Our Mission

The Columbia Gorge Climate Action Network (CGCAN) educates, organizes, and motivates Columbia Gorge activists to reduce and eliminate fossil fuel usage and climate change, at all levels from individual to global. We encourage clean local renewable energy, conservation, community sustainability and resilience throughout the Gorge.

Who We Are

CGCAN is a network of Oregon and Washington residents [and organizations] in the Columbia River Gorge. We are alarmed and concerned about the political, economic, and social forces causing climate change from all sources, as well as the toxic pollution, energy dependence, and local unemployment due to fossil fuels. We are passionately committed to collective and strategic actions that can effectively impede fossil fuels and reduce climate change.

We love the Columbia River and its surrounding wild areas. It’s our home. Many of us live here because we love the Gorge environment. We respect its natural beauty and value a healthy quality of life in this region. The forces behind the climate emergency and fossil fuel pollution threaten our future here. We know that this threat extends to communities throughout the world. We’re committed to reducing the impacts of climate change as much as we can. We work with policy makers as citizen-advocates of a sustainable society. Our membership draws from a rich variety of political, philosophical, technical, spiritual, and religious perspectives. We are an intergenerational group and believe that inclusiveness makes us strong.

Contact Us

Looking for more information? Want to make a difference?

John Boonstra, Hood River

Eric Strid, White Salmon