By 2016 Invoking the Pause Grant Partner ARC:KE:i

"I try not to find the form too soon. Instead I try to think about it as an idea without a shape."
Maya Lin, Boundaries. New York. 2000.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, someone seeking to pause, to reflect, might be said to be 'stepping out of the river.' Our rivers, including the mighty Columbia, have shaped and continue to shape our language and culture, as do the geographic features of so many communities around the globe. Why step out of the river? A fish in a river does not know it is in a river because the river surrounds it. Only by being out of the river can the fish see the eco-system in which the river exists, with its dynamic balance of destructive and creative forces. We sought a Pause to see Innovation Ecology's contextual system: the essential 'bridge' between the hard and soft systems that accelerates communication and learning by communities working towards resilient, low-carbon futures. Our aim was bringing our seed concept into a flowing, self-nourishing reality capable of supporting communities in the critical work they must do together to thrive. » Read More

By 2016 ITP Grant Partner Vanessa LeBourdais, Executive Producer & Creative Director, DreamRider Productions

Today is the day.

Today is the day I've been waiting for, for over three and a half years, and it's finally come - thanks to Invoking the Pause - and I'm so glad.

This is the day that my creative brain woke up happy.

For the past four years I've worn so many hats at my job that I used to joke that it made my head hurt. Then I started experiencing headaches. Then anxiety - for months. » Read More

Please read current ITP Grant Partner and author, Mark Schapiro's recent article "The Unique Burden of Covering Climate Change in the Middle East" published online on Pacific Standard magazine.

Join ITP Grant Partner, As You Sow, for their report launch webinar of the Carbon Clean 200TM.

The Clean200: Investing in a Clean Energy Future
Monday, August 15, 2016 - NOTE NEW DATE!
11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern
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Join the webinar to learn about the companies paving the way towards a clean energy future!

Andrew, Toby, and the Clean200 team

ITP Grant Partner, As You Sow, has just released their report entitled "Unconventional Risks: The Growing Uncertainty of Oil Investments".  Please read the full report here. 

Former ITP Grant Partner Terry Tempest Williams believes if we can learn to listen to the land, we might learn to listen to each other.  Read the article in GOOD Magazine here.

On August 10, As You Sow and Corporate Knights will release the Carbon Clean 200TM, a list of 200 clean economy companies intended to turn the carbon bubble inside-out.

Webinar Details:
The Clean200: Investing in a Clean Energy Future
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern
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Online Impacts Hour #2: Americans’ Views on Climate Change w/Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist at the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication..  Join here.