Resilience Review Column – Empowering Ourselves

Here is Local  20/20’s August Column in the Port Townsend  Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.

By Roarke Jennings

Over the past few decades, there has been an accumulation of evidence indicating that human activities are endangering the ecosystems and beauties of the world that we inevitably rely on. Locally, the wildfire smoke affecting Jefferson County recently, … Read the rest

Resilience Review Column – The Future Starts Now Within Communities

Here is Local  20/20’s July Column in the Port Townsend  Leader (thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review.  It is copied below.

By Suzanne Jones

Over the past decade, I experienced the loss of my home in a Southern California wildfire, the collapse of a business after the economic crisis in 2008-2009, and my future as an educator melt away … Read the rest

Resilience Review Column – Finding Common Ground

Here is Local  20/20s’ June Column in the Port Townsend  Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review.  It is copied below.

By Judith Alexander

The acronym YOYO, (You’re On Your Own) was the default message to the public back in 2007, when Local 20/20 reached out to Bob Hamlin, Director of the Jefferson County Dept. of Emergency Management (DEM) … Read the rest

Resilience Review Column – This Encouragement has Implications for our Community

Here is Local 20/20’s Resilience Review column in The Port Townsend Leader for May 2018. (Thank you, PT Leader!)

By David Engle

My story begins as a post-war baby born in 1948. During this early post-war period the US decided to go all in for the automobile and build the infrastructure necessary to support a car for everyone who wanted

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Resilience Review Column – Public Transit is Not Dull or Boring

Here is Local  20/20s’ April Column in the Port Townsend  Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review.  It is copied below.

By Joe Calodich

Public transportation is often viewed by commuters as a last resort, an undesired alternative that is dangerous, unsanitary or boring. This reputation has helped make cars very popular and reduced the ridership of public transportation. 

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Letter from American Meteorological Society Regarding Climate Change

The American Meteorological Society wrote a letter recently to the President that is a nice succinct statement about the state of climate science.  https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-ams/ams-position-letters/ams-letter-to-president-trump-on-climate-change/

The text of the letter is below:

Dear President Trump:

In an interview with Piers Morgan on Britain’s ITV News that aired Sunday, 28 January, you stated, among other comments:

“There is a cooling, and there’s … Read the rest