Sustainability Now! | Carmel Bowman + Maggie Hettinger | Citizens Climate Lobby | May 31, 2021

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, welcomes to the virtual studio Carmel Bowman and Maggie Hettinger, two sisters who have decided to do something real & effective about climate change. Maggie lives in Bullitt Co. and Carmel lives in Bardstown. They've teamed up with Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a grassroots organization that has a plan that was introduced to the US Congress as the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.

With the Louisville Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, they'll be presenting a virtual “show” for the interested public on Thursday, June 3rd at 7pm called "Ready for a Solution?! It's in Your Hand!" Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2895680117366177/ Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdu2prjsoHNOmtFzfMM8Yt8sx7IrfXTwa?fbclid=IwAR1wHlRHDNwks80qcvuwvPVRY6T5_y_RTfFPcc0gZQQm5M8E3fMzF_9s3p8

Carmel is a mom and Centre College graduate. She's played several roles as a volunteer with Bernheim Forest and Kentucky Water Watch, a Montessori teacher, a Girl Scout leader, a church and community musician—even a “hillbilly” for the Kentucky Flavor Traveling Roadshow. Her post-pandemic plans are to focus on empowering herself and others to deal with climate change, and bridging differences through respectful and compassionate communication.

Maggie is a semi-retired musician and teacher living just outside of Bernheim Forest in Bullitt County. She is passionate about the climate, live music, wild edible foods and mushrooms. As a grandmother, she has been known to lead joyful musical parades around the yard.

This year CCL's National Conference will be online: “The Push for a Price on Carbon"" Saturday-Sunday, June 12-13, 1-5pm both days. You’ll get updates on what’s happening in Washington, D.C., from keynote speaker Adele Morris, economist at the Brooking Institution, and CCL’s government affairs team. Other keynote speakers Jasmine Sanders, Executive Director of Our Climate, and Jerry Taylor, President of Niskanen Center, will share what their organizations are doing this year in support of climate solutions. At the breakout sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from faith groups, local leaders, businesses and more about their perspectives on the push for a price on carbon. You’ll be trained on actions you can take in your community, with the media, and with your members of Congress. Additionally, they are offering 4 seminars on Sunday, June 13th at 1pm that will dive deeper into the topics than a regular conference breakout. Registration is free. For more information go to http://cclusa.org/pushforaprice.

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com