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What is a Home Energy Score?
Ashlanders can now receive an energy efficiency rating for their home, thanks to a new pilot program. In January, the City of Ashland launched a new Home Energy Score Program to help residents save money while reducing carbon pollution. Through the program, Ashland...
6 Climate Resolutions for the New Year
Happy 2026, Ashland! Now is the perfect time to set goals and plan for the future. At the Ashland Climate Collaborative, we have our eye on the grand prize: coming together to protect future generations from the effects of climate change. We know that when we act...
How to Switch from a Gas Fireplace to an Electric Fireplace
For many people, the gas fireplace is the last gas appliance in their home. RECOMMENDATION - Visit Warmth Fireplace, Home, and Hearth in Phoenix, Oregon, and check out their impressive displays of electric fireplaces. Talk to the owner Steve who will both provide a...
How to Talk About Climate Change: Ask Questions
This simple strategy will help you start low-conflict conversations about the planet’s gnarliest problem. Reprinted with permission of the Yale Climate Connections. Article by Sara Peach and Jennifer Marlon November 17, 2021 Dear Sara, What’s something that, as a...
Reasons for Hope in 2025
Renewable energy is surging past fossil fuels While the City of Ashland continues to make slow but steady progress toward its 2050 climate goals, 2025 has been marked by major federal policy changes that scale back climate and environmental protections. Yet quietly in...
Joint Support for Ashland’s New Climate Priorities
Ashland Climate Collaborative, Rogue Climate, and Southern Oregon Climate Action Now issued the following joint statement of support for the 2025 updates to the City of Ashland's Climate & Energy Action Plan. It's the first time that the three organizations have...
What’s So Bad About “Natural” Gas?
There’s nothing natural about the methane gas leaking from our stoves and pipes. “Natural gas” is a misleading phrase. Sure, it sounds clean and harmless, but this fuel is anything but. In reality, it’s made mostly of methane — a potent climate-altering pollutant. And...
Big Boosts on Home Energy Rebates
Incentives Doubled for Income-Qualified Residents By Candace Turtle, Ashland Climate Collaborative Board Member Ashland Electric customers have significant new opportunities to make home energy improvements – from new electric panels and circuit breakers to home...
Ashland Boosts Rebates for Installation of Energy Efficient Heating Systems, Water Heaters
City expands incentives to help residents cut emissions and adopt clean energy technologies Reprinted with permission of Ashland.news. Article by Damian Mann November 5, 2025. Bigger rebates are now available for Ashland residents hoping to switch to electrical...
Oak Street Residents Build Connection and Climate Resilience
Inspired by other neighborhood climate clubs, one Ashland resident brings the model to his own block In January of 2025, Jay Preskenis went door-to-door in his Oak Street neighborhood with a mission: to bring neighbors together and talk about climate change. The goal...
Growing Trust and Kindness in Your Neighborhood
Neighborhood Climate Action Network leader Jim Hartman explains the myriad benefits of getting to know your neighbors, from a stronger community to a more effective climate response Fifty years ago, knowing your neighbors was the norm. In 1972, more than sixty percent...
October 2025: The ’24 – ’25 Water Year
We all remember the epic snow storm from last February, but as a new water year begins, we look back on the precipitation and snowpack received in our region to see how we fared overall. Then we take a peek ahead at what we might expect in the coming water year. The...
Meet Flavia Franco, Ashland’s Composting Advocate
For Franco, helping people understand food systems and composting is a doorway to connecting them with nature. Drawn by our town’s culture, community, and natural beauty, Flavia moved to Ashland from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017. In the eight years since, she...
Why Are Heat Pumps So Fabulous?
Heat pumps BOTH heat and cool your home, lower your utility bill, are safer than gas furnaces, are easy to maintain, reduce carbon pollution, work in all climates, and are cheaper with tax rebates and incentives Editor's Note: This article was compiled in October 2025...
Updated Deadlines for Home Energy Tax Credits
Use these federal home energy tax credits before they expire. Our friends at Rewiring America created the handy chart below with all the specific dates. Plus, there are still thousands of state, local, and utility-level incentives that can help you make clean electric...
A Deep Dive into Electrification for Renters
Have questions on what renters can do to reduce climate pollution? We’ve got answers! Transitioning our homes and vehicles away from oil and gas is one of the most powerful ways that individuals can help stop climate change. An estimated 13% of Ashland’s carbon...
