JH Tomen
@jhtomen.bsky.social
📖 ND Author of SF/F
🌿 Climate Substack - The Carbon Fables
📣 Activist with Citizens' Climate Chicago
⚡️ Renewables & Electrification Nerd
🗣️ Español y 中文
https://linktr.ee/jhtomen
Posting about book characters, story ideas, subs, & climate
🌿 Climate Substack - The Carbon Fables
📣 Activist with Citizens' Climate Chicago
⚡️ Renewables & Electrification Nerd
🗣️ Español y 中文
https://linktr.ee/jhtomen
Posting about book characters, story ideas, subs, & climate
Is your #halloween #pumpkin getting a little sad? Make sure you take it to a composting pumpkin smash!
Each pumpkin that goes to land fill can create as much as 0.4 pounds of methane, as much as driving a gas car 13 miles!
Then multiply that by the 2 billion pumpkins we have each year... 👻😱
Each pumpkin that goes to land fill can create as much as 0.4 pounds of methane, as much as driving a gas car 13 miles!
Then multiply that by the 2 billion pumpkins we have each year... 👻😱
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Is your #halloween #pumpkin getting a little sad? Make sure you take it to a composting pumpkin smash!
Each pumpkin that goes to land fill can create as much as 0.4 pounds of methane, as much as driving a gas car 13 miles!
Then multiply that by the 2 billion pumpkins we have each year... 👻😱
Each pumpkin that goes to land fill can create as much as 0.4 pounds of methane, as much as driving a gas car 13 miles!
Then multiply that by the 2 billion pumpkins we have each year... 👻😱
#nuclear is a contentious topic in environmental circles. Trying to approach it with as much nuance as I can in my new #substack. Check it out!
jhtomen.substack.com/p/i-got-the-...
jhtomen.substack.com/p/i-got-the-...
I Got the Ooze Gooze Blues
The Nuclear Divide – Part One
jhtomen.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#nuclear is a contentious topic in environmental circles. Trying to approach it with as much nuance as I can in my new #substack. Check it out!
jhtomen.substack.com/p/i-got-the-...
jhtomen.substack.com/p/i-got-the-...
@climatecentral.org does it again! This nifty tool will show you how #climatechange is impacting the place you live.
If you're having climate convos with loved ones, it helps to be specific and local instead of abstract
www.climatecentral.org/climate-loca...
If you're having climate convos with loved ones, it helps to be specific and local instead of abstract
www.climatecentral.org/climate-loca...
Climate change in Chicago, Illinois | Climate Central
Information, data, and shareable graphics about how climate change is affecting Chicago, Illinois, for media, storytellers, non-profits, policymakers, and more.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
@climatecentral.org does it again! This nifty tool will show you how #climatechange is impacting the place you live.
If you're having climate convos with loved ones, it helps to be specific and local instead of abstract
www.climatecentral.org/climate-loca...
If you're having climate convos with loved ones, it helps to be specific and local instead of abstract
www.climatecentral.org/climate-loca...
Took the #amtrak down to #springfield yesterday to lobby for #CRGA, the Clean & Reliable Grid Affordability Act. If you live in #illinois tell your lawmakers you want a more affordable grid!
www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2025/05...
www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2025/05...
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Took the #amtrak down to #springfield yesterday to lobby for #CRGA, the Clean & Reliable Grid Affordability Act. If you live in #illinois tell your lawmakers you want a more affordable grid!
www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2025/05...
www.citizensutilityboard.org/blog/2025/05...
There’s so much #cleanenergy waiting to get on the #grid. Tell #congress you want permitting reform! (Assuming they come back from the shutdown…) https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/permitting-reform/
October 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There’s so much #cleanenergy waiting to get on the #grid. Tell #congress you want permitting reform! (Assuming they come back from the shutdown…) https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/permitting-reform/
#EV tax credits end TODAY! If you want a juicy $7500 while cutting your #emissions by 70%, this is your moment!
Art courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Street Car 1935/1942
Art courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Street Car 1935/1942
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#EV tax credits end TODAY! If you want a juicy $7500 while cutting your #emissions by 70%, this is your moment!
