DEMOCRACY'S NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT, WE CAN DO IT!

Local and regional groups which act locally for Climate Sustainability gave the community and each other an opportunity to connect and network this past Saturday at the Climate Action Festival hosted by the Coulee Region Climate Alliance.   

Participating Groups included:

*Coulee Region Sierra Club    * Coulee Partners for Sustainability

*Coulee Region Ecoscapes      * UW-L Students for Sustainability

*Citizens Climate Lobby         * Citizens Acting for Rail Safety

*ONE at UW-L La Crosse       * La Crosse Area Transit Advocates *Bike Federation of Wisconsin*Izaak Walton League
* Houston County Protectors   *Livable Neighborhoods

*Middle Way Meditation         *Wild Green
*Mississippi Valley Conservancy                                 

LA CROSSE AREA TRANSIT ADVOCATES

Y's LANDSCAPE PLANS FOR SUSTAINABLE YEAR ROUND GARDEN             

CITIZENS' CLIMATE LOBBY

UW-L's ONE

WATER RIGHTS

CITIZENS ACTING FOR RAIL SAFETY

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONSERVANCY

Attendees could also assess one's carbon footprint and create an action plan besides viewing interesting videos re: sustainability.

An IDEA board was set up for participants to leave suggestions for how to make our lifestyle, community, environment and world more sustainable. 


Democracy is not a spectator sport as one of the event posters stated. The Climate Action Festival certainly provided an excellent opportunity to learn more about being sustainable and about becoming more involved in the process. We definitely can all do our part.