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Raise a Rope for Climate Hope: a youth-driven, community-service, climate-action project

The Wolfeboro, New Hampshire based nonprofit, Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.) is gearing up to join thousands of other youth from around the world on Global Youth Service Day to help tackle their generation’s most pressing environmental issue - climate change. Their strategies are local in practice and global in scope. Collectively these actions will make a difference.

In collaboration with local youth groups including Kingswood & Kids, Kingswood Youth Center, and the Brewster Environmental Club, G.A.L.A. is proud to share one plan of action - Raise a Rope for Climate Hope. This climate action project will connect advocacy and service. First, Alex Lee, Founding Director of Project Laundry List will give a presentation to raise awareness about the “Right to Dry” bill (S.41). At the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to register for a free clothesline of their choice to be installed by youth teams later in May. Continue reading to learn more about this exciting Earth Week and Global Youth Service opportunity.

On, April 25th Alex Lee, Founding Director of Project Laundry List will give a presentation titled “Laundry: An Inconvenient Chore?” from 6-7:30 at the Brewster Pickney Boathouse in Wolfeboro, NH. Lee’s presentation will explain the latest standing on the “Right to Dry” bill (S.41), a bill introduced by former Vermont State Senator, Dick McCormack, in response to restrictive community covenants, landlord prohibitions, and zoning laws. Lee will also share how his organization combines words, images, and advocacy to raise awareness about how simple lifestyle modifications, including air-drying one’s clothes, reduce our dependence on environmentally and culturally costly energy sources. Attendees will have a chance at the end of the presentation to register for a free clothesline installation of their choice – umbrella, pulley, or standard.

Funding for this national youth-driven initiative is provided by Youth Service America’s Red, White, & Green grant and Disney Minnie Grant. Join in the action, join in the fun, join in the Great Turning.

About Josh

Josh Arnold can think of no greater gift than to be alive in a time of unprecedented crisis and opportunity. Josh is often found in a state of Blessed Unrest – compelled to do all in his power to create conditions conducive to life for his fellow human and non-human cohabitants. Josh sees his work in the context of a Great Turning – a movement that uses the creation of an environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling world as the guiding principal of all its actions. After graduating from Wheaton College with a degree in “Global Sustainability”, Josh started the nonprofit organization Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.) to help make sustainable living fun and practical. Josh is unwaveringly committed to helping the Lakes Region, NH area become a vibrant example of sustainable community. But G.A.L.A. is not all that Josh spends his time on. In the summers, Josh travels around the United States with Clean Vibes – a music festival “greening” company. In addition, Josh is a sales representative for Recycled Office Products, Inc. and helps offices reduce their eco-footprint by offering a wide selection of post-consumer products. And finally, if you happen to visit Wolfeboro, NH and get a whiff of fried food, there is a good chance you just missed Josh – his car runs on Waste Vegetable Oil.

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