Art courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Street Car 1935/1942
Art courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Street Car 1935/1942
Reminder to find an event near you for Sun Day this weekend (on Sunday lol - 9/21). @sundayofaction.bsky.social
It's gonna rain here in #chicago, but we are undeterred! Even the rain is caused by the #sun!
thirdact.org/sun-day/
**Art by Jacques Callot, Sun Rising, National Gallery of Art
It's gonna rain here in #chicago, but we are undeterred! Even the rain is caused by the #sun!
thirdact.org/sun-day/
**Art by Jacques Callot, Sun Rising, National Gallery of Art
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminder to find an event near you for Sun Day this weekend (on Sunday lol - 9/21). @sundayofaction.bsky.social
It's gonna rain here in #chicago, but we are undeterred! Even the rain is caused by the #sun!
thirdact.org/sun-day/
**Art by Jacques Callot, Sun Rising, National Gallery of Art
It's gonna rain here in #chicago, but we are undeterred! Even the rain is caused by the #sun!
thirdact.org/sun-day/
**Art by Jacques Callot, Sun Rising, National Gallery of Art
Getting VERY pumped for @sundayofaction.bsky.social on September 21st! Going to be tabling with @cclusa.org in #chicago and this is my crafty attempt to explain the #grid lol
Let's get some permitting reform and get #solar everywhere!
Let's get some permitting reform and get #solar everywhere!
September 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Getting VERY pumped for @sundayofaction.bsky.social on September 21st! Going to be tabling with @cclusa.org in #chicago and this is my crafty attempt to explain the #grid lol
Let's get some permitting reform and get #solar everywhere!
Let's get some permitting reform and get #solar everywhere!
The best way to reduce #plastic #pollution is to avoid it in the first place. Find a refillery near you!
September 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The best way to reduce #plastic #pollution is to avoid it in the first place. Find a refillery near you!
So excited to have a new short story, Meat-cute, in Micromance Magazine today! Check it out at substack.com/@micromancem...
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
So excited to have a new short story, Meat-cute, in Micromance Magazine today! Check it out at substack.com/@micromancem...
A simple way to help with #climatechange is to #compost! Here’s some ways to do it in a city
August 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A simple way to help with #climatechange is to #compost! Here’s some ways to do it in a city
Perfectly in time for my last #substack on #permitting reform, you could take a #climate action today and write your reps!
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
Tell Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform
We made progress on clean energy permitting reform last Congress, but we need to move faster with a new, bipartisan legislative package in this Congress.
citizensclimatelobby.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Perfectly in time for my last #substack on #permitting reform, you could take a #climate action today and write your reps!
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
Has #climatechange doomed us? No! Keep fighting for every tenth of a degree
jhtomen.substack.com/p/are-we-doo...
jhtomen.substack.com/p/are-we-doo...
Are we doomed?
(No – and we should fight for every tenth of a degree)
jhtomen.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Has #climatechange doomed us? No! Keep fighting for every tenth of a degree
jhtomen.substack.com/p/are-we-doo...
jhtomen.substack.com/p/are-we-doo...
🤯 So pumped to have a piece in Viridine's 3rd Issue! Come check 'er out!
☆ ISSUE 03 IS OUT ☆
Brimming with work centred on the theme of identity from fabulous writers, poets, and artists.
View and download for free from our website: viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/issues
Brimming with work centred on the theme of identity from fabulous writers, poets, and artists.
View and download for free from our website: viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/issues
July 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🤯 So pumped to have a piece in Viridine's 3rd Issue! Come check 'er out!
Now is definitely the time to call your Senators! Over the weekend, there was a new excise tax on solar and wind introduced in the Senate that is basically designed to kill the industry. Bill McKibben's post below has an easy to use call link
billmckibben.substack.com/p/more-from-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/more-from-...
More from a sense of duty...
But duty matters
billmckibben.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Now is definitely the time to call your Senators! Over the weekend, there was a new excise tax on solar and wind introduced in the Senate that is basically designed to kill the industry. Bill McKibben's post below has an easy to use call link
billmckibben.substack.com/p/more-from-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/more-from-...
Reposted by JH Tomen
In this #TremblingWithFear JH Tomen ( @jhtomen.bsky.social ) takes us on The Uninvited Chore w/drabbles from Santiago Eximeno ( @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social ), Yanina Sanchez, & Alejandro Gonzales
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #horror #WritingCommunity
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #horror #WritingCommunity
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In this #TremblingWithFear JH Tomen ( @jhtomen.bsky.social ) takes us on The Uninvited Chore w/drabbles from Santiago Eximeno ( @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social ), Yanina Sanchez, & Alejandro Gonzales
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #horror #WritingCommunity
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #horror #WritingCommunity
Can’t believe #writingbattle let me submit The Great Cat War in their recent battle about pets. Enjoy (?) this excerpt lolllll #writingprompts #writerlife #cats
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Can’t believe #writingbattle let me submit The Great Cat War in their recent battle about pets. Enjoy (?) this excerpt lolllll #writingprompts #writerlife #cats
New #substack, who dis?
