Since a lot of folks on Tumblr like to write, a really slept on form of activism is writing letters to the editor of your local newspaper and pitching opinion pieces. I see posts from folks on here all the time that could totally be adapted into short LTEs or even full op-eds.

These can be written for any issue, but if you're interested in doing this for climate action, the Citizens' Climate Lobby has a great tool that will find all of your local (US) newspapers and allow you to easily send LTEs to as many as you'd like with only a couple of clicks. (The tool says to write about the Energy Innovation Act but really they're happy to have you write about anything). The tool doesn't work outside of the US unfortunately, but most newspapers will list an email address on their website which you can send LTEs to directly.

Here is a simple outline and example of how to write an LTE, which only needs to be about 200 words or fewer:

1. Reference something in the news or a specific part of a news story from your local paper.
2. Transition into how that news relates to climate change.
3. Identify a solution.
4. Present a call to action.
5. Optional tip: consider including the names of senators or members of congress. Politicians usually have staff who search media for references to them, and "tagging" them like this helps put your issues on their radar.

And that's it! You can talk about any problem or solution you're passionate about, whether it's carbon pricing, EV vehicles, reducing flights, plant-based food systems, or anything else, and they're supposed to be super short so you don't have to worry about knowing all the details or citing specifics or anything stressful. But feel free to spice it up beyond this basic outline as well. Watch CCL's video on writing effective LTEs here for more guidance.

Whether or not your LTE gets published, encouraging media coverage of climate action matters. Climate change is critically under-reported, and just showing your newspaper that their readers care about environmental issues is a meaningful form of activism.

Sylvia’s Tree Frog (Cruziohyla sylviae), family Hylidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Rosa Breton

aro and/or ace culture is wondering “is that actually a thing alloromantics and/or allosexuals experience? or is it just the Media™ pushing unrealistic narratives for everyone involved?”

I got my grandma’s old grandfather clock. Enjoy Duncan sleeping next to it so I can claim this is pet content

I just came home from my parents house and now he’s sleeping on his back with his feets in the air 🥺

Based on this post

I decided to be kind and add an answer between once or twice and annually.

Bonus question, how many of you as kids started to figure out the wealthy kids based on all your classmates who went to Disney every year and you never went once? I think I figured it out by 8.

love watching my cat walk around like she has somewhere to be. oh you're going? to your appointment at the back of the house? girl what's there for you

"DNI: freaks" do you realize how conservative you look

freaks please interact

this is the first time one of my posts has been tagged like this and out of all of them i think id be glad if this one got 100k. because firstly i need to find my fellow freaks but also we need to shame people who are anti-freak because like. why do you hate to live deliciously

the wretched beast plays in it's slime

guys will try to school you on colors as if THEY were the gatherers

What color is this?

pussy

Except you don't need to stick your faces together/use tongue for a kiss to be "good".

These are two middle-aged men who probably haven't had any experience kissing someone they love, so they're obviously gonna be a bit out of practice.

I know that it was passionate and sweet, and they deserve that.

is this post real. can other people see this. this feels like a fever dream made reality

i miss gougar. we should bring back gougar

@brightest-solarflare

Completely inactionable fetishes are so funny to me. "I wanna be a robot girl and I want you to install a virus on me." Like okay good luck with that.

sad bindle with ant

Anyone: Hey (asks about a special interest of mine)?

Me: Becomes an unskippable cutscene