If you ever feel a little disheartened or disempowered, then spare a few moments to read the article below - originally published in Orion magazine last year.
“I have given nearly one thousand talks about the environment in the past fifteen years, and after every speech a smaller crowd gathered to talk, ask questions, and exchange business cards. The people offering their cards were working on the most salient issues of our day: climate change, poverty, deforestation, peace, water, hunger, conservation, human rights, and more. They were from the non-profit and nongovernmental world, also known as civil society.”