April 2019 And Beauty for All Newsletter...

[JOHN DE GRAAF,* JOHN DE GRAAF]

https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=a7f307ad90757965779359714&id=09012e8d80

Had a tough experience today--was the keynote speaker for Earth Day at the University of Washington, talking about the Green New Deal.  Only about 20 students showed up for the event, even though the speaker right before me was former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (who was very good and talked about voluntary compliance by business is something of a chimera--you have to have regulations and a stick as well as incentives.  But I'm dismayed by the turnout at a time like this.  Of course everyone has a million activities, and their devices...

How do we challenge the apathy?

John de Graaf

www.johndegraaf.com

[Jean Boucher]

Thanks, John, for showing up. Yes, it is indeed frustrating. There is some question though as to your question: Renee Lertzman has done some wonderful work, I think, on the myth of apathy. It may be apathy, but it's good to identify what we're up against. She talks about people being too overwhelmed with other concerns to add more - but i don't want to put words in her mouth.  Jean

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[Philip Vergragt]

Dear John,

Sorry to hear that. As I mentioned last week, the Sunrise movement brought 1200 enthusiastic (mostly young) people to a theatre in Boston to help launch the Green New Deal; so it is not all apathy.

Especially many young people are dismayed by us older generations and want to take things in their own hand. How to do that is still an open question….but the enthusiasm seems to be there.

No idea about the specific causes at WU.

Warm regards,

Philip

 

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