Ask Public Leaders to Mention the Climate Emergency
I asked the new mayor of Watsonville, California, USA, to use his platform (his position, which gives him many opportunities to speak in public) to mention something about the climate emergency at every possible opportunity. He agreed right away. I will be sending him suggestions.
We can ask public leaders around us—on school boards, city councils, boards of directors, planning commissions, and so on—to include something about the climate emergency (for example, its connection to homelessness, tribal rights, work conditions, education) in every report they make and every speech they prepare.
We can also include it ourselves whenever we have the opportunity to speak—in public, at meetings, with individuals.
Watsonville, California, USA
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