National Conference Call

On Saturday, October 2nd, I went to a house near UCSD for a national conference call. When I finally found the place, I was greeted by a member of CCL named Rick, but to my surprise, no Amy. It went fine regardless. We talked about music, our reasons for joining CCL, and engineering for a while, and then the call began. Bill McKibben and the woman who is running the million letter march were the guest speakers. Bill talked about climate centered events going on around the world, including one in China, where a thousand mechanics went around fixing bikes so people couldn't have the excuse that their bike didn't work. He also talked about going straight for the political reform, not expecting social reform, political reform in return. The million letter march was also talked about. For this, CCL is asking that each of its members write a letter to a Congressperson about climate change and ask 5 or more friends to write one as well. At the end of the call, chapters from around the nation pledged how many letters they would be responsible for. Rick and I practiced this month's laser talk, which describes the million letter march, and then I left. Tonight, I wrote the first draft of my letter. I now have 9 volunteership hours.