From Gas to Electric
Our Journey to a Smarter, More Efficient Home When my family moved to Ashland in December 2024, we arrived just in time for what locals told us was one of the coldest, harshest winters in decades. Instead of the 12 inches of snow we were told to expect for an entire...
How Food Waste Contributes to Climate Pollution
U.S. landfills have the polluting power of a quarter of the country’s cars. Cutting down on that pollution starts at home. You grab a banana on your way out the door, eat it in a few bites, and toss the peel. Simple enough — but that peel is part of a massive climate...
How to Compost at Home
Compost experts Magdalena Winter of Ashland Community Composting and Flavia Franco of Southern Oregon Food Solutions offer their favorite videos about composting at home. Bokashi home composting systemBuild a 3-Bin ComposterHow to Compost Using a 3-Bin SystemBuild a...
How to Save Money and Our Climate at the Same Time: Reduce Food Waste
Food waste is a major climate problem. As it decomposes in landfills, it releases methane, a potent pollutant that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the short term. We talk a lot about composting as a solution to this climate pollution, but you know...
Heat waves and climate change: What’s the connection?
Extreme heat is becoming more common. Here’s why. Reprinted with permission of the Yale Climate Connections. Article by Jeff Berardelli June 25, 2019 Extreme heat may not trigger the same visceral fear as a tornado, but it causes nearly twice as many fatalities in the...
Coping with Extreme Heat and Smoke
As summers become hotter and smokier, it’s more important than ever that we look out for each other. In September 2020, the skies over Oregon and California turned orange. Wildfire smoke blotted out the sun, and it became hazardous to even step outside. The following...
Where to Take Kids on Smoky Days
When the summer gets hot and smoky, kids get hit particularly hard. Their smaller bodies are more vulnerable to dehydration and heat exhaustion, and they tend to breathe in more of the dangerous particulate matter found in wildfire smoke than adults do. But keeping...
How I Plan to Pay Only $6,000 for my $11,000 Heating and Cooling System
Save BIG on Heat Pumps Right Now July 14, 2025 - by Candace Turtle A while ago, I learned that my upstairs heating and cooling system was more than 22 years old. HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems usually last 20-25 years so I knew I had a...
Q&A with Chris Byrne
Ashland Climate Collaborative board member and newly appointed Treasurer Chris Byrne is a true sustainability leader in our community. With an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise (GreenMBA), Chris has worked as a sustainability professional for the last 20 years, and now...
Bedazzled Bikes with Messages of Climate Action, Hope, and Joy!
Climate Wins 1st Place in the Ashland 4th of July parade! Huge thanks to everyone who showed up bright and early on July 4th to make the first Ashland Climate Collaborative 4th of July Parade experience an absolute blast, and—most importantly—helped us put a positive...
How to Make Your Emergency Plan
When disaster strikes, you don’t want to make decisions in the heat of the moment — instead, think ahead. Wildfires move fast. A level 1 evacuation warning (“be ready”) can escalate to level 3 (“go now!”) in a matter of minutes — not nearly enough time to pack...
Lessons Learned from the Almeda Fire
By Kelly Burns - City of Ashland's Emergency Management Coordinator, Ashland Emergency Preparedness Emergency Preparedness in a Wildfire-Prone Urban Setting The day of the Almeda Fire on September 8, 2020, Kelly Burns was the Battalion Chief of C-shift for Ashland...
Trails Food Waste Audit
Student Studies Food Waste and Suggests Simple Solutions to Make Big Changes Alma Galicia, 14, an eighth-grader at TRAILS Outdoor School in Ashland, knew that food waste was an issue at her school. She also knew it was a major source of the climate-polluting methane....
The Power of Switching to Electric Landscaping Tools
Electric yard tools keep your yard gorgeous without the noise, hassle, and pollution of gas tools! It’s no contest! Battery-powered electric landscaping tools are quieter, safer, and more convenient. They cost less to operate, don’t endanger our health, are better for...
Use It or Lose It – Heat Pump Tax Credit
If you have been thinking about installing a heat pump “someday,” now is the time to take action. If you pay taxes and own an old gas furnace, this year may be your last, best chance to earn a tax credit and save money. This year could be the end. UPDATED July 15,...
