On Sunday, I posted a diary entitled
"Holy crap, look at what Al Gore did to me!!!" about the amazing opportunity that my wife and I were given to work on addressing global climate change because of the film
An Incovenient Truth. We were both completely overwhelmed by the great mojo and ideas we received in response to our simple question: "What should we do?" I just wanted to take a quick second to follow up and let those of you who want to help us succeed know where we're headed.
First, thanks to
Wojo for
trying to sum up all the great and disparate suggestions in response to my diary, and for his own idea for what we should do. I'm impressed that you slogged through 700+ comments! It took me a few days but I finally got through them all myself. We now have a long list of ideas that I thought were worth considering, as well as a slew of links to check out.
It was interesting to see the themes that emerged (working with youth; focus on local models; supporting lower-income Americans to live green; energy policy; green building; food & climate, etc.). Some confirmed ideas we were already considering, while others had never crossed our minds.
I can't stress enough how fortunate--and humble--we both feel to have received such positive vibes and great suggestions. It will take the world community to address global climate change and it's with community input (both here on dkos and our personal community of friends, family and colleagues) that we hope to come up with the best approach for us to take in making the most of the amazing opportunity we've been given.
Here's what I plan to do: Once the election has passed and we've kicked those sorry assholes out of one-party rule, I'll post a follow up diary to share what ideas we've narrowed our scope down to, as well as the criteria we're using to make our decision. I hope that people will take the time to share any thoughts/considerations/opinions they have and perhaps help us flesh each one out a bit.
We also want to build upon and honor the tremendous work that kossacks have put into developing Energize America (btw, Jerome et. al, the website appears to be down) and so we intend to review the plan and consider whether or not furthering this work is where we should commit our energies (no pun intended).
Thanks all! And now let's take back our goddamn country!