Consensus regarding what to do about climate change is hobbled by widespread disbelief that individual actions matter. We are stymied, believing that nothing is worth doing because the problem is too big. Action seems futile absent an improbable act of international and social cooperation. Here in Vermont, with a declining population, we are challenged to appreciate the enormity of the problem. To the point, we live in a nation with 28 cities having populations greater than Vermont’s in 2019. More to the po … (read more)