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 and co-founder of the community for writer-moms, Scribente Maternum.