This summer represented the longest vacation in a long, three weeks spent in the homes of relatives and friends in France driven, in part, by a serious illness in the family. This time, often with (extremely) limited web access, provided some breathing space, too much weight gain with excellent food, and provided some windows on France and French society that reflect back on what is (or isn't) happening in the United States.
To be clear, no society is perfect ... which makes it ever more important to be open to lessons and learning from others ... especially if one really is interested in the continuing struggle to form a more perfect union.
Several weeks in France provided a window -- however obscured or partial -- on how France is changing in the face of mounting energy and climate challenges (domestically and locally) on the governmental, societal, and individual level. This is the first, of which will likely be several, posts providing some thoughts derived from glancing through that window.
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association with those erady, willing, able, and enthusiastic about denying the reality before their (and our) own eyes about the global changes in climate patterns and humanity's role in driving these changes.
While DC fiddles and runs from comprehensive climate change legislation, a tribe in California and 3 school districts in Chicago recognize that green energy is not just good for our environment but also can sustain communities economically. Both have decided to invest in wind farms as a remedy for the economic shortfalls that each face.
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