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Climate: Front and Center
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

Climate: Front and Center

The White House used the Summit of the Americas as an opportunity to make significant global commitments to combating the climate crises. I took special note of the following advancements that relate to the progress the Community Environmental Council is making in our region.

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A New Home for CEC: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

A New Home for CEC: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been

As we enter a new year, CEC is significantly expanding our staff and programming to meet the increasing demands of the climate crisis. To accommodate this growth, we are moving around the corner to 1219 State St., where CEC will once again have street level presence in the center of the community.

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The Right to Breathe
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

The Right to Breathe

This will not be a lyrical post, but rather a stuttering gasp of grief and impotent rage after witnessing – as we all did this week – the cries of an unarmed man for the most basic human right: the right to breathe.

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Navigating by New Constellations
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

Navigating by New Constellations

Lately, with our collective navigational instruments on the blink, dials spinning uselessly, I awake from sleep and find myself curled into the shape of a question mark, as if to reflect back all the unknowns of this time.

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The Long Emergency
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

The Long Emergency

Recently it’s felt like we’ve been living in a near-constant state of emergency. In fact I have on my nightstand a book of that title – Living in the Long Emergency, which I have yet to read. The truth is that the joint crises of a global pandemic, a deeply flawed economic system, structural racism, fraying political institutions, and growing climate chaos don't leave me with a lot of enthusiasm for this as a bedtime story.

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Burn Your Maps
Sigrid Wright Sigrid Wright

Burn Your Maps

After months of pandemic-induced disruption at so many levels, I find it liberating to realize that the times we are in may just be demanding that we let go of where we wish we were, set a new course, and burn our old maps for fuel.

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