Continuing to Take Action
In eighth grade I was assigned a science paper and chose global warming. I decided to end it. I tried to elect politicians who would do that.
Years later, after a series of RC environment workshops, I went to local 350.org and Sierra Club meetings. At one of those meetings, I met a young adult leader and decided to back them. They were good at navigating communication between political and grassroots activists.
I live in a coal-producing state with a lot of nuclear plants. Our legislature just passed a bill that will close coal plants and phase in one hundred percent renewable energy over the next fifteen to twenty years. We had to make sure the bill included new jobs for the coal workers. It doesn’t go quite far enough, but it will make a huge difference.
I still get discouraged—a lot—but I chip away at it [gradually lessen it].
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Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders in care of the environment
(Present Time 207, April 2022)