Why a Local Landscaper Went Electric
In 2000, local landscaper Jeanine Sturm said ‘no’ to gas. She never went back. When Jeanine Sturm started her home maintenance business in 2000, one thing set her apart from other contractors in the Rogue Valley: she refused to use gas landscaping equipment. Aside...
Ashland Wasn’t Built with Wildfire in Mind — It’s Time to Adapt
By Chris Chambers - Wildfire and Community Risk Reduction Division, Ashland Fire Department It’s time for our community to face a difficult, but essential fact: We are no longer living in the climate that we planned for. Present-day Ashland was cobbled together over...
With Wildfire, a Defensible Space Makes a Difference
After the Palisades and Eaton fires in L.A., photos circulated of homes standing amid wreckage. Such a sight isn’t uncommon after wildfires — similar images emerged after the Hawaii wildfires in Lahaina, the Carr fire in Redding, and even the Almeda fire here in the...
What is the Cause of Global Warming?
How scientists know that humans are responsible by Samantha Harrington, Yale Climate Connections | March 27, 2020 [en Español] You likely have heard about global warming in the news, at school, or from a friend. And so you probably have questions such as, “What is...
How to Care for Your Trees
The trees in our neighborhoods contribute a great deal to our daily lives: they lower stress, reduce rates of asthma, and even mitigate some of the effects of climate change by lowering ambient air temperatures and soaking up rainfall. The trees that grace our gardens...
Boosting Housing Supply
How can a city be a home for working families if working families cannot afford to live there? Our nation is in the grips of a devastating housing, climate, and affordability crisis. And Ashland is no exception. “It has become too hard to build, and too expensive to...
Are We Really Doomed?
Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and communicator. The following article is reprinted courtesy of her Substack, Talking Climate. These days, I’m often accused of being a “hopium peddler” – someone who promotes overly optimistic, even delusional solutions to the...
All About Mulch
Mulch is a layer of material — like leaves, bark chips, or even rocks — that you spread across your garden soil. Among its numerous benefits: water conservation. In the average yard, half of the water used for irrigation goes to waste, trickling away as runoff or...
Heat Pump Cost Payback
A look at three home electrification scenarios If you’re looking to replace your older gas furnace and an older air conditioner and are considering a heat pump, you might wonder if the switch is a smart financial move, or if you’ll save the most money by sticking with...
How Much Should You Water Your Lawn?
Stay up-to-date on water usage and recommendations. Ashland purchases a small proportion of our domestic water from the Medford Water Commission, so we get to take advantage of their services. One of the services the Commission provides is a weekly watering advisory...
“Ashland Reads” Event Goes Zero Waste
This year, in keeping with Rotary's new area of focus, "Supporting Environment," Ashland Reads created hardly any garbage when it served lunch to first-graders who participated in the annual literacy project. Ashland Rotarians team up each spring to put on a...
Ashland is Getting a New Transportation System Plan
Here’s what that means for our community. Oregon communities, since 1973, have been obligated under statewide planning law to adopt Transportation System Plans. These plans, also known as TSPs, are essentially roadmaps for future policies and investments. A key...
The PedalPower Community Bike Program
Supporting Ashland’s kids and our growing bike culture. There’s a burgeoning bike culture here in Ashland: lots of kids joining the bike bus to school, First Friday revelers exploring town on two wheels, and bike racks at local pubs and restaurants frequently filled...
A Better Way to Get Kids to School
In 1969, just two generations ago, nearly half of students in the United States aged 5-14 walked or biked or rode a bus to school. By 2017, that number was down to 10.7%. A number of factors – such as increased distance to school, urban sprawl, and safety concerns –...
Compost for the Otterlifter Canoe
A big community thanks to Ashland Community Composting for donating compost to the Ashland High School Otterlifter Canoe! Our Compost Action Team volunteer, Magdalena Winter, recently donated two cubic feet of compost to Ashland High School. The rich compost, produced...
Landscaping Tips for Spring
Early spring is the perfect time to get ready for the summer watering season. Performing a few important maintenance tasks now can help your landscape hold water and improve its water efficiency. The tips below help sustain healthy soils that cycle nutrients, minimize...
What’s the Difference between Weather and Climate?
