One Civic Act

The Candidates Climate Forum that the Climate Coalition of Somerville is planning is in just six days. Today, we had another meeting with the moderator, Julia Taliesin of the Somerville Journal , to walk through the run of show. Feels like we’re in pretty good shape if we could just lock down the last few questions.

Two years ago, I donated to a Florida attorney, Margaret Good, running for that state’s congress against a real estate developer. Well, she won. And now she’s running for Congress — against that same developer’s father. You can’t make that up. Today, I made donation to Good’s campaign for Congress.

Today, I snuck in my second 30-second shift photographing pollinators in one block of Somerville, as part of a citizen science project. The bees are definitely still out, although the number of flowers for them to visit is down now that it’s fall. Here’s a bumblebee at work. I also spotted a monarch butterfly on a flower for the first time. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Today, Conscious Capitalism Boston agreed to partner with the Boston Area Sustainability Group to co-sponsor their next event, on coop businesses . Actually, the event is on Tuesday, so I had to scramble a bit to get the event up on our website and schedule a couple of email blasts.

Today I attended a hearing held by the Somerville Planning Board to get updates from the City of Somerville’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development on the Davis Square Neighborhood Plan . It’s been a six-year development process. There are certainly some things that need to be better explained to the public, but the planners have been responsive to date and have some interesting ideas.

The Brattle Theatre screened The Anthropocene this evening, an eerily beautiful but ominous movie about human impact on the planet. Today, I not only saw the film, but also volunteered at the Brattle to help market its membership program.

Today, I joined one other climate advocate in presenting about climate change to the Somerville Rotary Club. This was a great opportunity to talk about climate with new groups and perhaps spur them into service opportunities related to climate.