Now adults, this new generation must research, invent, and advocate for the millions of small and large changes that will minimize the damages. They must break this overwhelming global problem into pieces that allow each of us to act within our own lives and permit institutions and governments to drop the theoretical debate and collaborate... the inspirational replaced by the practical, the passion translated to action. They are the climate generation* and they must tell us what to do.
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Does it matter? Home is where the heart is. That is so. But also true: the heart knows when it's home. Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, all stages in my younger life, touch chords I did not even know I had, or did not then consider as important as I do now. Even after all these years, I discover to my surprise, I am an East Coast girl at heart.
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Somewhere in that crowd of women walking to Austria maybe there is one, two or three women whose circumstances, means and ambition will conspire to help them write their story someday. I hope there are people along the way to help. I’d like to be among them. But at least if I’m still here, I’ll get in line to buy the book.
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