Green Options

Image credit: Tena Engelman/National Park ServiceToday we talk about Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI) programs around the country. It all started in Pennsylvania ten years ago; now, EASI senior volunteers are involved in a wide range of projects, including trying to save a lake in Mexico.

Today's podcast is available here.

Editor's note: We're very pleased to welcome Max Lindberg to our writing team. The publisher of the Lindberg Report podcast, now a part of The Fuels Report, Max is a retired broadcast journalist. We're very happy to have his wealth of experience on the team! Stay tuned — once we get the technical kinks worked out, Max will be producing the first GO podcast series, "Greening the Golden Years."

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Just as important as voicing your views to the decision-makers on local issues (see parts One and Two of this series) is mobilizing support amongst local people in your community for Green Issues.

An easy and very important way to do this is through your local newspaper. Local news is where ideas are hashed out… Local media tends to be much less dominated by corporate interests than national or even regional media, and

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In the first piece in this series, I wrote about finding out who makes decisions about issues that affect you on the local level. The next step is to attend meetings and public hearings.

Almost every meeting when a decision is about to be made, be it Town Council, County Commission, or others, will have what’s known as a “Public Comment” period. This is a chance for members of the public to stand up

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