Mapping the Ecosystem

One of the most meaningful pieces of work we’re advancing this year is illustrating the ecosystem of issue-based organizing across Boulder County. We’re gathering and synthesizing data to help organizations, local government departments, academic institutions, faith groups, and grassroots leaders see themselves in relation to one another.

We are committed to doing this work in a way that systemically centers frontline voices. That means ensuring working-class communities—those most impacted by poverty, displacement, and climate chaos—are not just represented, but leading the charge. Every map, every database, every strategy session is built to reflect the lived realities and leadership of those too often pushed to the margins. Our aim is to build infrastructure where no one is left behind.

Through a series of workshops, shared databases, and visual tools, we’re identifying gaps, lifting up under-recognized work, and building a more coherent, collaborative movement infrastructure. We’re also in growing partnership with Climate Justice Hubs in Maine and Oregon, who are adapting and sharing this model with their own ecosystems.

Deep Thanks to Our Partners and Team
We wouldn’t be here without the brilliant and dedicated partners who walk this path with us. To the Climate Justice Collaborative, the City of Boulder and Boulder County Public Health Department, the Office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience (OSCAR), and our friends and faculty at Naropa University—thank you for the trust, vision, and ongoing collaboration.

And to our past, present (and future) team at the Hive: thank you for showing up with courage, creativity, and care through every season. You are the backbone of this work.

Let’s Build the Future We Deserve
Spring is here—and it’s time to get moving. Whether you’re organizing in a specific issue area, navigating systems from within, or simply want to learn how to plug in, we invite you to connect with us.

At the Hive, we’re in this for the long haul. Our work is grounded in deep relationships, strategy, and a fierce belief that we can build the conditions for collective liberation.

In the face of growing authoritarianism, we hold onto each other. In a world that seeks to isolate and divide, we choose collaboration, we choose community.
Let’s not compete. Let’s coordinate.
Let’s not survive. Let’s thrive.
Don’t Organize Alone.

In solidarity and action,
The Climate Justice Hive Team