Post Author's Photographer By Kristin Eggen October 6, 2021

Andy Johnson, Executive Director

So reads the first Headline Statement from the most recent, definitive, and ominous IPCC report,Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.

More: “Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe.” These include “heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones”, the changes are accelerating, and “many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries to millennia”. Browse the report, or summaries fromWorld Resources Institute,The Conversation,The Atlantic, or your favorite media.

And so “¦ we can become demoralized, or put our shoulder to the wheel of change and push ever harder. Light bulbs (and all energy efficiency) matter, as Joel emphasizes in a recentKWWL interview: sign up for ourGreen Iowa AmeriCorp’s “First Step”today. Winneshiek County has 10x the Iowa and Midwest level of locally-owned solar:start your solar journey today. Iowaleads the nation in renewable energy use, yet anti-renewables headwinds are growing: tell your elected officials that energy efficiency and renewable energy at all scales are top priority, and ask for their commitment.

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Kristin Eggen

Kristin Eggen first came to the Winneshiek Energy District as a Green Iowa AmeriCorps member in 2015. Eight years later, she is thrilled to lead the grassroots clean energy movement in Winneshiek County. Kristin deeply appreciates rural communities, Northeast Iowa, community sustainability, and nonprofit management. She uses The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter methodology and graphic recording services to drive strategic conversations around community sustainability, justice, fundraising, and nonprofit health.

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