Press Herald - The Patten Free Library aims to inspire young people to think of how to implement climate solutions in local communities during its annual Bath Climate Conversations next week.
On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Bath Climate Conversations will focus on how young people can unite communities for local solutions to the climate challenge. The event will happen in the Community Room of the Patten Free Library, both in-person and on Zoom, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Leia Lowery, cofounder and director of The Climate Initiative (a Maine-based nonpartisan organization), will speak at the Bath Climate Conversations for the first time this year. Lowery will speak with Jackson Chadwick, advocacy director of the Maine Youth for Climate Justice (MYCJ), about successful efforts to get young people engaged with their communities through climate action.
“[Young people] have a long-term stake in the outcomes of what happens; most of us that are older are not going to be around for the real long-term issues,” Lowery said. “We can’t basically run up a bill and make another generation pay.”