Bill McKibben has started a new group for older people to get actively involved in climate action. It's called Third Act!
Read more here: https://thirdact.org/working-groups/vermont/
Join Third Act Vermont for a gathering and walk at Gifford Woods State Park, 34 Gifford Woods Rd., in Killington on Saturday, October 14, 1 - 4 p.m., rain or shine.
Gifford Woods contains one of Vermont's few remaining old-growth hardwood tree stands. It has many grand-sized sugar maple, beech, yellow birch, white ash, and hemlock. Members of Third Act VT are learning how forests naturally sequester and store carbon, and that current forest management policies need to be revised to maximize the amount of CO2 forests can both remove from the atmosphere and store.
Taking time to simply be in nature can be an important step in our personal climate action. We'll meet at the picnic area behind the Ranger's Station and have a brief talk by Tim Stout about carbon in old and mature forests. We'll stroll along the park's nature trail, which explains the features of an old-growth forest. Then, if you would like, we'll have an opportunity to explore the old-growth forest unguided. Finally, we'll gather to share observations of the woods and write postcards to your local legislators about forest management policies.
This Third Act VT event is open to anyone who is interested, so bring a carpool of folks, young and old. The park's per-person day-use fee is $5 for ages 14 and up, $2 for ages 4 to 13, and free for kids 3 and under. If you are 62 or older you can get a Green Mountain Passport from your town clerk for $2 which lasts a lifetime and will get you into state parks for free. Dogs on leash are permitted!
For more information or to RSVP - requested, not required by October 12, contact Laurel Green: laurel1planet@gmail.com