Indivisible 97415 |
| July 14 | Ed Patterson, Lee Tuley, Charley Kahler, Bill Gorham | Met with Sandi and Wayne Sturm, both leaders for the Climate Reality Project and developers of climate action groups and related environmental groups |
| August 10 | Deb Worth, Ed Patterson, Lee Tuley | Cherish the Chetco – co sponsored event to clean trash from the Chetco and raise awareness of local citizens about the health of the local rivers |
| August 14, subsequent 2nd Thursdays each month | Ed Patterson, Deb Worth, Bill Gorham, Lee Tuley, Dennis Triglia, Charley Kahler | “All Things Climate” – monthly get together to talk about topical issues related to climate change that are of interest to all participants. |
| September 19 | Ed Patterson, Bill Gorham | Outreach and initial discussions with Del Norte Climate Justice Alliance |
| October 16 | Bill Gorham, Ed Patterson, Charley Kahler | Excellence in Education, Southwest Oregon Community College; double exercise for high school freshmen demonstrating effects of increasing CO2 on pH of seawater and low pH sea water on crab shells – 5 groups of about 2 dozen students each for total of roughly 120 students |
| Jan 12-Oct 12 | Lee Tuley, Misty Young & guests | Fifteen broadcasts/podcasts from local community radio (KCIW) on climate change related topics |
Coastal SOCAN activities, 2020
| Date | Coastal SOCAN Personnel | Activity |
| April 18 | Bill Gorham, Karen Cunningham, Ed Patterson, Charley Kahler, Deb Worth, Lee Tuley, & Marina Berny | 50th Anniversary celebration of Earth Day. Hosted by SWOCC. Information tables, speakers, videos, electric car show, art show, silent auction to fund scholarships, passport game for prizes, music, food, activities |
KCIW Podcasts, 2019
KCIW Podcasts, 2020
| Title & date | Link |
| Reality Check: Demystifying Climate Change with Bill Gorham (March 2, 2020) | https://content.blubrry.com/3cradio/Reality_Check_0042_Demystifying_Climate_Change_Myths.mp3 |
| Reality Check: Dealing with Change & Other Stressors with Ann Schmierer (Feb 22, 2020) | https://content.blubrry.com/3cradio/Reality_Check_0041_Dealing_with_Change_and_Other_Stressors.mp3 |