They’re closely related, but they’re not actually the same thing. Article by Brooke Bauman, Yale Climate Connections | July 16, 2019 One day, you see a forecast calling for sun, so you don’t bother to pack an umbrella. But just your luck: Clouds tumble in and suddenly...
How to Reduce Outdoor Water Use
Free programs and rebates to get your irrigation system ready for summer Did you know that more than one-third of all water consumed by households goes to irrigating our lawns, gardens, and outdoor spaces? In arid places, that number can be as high as 60 percent,...
How to Remove Your Lawn
One of the most important projects in low-water landscaping is lawn removal. Lawns guzzle billions of gallons of water each day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Studies suggest that replacing a lawn with native plants and drip irrigation can save as...
All About Drip Irrigation
In the United States, our yards are thirsty. They drink up 8 billion gallons of water each day. To water them, most people use either sprinklers or surface irrigation, which involves using a watering can or hose to flood the soil and waiting for all that water to seep...
Implementing Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)
Eight years in, the CEAP is still a great foundation for reaching our climate goals In 2015, Ashland embarked on a journey to explore our role in addressing climate change, and how best to prepare for the changes to our climate that are already underway. The...
Ashland’s New Electrification Ordinance
The new policy aims to reduce climate-warming pollution -- and clean up indoor air quality On Tuesday night, Ashland City Council passed a landmark climate policy with unanimous support. The new pollution fee ordinance incentivizes developers to build homes with...
How One Volunteer Went All Electric
In 2024, Electrify Ashland Now volunteer Ben Scott accomplished something exciting: he crossed the finish line of his home-electrification journey. By switching his car, appliances, and HVAC system from gas to electric energy sources, he now has a home that runs...
Fine-Tune Your Irrigation System
Save Money and See Better Results Summer brings peak demand for watering lawns, gardens, and landscapes in our region. A well-maintained system keeps your yard beautiful and healthy while minimizing water waste. Follow the tips below to get the most out of your water...
Ashland Community Composting
Looking for an accessible, affordable compost option? Ashland Community Composting has you covered. At the heart of the organization is Magdalena Winter, a longtime Ashland resident and member of our Compost action team. Three years ago, alongside her friend Ximena,...
Streets for Everyone 2024 Highlights
2024 was a good year for transportation improvements in Ashland —and Streets for Everyone played an important role in that effort. Green Bike Lanes and Bollards Earlier this year, the city installed bollard-protected bike lanes on Ashland Street from Siskiyou to the...
City Council Moves Forward on Energy Programs
The December 3 Ashland City Council meeting was the scene of a rare “win-win-win” lovefest. The steps taken by the City Council on December 3 aligned with the Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP) in a multitude of ways: Overall Goal 1. Reduce community...
How to Celebrate a More Sustainable Holiday Season
Community, caring for others, and hope: these values are at the core of the winter holidays. But this time of year is also characterized by consumerism — from pressure to give that perfect gift to decorations galore. Between Thanksgiving and New Year, Americans throw...
Rogue Produce’s Community Compost Program
Ever wish there was a smarter thing to do with your food scraps than throwing them in the garbage? Tried to start your own compost operation at home but found it’s too difficult to maintain or that it attracts unwanted critters? Rogue Produce has created a smart...
Let’s Take Some Bold Steps
Housing costs are a challenge in Ashland – the right energy policies can help. Here’s some big news: Beginning in 2025, our city electric utility will have access to $10 million to help homeowners and businesses make energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades...
How to Avoid Food Waste During the Holiday Season
Food waste is a common problem during the holidays. Every year at Thanksgiving, American families throw out 305 million pounds of food, according to the University of Minnesota. It’s possible to avoid contributing to the problem, by taking a few simple steps: Plan...
Welcome to Our New Ashland Energy Policy Series
The City is getting ready to up its game in energy conservation. We’ve got ideas! The City of Ashland appears to be getting ready to make headway on several important issues simultaneously – reducing the cost and improving the quality of life for Ashlanders who are...
Planning Your Low-Water-Use Landscape in the Fall
Ready to switch to a waterwise landscape? Fall is the time to get planning. Fall is an ideal time to plant shrubs and trees because the temperatures are mild, and the autumn rains provide additional irrigation for the new plantings as they take hold. It is also a good...
