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