Something I’m thinking about lately is “what does effective action look like“. I’ve been activating on getting rid of gas-powered leaf blowers in Portland for a while. Things seem to be moving in the right direction – partially due to the actions I mention here.
When I arrived in Philadelphia on a family visit I was hit with a series of noisy lawn care equipment operating all around the area. It’s non-stop here. Anyway, I wrote to various members of the Philadelphia City Council.  I hopped on Nextdoor (yep, you can be in more than one neighborhood But I’m wondering if it’s taking me and others such a long time to get rid of what I see as an obvious move to push back against climate change – then what chance do we have to make the bigger changes that we need to make?

Maybe I’m learning something along the way that I or someone else will be able to take and use. Toolmaking Thanks for listening and I’m open to reflections on this issue.