I didn ‘t see this coming. As recently as two weeks ago this big decision wasn’t even on my radar. But because of an unexpected turn in the trail, I find myself taking a leap that I hadn’t anticipated or planned.
If you are a regular visitor to this site, you likely know how determined I have been for quite awhile in my efforts to address climate change. I love this planet. I love the living earth. That’s what this website–The Earth Connection.org–is all about. And it pains me deeply to contemplate what we’re doing to this marvelous planet and to the well-being of life on earth.
Because of my grief, anger, and fear about the planet we are likely leaving to my two dear granddaughters and to all young people, I have made myself a ‘climate warrior.’ I’ve made several January plunges into the Potomac River to raise money for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), an organization Bill McKibben describes as “the most effective regional climate organization in the entire world!” I am honored to now be a member of CCAN’s board. I have also been going around, every chance I get, talking to various groups about the climate crisis. Reactions are often quite chilly–stony faces, arms crossed tightly across chests. The only audience in which most react with the concern and commitment I want to see are high school students in a gifted and talented program. But these speaking opportunities have been few and far between. And turnout is often trivial, making the energy and effort I expend far out of proportion.
On one such day, Monday, February 9, after I spoke to a group of just eight elderly ladies, I had lunch with my husband Andy and my friend Laura. In our conversation, a question arose–how could I get bigger audiences for my talks?
That question precipitated a quite unexpected, creative breakthrough and life decision. Stay tuned for the ‘rest of the story!’– April Moore