Ashland Solar Cooperative Launches First Project
This story was originally published on Ashland.News on November 14, 2024. Project could power at least 18 households By Isobel Whitcomb, Ashland Climate Collaborative Solar power plays a key role in Ashland’s plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050...
Green Gift Ideas for the Holidays
With the holidays right around the corner, the crew at Ashland Climate Collaborative wanted to share a few of our favorite things… Portable induction cooktops for gas stove owners who aren’t ready to convert. Induction cookware to go with the new cooktop! Electric...
Clay Street Climate Club – The Power of Neighbors Connecting
It’s been almost two years since Jim started the Upper Clay Street neighborhood group in 2022. As he walks around his neighborhood, he sees the fruits of his labor of love. He waves hello to his friend Dana, a woman in her 80s. Dana hosted a gathering of 21 that...
Heating our Homes: A Path to Net Zero
Doug Piper, a member of the Electrify Ashland Now! action team, shares his insights on how to rid our homes of gas furnaces by 2050. A gas furnace produces more pollution than almost anything else we use — an estimated four to eight tons of carbon emissions per year....
October 2024: Kicking off the Water Year
October is the month when we begin accumulating the winter precipitation that brings over 70% of the annual rainfall in our Mediterranean climate. October 2024 brought us 1.14 inches of precipitation; the norm is 1.41 inches. In examining the precipitation records for...
Will Ashland Get a New Water Treatment Plant?
The Ashland Climate Collaborative has not taken a position on the water treatment plant ballot measure 15-234 Below is the opinion of our Water Conservation Team. New Ballot Measure Would Finance a Hardier Water Treatment Plant Ashland’s water treatment plant has...
Ashland Fifth Best U.S. Town for Biking — Can We Do Better?
Gary Shaff, Chair of the Streets for Everyone action team, shares his insightful take on what Ashland offers bicyclists — and what would make our town safer and more accessible for all. In a recent article, Outside Magazine ranked Ashland as the fifth best bicycle...
Working Toward Net-Zero: Co-op Replacing Gas Stoves with Induction Ranges
This story was originally published on Ashland.News on August 29, 2024. The switch to all-electric cooking for deli food prep moves the market closer to its goal of net-zero carbon emissions By Isobel Whitcomb, Ashland Climate Collaborative The Ashland Food Co-op...
‘Bike Boxes’ to Make Ashland and Walker Safer for All
This story was originally published on Ashland.News on July 27, 2024. City Council also approves new ‘bike boxes’ for North Mountain Avenue and East Main Street intersection By Isobel Whitcomb, Ashland Climate Collaborative Ashland’s bicycling infrastructure recently...
Silent but Deadly
Earlier this year, ACC board member Rick Barth had a scary experience. Rick, who has devoted years to helping Ashland residents transition away from methane (“natural” gas), discovered that one of his last remaining gas appliances, his gas water heater, was leaking...
Electrification Progress in Ashland
Ashland Homeowners are Switching to Heat Pumps The Ashland Climate & Energy Action Plan (CEAP) was legislated in 2017. It set a goal for the city and its residents to reduce carbon emissions by 8% every year. This requires a reduction in the burning of fossil...
Dry Farming
By Patricia Acklin, Chair, ACC Water Conservation Action Team There is growing interest in the American West in a technique called dry farming, which allows growers to forgo irrigation. This does not mean growing plants without water. Instead, dry-farmed plants use...
Linda Electrifies Her Home
Last year, I renovated an older and very beat-up bungalow, which required extensive and expensive work to make it livable and comfortable. I knew I wanted to switch from gas to electric, so I started my journey with advice from Candace Turtle, an Electrify Ashland Now...
Streets For Everyone: 2023 in Review
2023 Year in ReviewACC’s Streets For Everyone (SFE) Action Team had an incredible 2023! Throughout the year, we identified several opportunities to advocate for safer streets and a connected and protected bike network through town. We asked you to speak up, and you...
The Inside Scoop on Electrification in Ashland
Ashland Climate Collaborative partners with Rogue Climate to update us on the status of a natural gas ordinance in Ashland, which would ban the use of natural gas in new home construction. Plus, we discuss new climate...
We Need Safety Improvements on ODOT-Controlled Portions of Ashland Street
Streets for Everyone recently wrote to the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization to request several critically important safety improvements on the ODOT-controlled sections of Ashland Street. These improvements would help achieve a continuous network of...
