The climate is changing, and not for the better. The whole planet is warming. CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are accumulating exponentially in the atmosphere.
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What's causing all this, and what should be done? The Utah Valley Earth Forum has assembled a select team from Utah's four largest universities to discuss the climate crisis and address your questions. It's happening Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Orem Public Library. Details at UtahValleyEarthForum.org.
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This letter to the editor invites people to a panel organized by a citizen group that is concerned about climate change. It's happening in Utah Valley, home to Brigham Young University. It's a majority Mormon and deeply red (for Republican) part of the state. These citizens have taken it upon themselves to try to cut through the politics, and they chose to do that at the public library.
I was so delighted when I got to the end of this letter and discovered that the writer was using library resources to help start a dialogue on community response to climate change. This is exactly what we librarians wish for-- public use of our open-access spaces to support citizen engagement and democracy.
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