This year, I am voting for Paul Takac for the 82nd House District in Pennsylvania. Paul is a kind and thoughtful man who wades kindly through our polarized environment. He has a history of taking initiative and showing up for people. He deserves your vote no matter what party you are in. In his first … More Vote for Paul Takac on November 5th!
Today, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale held his first public hearing on the climate crisis. He has stated that Pennsylvania faces grave flooding risks among other problems and that we cannot rely on Washington to tackle the problem. If you didn’t know, last year the Centre Region where I live had record precipitation at about 64″. … More Our statement to the Auditor General on the Climate Crisis
A year ago, I put forward Ferguson Township’s resolution to act on climate change. Then in June 2017, we adopted Resolution 2017-14 (read the text here). We recognize that our well-being and the health of the interconnected web of being depends on the stability of the climate we’ve inherited. Its stability requires that we draw down … More Is there more to be done? Oh you bet. But in Ferguson, we’re acting on climate change.
The farmer, poet, author, and philosopher Wendell Berry has gifted his farm to a little Catholic college in Kentucky. One of the students in the program quoted him: “What I stand for, I stand on.” What we stand for, we literally stand on. The medium beneath our feet is the message of our lives. That to which … More Your place is your legacy
Peter Walks for Democracy 