When I shared my NYR with my partner, he was generally
supportive. He is on board with wanting to do what we can to make sure our
child has a stable world to live in. However, we are already doing a lot of therecommended things to minimize our personal impact – we are only having one
child, we try to drive as little as possible, we save water, we plant our own
food, we don’t run the dryer, we don’t buy new things, we turn the lights off, we
have a tiny home, etc.
What else can we do?
Seriously. |
So, that is how I’m going to pursue my resolution this year.
This year, I resolve to write my local and state officials
twice per month regarding environmental issues. Maybe it will be praise for
good work or maybe it will be me raising my concerns to their attention. Either
way, it will let my officials know that the environment is on my mind and
hopefully they will take notice when they make public policies and laws.
I also plan on doing more to support the Utah Physicians fora Healthy Environment. They are a local non-profit that lobbies for
environmental protections to support good health – a much needed advocacy group
here in Ogden where somedays the smog is so bad I can’t see my neighbor’s
house!
We already make monthly donations to UPHE, so I plan on
telling folks about their mission and doing any “public action” requests they
make this year. And if we are fortunate enough to have special occasion money
this year, I’ll donate that to UPHE, too.
How are you going to achieve your 2019 goals?
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