Real talk on the planetary emergency and what we can do about it.
In line with Crowdsourcing Sustainability's monthly theme of organizing for climate action in your community, we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jessyn Farrell!
Jessyn brings a unique and helpful perspective to community climate action as she has been involved with it from several different angles – first as an advocate, directing a transportation-focused nonprofit, then as a lawmaker for the state of Washington’s House of Representatives, and now as the Director of Seattle’s Office of Environment and Sustainability.
We covered a lot of ground in this interview including:
- The most effective ways for people to influence local politicians.
- How policy actually gets written (for better or worse).
- Advice for anyone running for office.
- The importance of meeting people where they are, listening, and addressing injustices.
- A story about the time she prevented fossil fuel lobbyists from destroying a multi-billion dollar bill by hiding in the bathroom…
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And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!!
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