Climate Corner Comes of Age—Adding Scope and a Name Change
Climate Corner Comes of Age
—Adding Scope and a Name Change
By Meg Gordon
Climate Corner is growing up. For those unfamiliar with this experimental blog, it was initiated by the 2019-20 Climate Crisis Team to provide a sweeping overview of the underlying components contributing to the climate crisis. Now it is time to evolve.
To this end, the Program Committee is launching an expanded blog space titled Swinging for the Fences —At bat for climate and democracy. Blogs will serve as companion pieces that support and round out League programming and actions. The new title is a tip of the hat to the game of baseball, co-opting its expression for giving your all, swinging for that home run. For us that means taking actions to ensure a just democracy and a livable planet.
First up, we feature community member Kenneth Potter. For three decades and counting, Potter has been sharing his expertise as a hydrologist for all our benefit. Potter was originally scheduled to speak on April 5, 2020, headlining the fourth climate crisis forum Revenge of the Marshes—Preserving the Wetlands That Protect Us. It was scheduled to be held in the environmentally instructive setting—Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought that event to a halt. But when the City of Madison needed to garner support for updating its stormwater ordinance, Potter’s planned primer on Dane County’s flooding problem simply couldn’t wait. His talk is now a virtual forum, the first in a two-part set that complete the Revenge of the Marshes program. Part two, a conversation on the role marshlands play in flood control will be out soon. Watch for this lively exchange of information between prairie and climate experts Greg Armstrong and Ralph Petersen, respectively, with Gail Shea, League member and wetlands advocate.
This package launches our new virtual forum series, under the name Issues on Deck. The blog, forum and voting issue constellation are complementary components designed to enhance our well-researched message to voters. Issues will morph as innings do. And we will be strategically blogging to add heft from our figurative place in the dugout—highlighting local activists, relevant science and important legislation in the hopes that you as batters (voters) will take a swing and run with it. Information is power. So is voting. And that is what this League is all about.
Of Note: Blogging is a team effort and we welcome guest writers should inspiration strike. So please don’t hesitate to pitch your proposed piece our way. (mbgordon721@gmail.com)
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Potter’s talk, a virtual forum.
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