I report back on a #climate conference and #chicago river day, but mostly, I talk about our relationship with the planet
jhtomen.substack.com/p/nature-is-...
I report back on a #climate conference and #chicago river day, but mostly, I talk about our relationship with the planet
jhtomen.substack.com/p/nature-is-...
Nature is a relationship
Let’s make it a healthier, happier one
jhtomen.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New #substack, who dis?
I report back on a #climate conference and #chicago river day, but mostly, I talk about our relationship with the planet
jhtomen.substack.com/p/nature-is-...
I report back on a #climate conference and #chicago river day, but mostly, I talk about our relationship with the planet
jhtomen.substack.com/p/nature-is-...
This Saturday was #chicago river day!
Went down with @cclusa.org and the #wetlands initiative to Indian Ridge Marsh
Planted 2500 new plants on the marsh. Crazy this used to be a super fund site - you can still see the smoke stacks!
#sustainability #volunteering #climate #biodiversity #river
Went down with @cclusa.org and the #wetlands initiative to Indian Ridge Marsh
Planted 2500 new plants on the marsh. Crazy this used to be a super fund site - you can still see the smoke stacks!
#sustainability #volunteering #climate #biodiversity #river
May 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This Saturday was #chicago river day!
Went down with @cclusa.org and the #wetlands initiative to Indian Ridge Marsh
Planted 2500 new plants on the marsh. Crazy this used to be a super fund site - you can still see the smoke stacks!
#sustainability #volunteering #climate #biodiversity #river
Went down with @cclusa.org and the #wetlands initiative to Indian Ridge Marsh
Planted 2500 new plants on the marsh. Crazy this used to be a super fund site - you can still see the smoke stacks!
#sustainability #volunteering #climate #biodiversity #river
Was lucky enough to attend a #climate conference today at #uchicago through the Divinity School
There was climate science, a campus tree walk, and sessions on art and comedy in climate activism
Substack soon, but wanted to share some pics. Always forget how beautiful U Chi is!
There was climate science, a campus tree walk, and sessions on art and comedy in climate activism
Substack soon, but wanted to share some pics. Always forget how beautiful U Chi is!
May 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You know it's almost summer when the sky gets bluer and the clouds get puffier
I'm done with wispy strands and foggy days! (I'll be wishing they were back when it's 100 degrees with 100% humidity)
#chicago #writerlife #summer
I'm done with wispy strands and foggy days! (I'll be wishing they were back when it's 100 degrees with 100% humidity)
#chicago #writerlife #summer
May 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You know it's almost summer when the sky gets bluer and the clouds get puffier
I'm done with wispy strands and foggy days! (I'll be wishing they were back when it's 100 degrees with 100% humidity)
#chicago #writerlife #summer
I'm done with wispy strands and foggy days! (I'll be wishing they were back when it's 100 degrees with 100% humidity)
#chicago #writerlife #summer
New #substack has dropped!
Find out why they call me the hippest old man in the #climate scene (no one calls me that)
If you're into philosophical drivel, tho, this one's all about #landuse (yeehaw!)
jhtomen.substack.com/p/not-me-bec...
Find out why they call me the hippest old man in the #climate scene (no one calls me that)
If you're into philosophical drivel, tho, this one's all about #landuse (yeehaw!)
jhtomen.substack.com/p/not-me-bec...
Not me becoming obsessed with land use
First Principles #1
jhtomen.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New #substack has dropped!
Find out why they call me the hippest old man in the #climate scene (no one calls me that)
If you're into philosophical drivel, tho, this one's all about #landuse (yeehaw!)
jhtomen.substack.com/p/not-me-bec...
Find out why they call me the hippest old man in the #climate scene (no one calls me that)
If you're into philosophical drivel, tho, this one's all about #landuse (yeehaw!)
jhtomen.substack.com/p/not-me-bec...
Was catching up on @nprfreshair.bsky.social and listened to this phenomenal episode with Stephen Graham
So much here, including on #adolescence. But on #writing, it really grabbed me when he said he invents a special walk for his characters. I do that too 😂
#booksky
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
So much here, including on #adolescence. But on #writing, it really grabbed me when he said he invents a special walk for his characters. I do that too 😂
#booksky
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
'Adolescence' co-creator says 'maybe we're all accountable' for youth violence
The Netflix series follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happening?"
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Was catching up on @nprfreshair.bsky.social and listened to this phenomenal episode with Stephen Graham
So much here, including on #adolescence. But on #writing, it really grabbed me when he said he invents a special walk for his characters. I do that too 😂
#booksky
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
So much here, including on #adolescence. But on #writing, it really grabbed me when he said he invents a special walk for his characters. I do that too 😂
#booksky
www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...