Climate action policy event at San Juan Island Grange

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans

Learn about climate action policy at the local, state and national level and how to get involved at the Community Climate Action Night at 7 p.m., April 28 at the San Juan Island Grange. The Grange is located at 152 1st St. North in Friday Harbor.

Featured speaker, Gwen Hanson, MD, leads the Bellevue chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby, an international nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change, specifically to help enact a carbon fee and dividend.

Sarah Severn, with the Islands Climate Resilience Program of the Madrona Institute, and Lovel Pratt, with Friends of the San Juans, will speak about integrating climate change into San Juan County’s Comprehensive Plan update and Initiative 1631, which is the statewide initiative for clean air and clean energy.

For those that can’t make it to Friday Harbor, there will be a live feed at https://tinyurl.com/ydch6wa9

This event is sponsored by the Madrona Institute and free and open to the public. Other partners include Friends of the San Juans and Citizens Climate Lobby.