If the success of Saturday’s Green Jobs event in Cambridge was any indication, the future of climate and green energy action on the Eastern Shore is looking very bright, and we should all be very proud of what we accomplished. We got a mayor (Victoria Jackson-Stanley) and a congressional candidate (Frank Kratovil) talking earnestly about the building the green economy; we’ve developed a network of local businesses and activists, and spread our message to the broader Dorchester and Talbot communities with a big write up in the local papers.

But it’s important to remember that Saturday was just the beginning. On September 27th we proved that we can capture the attention of both the media and our local leaders