Say YES to Protected Bike Lanes on N. Mountain
Attention Ashland Transportation Committee!Please move forward to add protected bike lanes on North Mountain. May 23, 2023 We are writing to the City of Ashland Transportation Commission on behalf of the vocal constituency of Ashland residents who support moving...
We Can Create Safe Routes to School in Ashland
May 2023 The City of Ashland was recently awarded Safe Routes to School (SRTS) planning assistance from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Through this program, staff from City of Ashland, Ashland School District, and ODOT are working together to create a...
Time for a Change — Protected Bike Lanes can Transform Ashland
In "Beyond the Central Bike Path," Ashlanders share what they love about bicycling around our beautiful city — and what needs to change.
How the IRA Can Save Money — and the Environment!
On February 27, 2023, Joel Rosenberg from Rewiring America met with more than 25 small-business owners and other community members at the latest community discussion and support group hosted by Electrify Ashland Now! We...
Ben and Vanessa Electrify Their Home – Part 1
Ashland home energy efficiency guru Ben Scott and his wife Vanessa recently decided to slash their carbon footprint. First, they ditched their gas furnace and AC system in favor of a Variable Speed Heat Pump for upstairs and a ductless mini-split for downstairs. Next,...
Is Your Home Ready for Electrical Upgrades?
Ashland Climate Collaborative discusses the ins and outs of electrical panels. Local experts Ben Scott and John Spillman answered questions including: How can one determine if a panel is ready for new heat pump systems and...
Happy Holidays from ACC!
In 2022 we've seen the passage of landmark climate legislation, grown as an organization and come together as a community. Here's to more of that in 2023. A big thank you for your support — The team at Ashland Climate...
Flavia Franco Explains How ACC is Helping Reduce Food Waste
Flavia Franco is a local climate activist who is fighting for an end to food waste. She supports Ashland Climate Collaborative because we're bringing the community together to find those solutions.
For Ben Scott, Electrification is Key to Climate Action
Home-energy expert, Ben Scott, explains why he supports Ashland Climate Collaborative's approach to climate action.
Mike Vergeer Believes Streets are for Everyone
Climate-resilience means breaking away from car dependency. To do that, we need safe streets. That's why Mike Vergeer supports Ashland Climate Collaborative.
Why this Professor of Environmental Studies Supports ACC
Meet Pat Acklin. Pat supports the Ashland Climate Collaborative because of our emphasis on community education — something she has dedicated her career to.
For Doug Piper, Transforming Homes Means Transforming the Planet
Doug Piper supports the Ashland Climate Collaborative to help get the word out about an under-appreciated source of carbon emissions — buildings and houses. ACC and action team Electrify Ashland Now! are helping community...
Why Isobel Whitcomb Joined Ashland Climate Collaborative
Ashland Climate Collaborative Isobel Whitcomb shares why they are hopeful for this decade — and how ACC is an important part of the global climate movement.
All ACC Meeting – Successes and Exciting Updates!
Thanks so much for attending our All ACC meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 16. We reviewed our wins and the steps forward we hope to make in the coming year. We couldn't do this without you!
Experts Share How the IRA Can Help Electrify Your Home (and save money!)
On November 9, 2022, we hosted an event where local and national experts met with more than 70 community members to discuss the importance of home-electrification — and how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes these...
How Old is Your Gas Furnace?
Gas furnaces need to be swapped out every 20-30 years. But how do you determine how old your gas furnace is? Home-energy expert Ben Scott is here to explain.
Induction Cook-tops: Not Your Mother’s Electric Stove
Upgrade your home with an electric induction cook-top today! These alternatives to gas and other electric ranges are modern, stylish, and very energy efficient. It's a simple, yet effective way to reduce local pollution and...
Drought + H2O = Conservation
In this Ashland Climate Collaborative webinar, Oregon State Climatologist Larry O'Neill, and Medford Water Commission representatives Julie Smitherman, Customer Service & Water Efficiency Manager, and Cody Scoggins,...
How To Calm Your Street
Come learn how to unite with neighbors to make your street safer for everyone to walk, bike, and roll.
Renewable Natural Gas: NOT a Path to Cleaner Energy
Electrify Ashland Now presents an informational webinar about "Renewable" Natural Gas, how it affects our community, and how it impacts our energy system at large!
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