Episode 1.05 On Citizen Power for the Climate Crisis with Leslie Glustrom

What can regular citizens possibly do about climate change? To move the clean energy transition forward?

Leslie Glustrom was a humble scientist who "belongs in a lab working on a problem only one or two other people understand." But as a mom she couldn't shake the feeling that she needed to do something, anything, to leave a cleaner planet for her kids.

She dedicated herself to citizen advocacy -- working hard to rally communities to get energy policy passed at local, state, and federal levels, and engaging large companies to change their approach.

If you have been wondering what one person can do, I invite you to listen to Leslie and get inspired. She's proof that all of us can make a difference.

Quotables

"Every minute you spent in despair is a minute you didn't spend in leadership."

“I was no kind of mother if I didn’t do everything I could to turn around what we now call the climate crisis. All those soccer games and ballet lessons and everything else you do for your kids – all of that was useless if we didn’t leave them a liveable planet.”

“I bring the perspectives of a scientist, a mother and an organizer to bear on the defining issue of our time.”
-all Leslie Glustrom

This Week’s Guest

Leslie is trained as a biochemist and scientist but resigned her job in 2004 to work as a full-time (unpaid) climate advocate at the local, state and national level. She has close to 20 years of experience at the Colorado PUC and working with communities throughout the country to accelerate our transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy future. She has won numerous awards for her climate work.

Resources:

Connect with Leslie Glustrom on LinkedIn and check out the Clean Energy Action website .

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