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The Big Elephant in the Room
Growing up, my grandpa said lots of things that made family members cringe. Like the bad uncle or crazy talking grandpa at a holiday dinner, you tolerate the conversation for a little bit, but then you quietly find your exit. You know grandpa won’t change his ways at this point in his life. His beliefs […]
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A Howling Time: Community Sustainability in the Amazonas
I wrote a version of this internal blog post in 2012 for staff at the Michigan Suburbs Alliance. At the time, I was leading Climate Action Planning, a project that developed local strategies for community-level action on climate change for the cities of Hazel Park, Ypsilanti and Southgate in SE Michigan. In this original blog […]