Letter: Collective climate action a real force for change

Excellent groups to join include 350.org, Mothers Out Front, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Acterra and more.

Collective climate action
a real force for change

Re: “Civilization is flushing itself down the toilet” (Letter to the editor, Mercurynews.com, Dec. 18):

This writer despairingly pictures civilization’s arm reaching out of a toilet marked “global warming,” ready to flush.

In the same edition, Aldo Toledo’s report (“Gov. Newsom should take bolder action on climate, San Mateo County leaders say”) quotes Millbrae Vice Mayor Ann Schneider’s urging: “Each one of us as individuals, as school districts, as a city, as businesses, we each have to do our part” to combat climate change.”

Yes, we must all do our part. Individual actions matter, but collective action amplifies our voice and creates a force for change. Citizens’ Climate Lobby attracted me with a positive, nonpartisan call for a price on carbon. Other excellent groups include: 350.org, Mothers Out Front, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Acterra and more.

We each should find a group that fits us. Collective action = hope, not despair!

Anna Koster
San Jose

 

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