Cate Mingoya-LaFortune is a climate adaptation planner, community organizer, educator, and author.
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune is a people-centered climate adaptation planner, community organizer, educator, parent, and cautious optimist. Raised in an environmental justice neighborhood, Mingoya-LaFortune is committed to furthering a future where all people live in clean, thriving communities. She serves as Groundwork USA’s chief officer of climate resilience and land use, where she directs climate adaptation capital projects, the Climate Safe Neighborhoods climate organizing initiatives, urban and community forest projects, and various cross-sector field-building collaborations. She is the author of Climate Action for Busy People (Island Press, 2024). Find her online at www.catemingoya.com.
Climate Action for Busy People is a hopeful and realistic roadmap for individuals and groups who want to boost climate preparedness and move the needle toward environmental justice.
Drawing from her professional and personal success in climate adaptation and community organizing, Cate Mingoya-LaFortune begins with a brief history of why our communities look the way they do (spoiler, it’s not an accident!) and how that affects how vulnerable we are to climate risks.
Each chapter will help readers scale up their actions, from identifying climate solutions that an individual or small group can pull off in a handful of weekends, like tree plantings or de-paving parties, to advocating for change at the municipal level through coalition-building and data collection. It’s not too late for people of all ages and skill levels to create climate-safe neighborhoods.
Ready for a boost of inspiration on your environmental justice journey? Dive into an uplifting conversation with Cate Mingoya-LaFortune, as we celebrate her new book, Climate Action for Busy People. Discover actionable insights on tackling climate challenges, from your backyard to community, and local government. Joined by Groundwork USA colleagues Bruce Strouble, Ph.D., and Jeremy Hoffman, Ph.D., we explore the power of community action and the ripple effect of small-scale change.
Witness how Cate Mingoya-LaFortune turns abandoned or underutilized spaces into vibrant community hubs with her colleagues and trainees. As a visionary urban planner at Groundwork USA, Cate presents a blueprint for fostering climate-resilient neighborhoods. In this Green Skills Film Festival segment, she demonstrates how Groundwork upgrades local infrastructure and creates good jobs for young adults, providing powerful visual examples of win-win solutions.
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A review of Cate Mingoya-LaFortune’s book Climate Action for Busy People that lays out her motivation for writing the guide and how years of community work gave her the experience to figure out practical solutions.