After a very long hiatus, I am back to posting in this blog. It's been a busy few years for environmental activism in DuPage, and it's a long story.
Lately the excitement around acting on global warming, and the resulting climate change, has been exploding, and solutions are being bounced around. At last we are debating solutions, not causes.
Look for discussions of these solutions in the coming days. Some think we have done too little, too late, but we need to grieve our losses. If you find someone who is despondent and without hope, give them permission to do so by saying "I will act in your stead in the spirit of active hope, knowing that when the day comes, you be ready to move forward."
Meanwhile, check out the amazing organizing going on under the umbrella of the DuPage Clean Energy Coalition. Engage this exciting new group through Facebook. Please note also that subgroups are forming all over DuPage, in communities like Naperville, Wheaton, Warrenville, and Bartlett.
- Jeff Gahris
Good morning, I am wondering if I could interview you for a Masters project for my program at Miami Ohio University (AIP program, conservation based and connected to Brookfield Zoo). I live right here in Glen Ellyn and need to gather "community voices" for our project. Please contact me if you would like to help at kburkholder@stpatrick.org or burkhoka@miamioh.edu. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
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