Peter Schwartzman, Knox professor on Environmental Studies, a smart, scientific guy says, “many cities around the world have committed themselves to many goals necessary to avoid calamitous outcomes” from the impacts of global warming. Cities shifting from fossil fuels to wind and solar energies are great steps toward endeavoring to affect climate control. Increasing public transportation might reduce the number of vehicles on our roadways. Weatherizing our homes and using less energy are steps most of us can attempt. “Trees absorb carbon dioxide and excess rainwater.” Planting trees, supporting farmers markets, local growers, restaurants and businesses, “enhancing our downtown areas, making it more pedestrian-friendly” helps keep more people shopping and entertained in our burg. Dozens of trees surround my home, built in 1860, heated downstairs by radiator heat, no heat upstairs, our thermostat set at 62 degrees in winter; we grow a garden, have six hens and a rooster, and I own a Prius hybrid.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Nov 16 2018
My thoughts on alderman Peter Schwartzman’s Register-Mail article published 11/14/18 on responding to climate change.
Peter Schwartzman, Knox professor on Environmental Studies, a smart, scientific guy says, “many cities around the world have committed themselves to many goals necessary to avoid calamitous outcomes” from the impacts of global warming. Cities shifting from fossil fuels to wind and solar energies are great steps toward endeavoring to affect climate control. Increasing public transportation might reduce the number of vehicles on our roadways. Weatherizing our homes and using less energy are steps most of us can attempt. “Trees absorb carbon dioxide and excess rainwater.” Planting trees, supporting farmers markets, local growers, restaurants and businesses, “enhancing our downtown areas, making it more pedestrian-friendly” helps keep more people shopping and entertained in our burg. Dozens of trees surround my home, built in 1860, heated downstairs by radiator heat, no heat upstairs, our thermostat set at 62 degrees in winter; we grow a garden, have six hens and a rooster, and I own a Prius hybrid.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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