Are you doing your part for the planet?
Lisa Adatto, member and environmental activist, credits her father, a scientist at the University of Oregon, with first sparking her interest in the Greenhouse Effect, and later in the broader sustainability movement. Now, says Adatto, “it’s my children and grandchildren who keep me involved.”
Lisa is passionate about increasing accessibility to the sustainability movement because, “We need everyone pitching in. It’s a matter of survival.”
Luckily, she continues, this is an easy movement to take part in because it offers so many entry points. Most schools have a Green Team. Many houses of worship host an Environmental Committee. Sometimes, it’s as simple as working together with your family or friends to see how you can make changes that impact the planet in a positive way. The NW Earth Institute has challenges and discussion resources that show how changes in everyday habits can make a difference.
“For over 200 years we’ve been depleting and dirtying our resources to the point where sustainability has become an urgent issue,” Lisa notes. “But it’s not insurmountable if we each do our part.”
The idea of saving the planet is finally gaining some traction with the masses even though scientists and climate activists have been raising the alarm for decades. Are you doing your part? If not, why not spend 10 minutes reading the Green New Deal to learn more about what’s needed or listen to the podcast How to Save a Planet or, better yet, listen to climate activist Greta Thunberg at the U.N.’s 2019 Climate Action Summit. She’ll tell you how it is in about five minutes and she does it with heart.
If we each do our part...
— Tammy Wilhoite