DULUTH, Minn. – Friday was the second day OF UMD’S Environmental Summit, an event put on by SEE Change and other local environmental organizations.
SEE Change is an acronym that stands for Social, Environment, and Economic Change, and it was the focus of the summit.
Thursday’s event featured a sustainability fair featuring community organizations from across the state. Today presentations were given on topics such as green new deal housing and resisting extractive mines and extractive resource operations.
“Any climate action is good even if it’s learning to recycle, things like that, but the very best climate actions are taken in the community with other people. Alone action is like a drop of water in a pool or Lake Superior, but if we all join together for action then we can really start making a difference,” SEE Change Facilitator, Levi Gregg says.
Friday’s keynote speaker was Winona LeDuke, an economist. She spoke about how to transition from the fight to end line three to the fight for stop line five.
