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"The Solar Panel Panel"

Arlington Community Education

Wed., May 25, 7-8:30 pm [online]

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Arlington homeowners who are also members of Sustainable Arlington, Arlington Mothers Out Front and the Clean Energy Future Committee will describe their experiences with installing solar panels on their own homes. The event is moderated by Andy Winslow, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (also former Arlington Winchester HeatSmart coach).  Q & A time for participants to to get their questions answered.

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A panel of Newton Climate Leaders, each of whom is known in climate circles well beyond their city, will discuss their priorities for climate action and answer your questions about policies and how you can help make a difference.  Moderated by Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan, a tech entrepreneur, non-profit leader, and community activist. 

Municipal Climate Action Discussion Panel

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The kids are not ok

A scientist writes, "Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school..."  The students:

• ... didn’t need to hear about emission trajectories: they needed to hear about trajectories of popular struggle, when and how people without power changed the world.

Later that day, her university students said about climate change:

• “Everyone knows, and no one is acting as though it matters. No one is taking it seriously. Every day, on Instagram, we see people we know taking flights just for the weekend. Everyone knows and no one cares. It’s just open hypocrisy.”
• “We have seen that covid and Russia’s war on Ukraine can really cause changes overnight — but for climate, which is supposed to be a real crisis too, nothing is done.”

Conclusion:

"...inaction is now perceived as a deliberate, inevitable choice. The grown-ups ... are hurting and harming the youth and they are still doing it. The hurt and despair are immense." 

So ... are we going to keep describing the problem?

Or ... start working on solutions?

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Arlington EcoWeek presents:

Arlington's Big WeedOut Day, May 7

Learn removal techniques you can use at home

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Spending billions fixing gas system makes no sense

Lawmakers shouldn't allow utilities to retool to carry new fuels

Dorie Seavey, Apr 26, 2022

TO HAVE ANY CHANCE of averting climate catastrophe, the latest climate science is definitive that we must actively decommission much of our existing fossil fuel infrastructure. Flying in the face of this dire warning, Massachusetts is on course to spend roughly $40 billion recommissioning its gas distribution system.

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