I am requesting your support of the Climate Action Plan for Grand Marais. We have the opportunity to reference the Climate Action Plan as a guide for our path forward as we make decisions that affect the health and well being of our city and its beautiful surroundings.
There are many unanswerables and big questions about what this means for our future, but we must begin by acknowledging that we are concerned citizens and we care about caring for each other and the Earth, how we use our resources and how we mature as a city.
Grand Marais is a unique place, which has the creative energy to be a role model of citizen action and healthy choices for a world that must consider a changing climate, limited resources and cultural change. We have been challenged by the youth of Grand Marais to consider our future and how we will move forward. Now is not a good time to say that we don’t care or it seems too difficult or it isn’t good for economic growth. We all must take a long look at what the future holds if we turn away from the difficult choices.
Thank you to the Nordic Nature Group for beginning this dialogue almost two years ago and to the city council for your service to the Grand Marais community, for listening, asking hard questions and using the courage it takes to forge a path guided by light of sustainability, efficiency and health.
Elise Kyllo
Grand Marais
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