hkoester, Author at Washtenaw Climate Reality

24 Hours of Reality. We have to start fighting for a safer, healthier future - together, as one planet.

Join us for 24 Hours of Reality: October 10-11

It’s time to be part of a planet-wide dialogue on the climate crisis and its solutions. Our chapter has signed up to host several virtual presentations during #24HoursOfReality: Countdown to the Future! Presentations by our chapter’s Climate Reality Leaders include:…

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5 Ways to Get Out The Vote for Climate Action

Let’s boost voter turnout, let’s advocate for our Earth, let’s do this!

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A (virtual) Meeting on Capitol Hill

One of our U.S. Senators for Michigan, Gary Peters, is up for re-election this year. Our chapter thought it could be a great time to engage Senator Peters on the topic of the climate crisis, to let him know where…

Become a Climate Reality Leader

You want to solve the climate crisis. Now learn how.

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Washtenaw Climate Reality statement on racial justice

Washtenaw Climate Reality stands with Black Lives Matter.

Michigan Climate Action Party — Monday, October 2 7-8 PM

Great opportunity for climate advocacy at the state level on Monday evening, October 2 at 7 PM, and you don’t even have to leave your living room for it. We’ll be hosting a Climate Action Party advocating for the passage…

Free online training on effective climate action: don’t miss it!

“Let’s face reality. The climate crisis doesn’t care if you’re in a red or blue state. It is an existential threat.” – President Joe Biden, State of the Union

Easy ways to talk about the new Climate Bill

If talking to others about climate action is one of the most important things we can do, as Katherine Hayhoe suggests, then I really blew it yesterday. I was hanging out on a friend’s deck last night, when one of…

How the Line 5 Tunnel Can Impact You and the State of Michigan

A new unproven technology is being proposed for the State of Michigan’s most sensitive location, the Straits of Mackinac, with huge potential impacts: a boring tunnel machine that will bore a 20’- wide tunnel 60-100 feet below the lakebed for…

The Climate Crisis: Let’s talk and let’s act

A couple of presentations I’ve been to lately made the following points:72% of U.S. adults support regulating CO2 as a pollutant. Only 35% discuss global warming at least occasionally. And only 8% are “activated” and making an attempt to do…

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