About
After retiring from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, I wanted
to do something for the environment.
A group of us asked our pension fund
to divest from fossil-fuels,
but we had only limited success.
Meanwhile, my wife and I dramatically cut our own greenhouse gas emissions.
I joined other groups urging
political leaders to do much more,
much sooner, to stop toxic pollution.
However, progress was slow
at every governmental level:
city, county, etc.
What I felt was missing was talking
about the CAUSES of the problem.
Too few of us see the connections
between our own behavior,
the consequences of local pollution, and slowly worsening global weather patterns.
It came to me that a “boycott of pollution” might be a good way to:
- spread information,
- motivate people,
- reduce deadly pollution,
and spark economic & political momentum
to cleaner, healthier air & brighter forecasts.
Can you help make it happen?
