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3 Things I Learned Just by Showing Up
On March 31st this year, Clean Water Action and the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy CT, an advocacy group that aims to protect our children from toxic chemicals, held a press event to voice concerns over the use of recycled tire rubber as a ground cover in playgrounds and urge passing of the bill to ban its use. I saw firsthand the world in which the Coalition works and learned a few things about the legislative process, the science, and the impact of simply showing up to relay my concern. Here are three things I realized:
Showing up is actually not that hard to do. Driving into the CT stateNew England Currents -- June 2019
In this issue: PFAS: The Nonstick nightmare | Massachusetts: Getting the lead out in Chelsea | Massachusetts: Increasing solar access for low-income communities | Massachusetts: Spring for Water | Connecticut: Fighting for clean energy | Connecticut: State Water Plan victory | Rhode Island: Breakfast of Champions | Rhode Island: Advocating for solutions to climate change and plastic pollution