On Wednesday night, I attended the Town Hall Meeting in Greenbelt (mainly organized by our amazing local chapter!), which featured, among others, atmospheric scientist Chris Barnet, Ph.D, who gave a great talk about the science of global warming. After going through the standard science-speak introduction, he brought up an analogy for global warming pollution that everyone could easily visualize: charcoal briquettes. He challenged the audience to visualize throwing a certain number of briquettes into their backyard (or out their car window while driving on the beltway) for each activity they did, to symbolically demonstrate the amount of pollution their energy use was producing.
Audience members listen to the speakers.
Other speakers included Mayor Davis of Greenbelt, State Senator Paul Pinsky, and Brad Heavner, the Director of Environment Maryland. The evening closed with a panel of scientists joining the speakers to take questions from the audience.
The distinguished panel takes questions.
And as this was one of the month of action events, that means it’s time for an update on how we’re doing on our goals!
| GOALS | Goal | Number to Date |
| Events | 20 | 7 |
| Media Hits | 10 | 2 |
| Postcards | 5,000 | 500 |
Want to help us reach our goals? Get involved in the month of action!
