‘Elder power’ a force in Virginia as more retirees step up climate action game tells and important story about how older Americans are taking action on issues they care about with Third Act.
RICHMOND, Va. — Bill Muth still remembers the angst that enveloped him one day in October 2018 while he listened to a radio broadcast about the anticipated onslaught of planetary havoc from climate change.
“Phew!” the Virginia Commonwealth University literacy professor fumed on his long-ago drive home to Richmond from Washington, D.C. “I hadn’t been paying close enough attention. I was absolutely floored.”
The shock of that United Nations report motivated Muth to begin folding carbon pollution themes into lessons and assignments he designed for teachers. It also gave him an inkling that he likely wouldn’t be settling into a quiet retirement. (Source)
You don't have to join Third Act to advocate for more/less/better fill in the blank. You can take action on your own or work with others. There is power in numbers, after all.
Want to do something local? Here are some organizations doing advocacy:
- Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship
- Friends of the Rappahannock
- The Haven
- Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends