ELIZABETH DOERR

 
 

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer, mother, and small business owner in Portland, Oregon.

She writes about issues of climate justice, resilience, parenting, and place. She’s currently working on Cramming for the Apocalypse a project and book that explores the intersection of climate justice, climate grief and disaster preparedness.

Her first book, co-written with Lynn Peterson, Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering is out now, published by Island Press in December 2022.

She earned a Maryland/Delaware/DC Press Association award for her 2015 Baltimore City Paper story about street harassment, "Stop Calling Me 'Baby.’” about women’s experiences—including her own—with street harassment. You can find her work in Romper, The Progressive, Parents.com, Bloomberg CityLab, Scalawag Magazine, Portland Monthly, and Baltimore City Paper among other publications.

Elizabeth is principal and founder of social impact communications and writing firm, Doerr&Co (for inquiries on contract work, email hello@doerrandco.com) and co-founder of the community for writer-moms, Scribente Maternum. Elizabeth also helps authors get their books out into the world by offering book writing and editing services. You can find out about here services on the Book Services page.

Elizabeth is represented by Amanda Bernardi of Highline Literary Collective.

 

Current Projects

 

Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering

Elizabeth worked with Lynn Peterson to capture 30+ years of Lynn’s work as a transportation engineer, planner, and elected official to help shift the paradigm of how transportation is done with communities. Through concrete examples from around the country, they showcase how planners and engineers can and should work with community to create solutions that help make communities more livable, accessible, and just.

 

Cramming for the Apocalypse:

An Aspiring Optimist’s Quest for Hope in the Face of Climate Change

Elizabeth is on a journey to build survival skills in the midst of climate change. This is not the stereotypical “prepper” journey, it’s a quest to find ways to approach preparedness as a means to find resiliency, community, and solutions to the mess we’re in. She will eventually turn this journey into a book, but more immediately, she’s writing about it in dispatches through a weekly Substack newsletter that is turning into an incredible place for community and reflection on how we can take personal action on climate change now while also preparing for even smaller disasters.

Join the newsletter to become a part of a community of people looking to and follow her journey on Instagram @crammingfortheapocalypse.