Concerned individuals worried about the effects of climate change came together over the weekend to discuss the problem.
They held a meeting in the Watson Art Centre on Sunday.
“I just find it so interesting that so little is said about the solutions to climate change. Climate change is science, it’s fact, it’s coming. It’s coming fast, and it will mean big changes to our lives. It’s already costing the economy, I think they said 5 percent to fix up the floods and the damage from the wildfires, and all that. We just think we should be proactive. Our government should be proactive in turning those costs towards mitigation before the damage happens.”
Kate Storey, an organic farmer around Dauphin, organized the meeting and says the trend is towards a cleaner economy led by urban youth.
“We see a lot of change coming in the consumer goods that we buy. Right now, the short warranties, things wear out. You would think that governments would be starting to improve consumer standards or manufacturing standards so that things would last longer. That would be a really simple way to reduce our use of resources and save on the pollution.”
Storey hopes to organize another meeting to discuss climate change sometime early in the New Year.
