What Is Your Word of The Year?

You Can Paint a Cute Animal Face on It, but It’s Still an Oil Well

The oil industry has been shaping California since the 1800s. To keep our climate stable and habitable, we need to transition to clean energy economy. Big Oil has been working for over 50 years to sow doubt about the impact of their products – meanwhile producing detailed research on just how dangerous they are. Sources and further reading: Unveiling Big Oil’s Campaign of Lies [https://www.nrdc.org/bio/zanagee-artis/unveiling-big-oils-campaign-lies], Natural Resources Defense Council, 2024 New Joint Bicameral Staff Report Reveals Big Oil’s Campaign of Climate Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak [https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/new-joint-bicameral-staff-report-reveals-big-oils-campaign-of-climate-denial-disinformation-and-doublespeak/], US Senate Committee on the Budget, 2024 Merchants of Doubt [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3675568/] (documentary), 2014 Merchants of Doubt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchants_of_Doubt] (book), Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes, 2010 Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/sep/19/shell-and-exxons-secret-1980s-climate-change-warnings], The Guardian, 2018 Climate-colored Goggles [https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/], Substack by Sammy Roth Drilled [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drilled/id1439735906] podcast, season 1 Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Unfathomable Is a Two-way Street

Neighborhoods and communities are the building blocks of our future. If you are looking to connect, send out a bat signal and try to find your people. We can find belonging – our people – who care about what we do, but we may have to look for them. There are others who care about our kids and our future and want to do something. If you send out that flare, you will find them. Subscribe to this podcast on Substack to get it in your inbox: https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips] Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Embracing Change Before It Comes for Us

I want to bust the idea that people don't like change. We do like change – when it's on our terms. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Everything I Need Is Already Right Here

To get The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey in your inbox, you sign up for a free or paid subscription at https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/ [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/] Is your bank funding fossil fuel projects? You can find out at bankingonclimatechaos.org. [https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/] You can check your 401k or IRA at fossilfreefunds.org [https://fossilfreefunds.org/]. To look for banking options, you can check bank.green [https://bank.green/sustainable-eco-banks] and the NCUA credit union finder [https://mapping.ncua.gov/]. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

What Is Your Word of The Year?

You can find text version of The World We Need and subscribe to receive in your inbox on Substack: https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/ [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/] Morgan Harper Nichols [https://morganharpernichols.com/blog/2026-word-of-the-year-ideas] and her annual Word of the Year list. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe [https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]