Why I won’t be at Boskone this weekend

[lagilman]

http://www.lauraannegilman.net/why-i-wont-be-at-boskone-this-weekend/


Normally, a local convention is high on my “I’ll be there” list. But I’m missing Boskone this year because I will be in DC for the #ForwardonClimateControl march (blizzards permitting) on Sunday February 17th.

Everyone knows that if you want to change something, if you want to influence legislature or push a positive social change, it’s important to speak up, it’s important to sign petitions and call your congresscritters, and incredibly important to rouse the vote. But for sheer impact, there’s nothing quite like making some noise.

So, this weekend I’ll be gathering with thousands (tens of thousands) of people outside the White House to say “NOW!” with one loud (and media-visible) voice. NOW is the time for our government to (finally) take real action, to acknowledge what scientists worldwide have been telling us, and realize that the damage isn’t going to be in someone else’s back yard – it’s at our front door.

If you’re in the area, or feel strongly enough to get on a bus and join us… c’mon down!

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

I wish I could go with you to the march. I read the autumn issue of Conservation magazine on the bus last night and this morning, and some of what I read is just heartbreaking. (Did you know that much of the megafauna in Africa, not to mention insects worldwide, are getting smaller because their available habitat is shrinking? It's terrifying to see such evolution in action--not to mention great story fodder, and yes, I'm thinking about that. :-) )

[lagilman]

I've avoided any climate change stuff in my stories because just thinking about it that intensely makes me feel ill. But more power to them as can!

Some small part of this is probably natural and inevitable global change. But we've certainly made things worse/sped up the timetable, and why some people keep insisting t'ain't so can only be chalked up to cellular-level laziness and denial. Or, they really are that selfish and just don't care that we're fucking up the next generation's shit.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Go for it!

[tltrent.livejournal.com]

Go, you! My friend Mary Anne (Deputy Dir of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign) will be there! Wish I could go, too.

[lagilman]

I'm kind of freaked out by this - both the going, an the going alone - since I Do. Not. Like. Crowds. But I figure I'll be able to latch onto some other folk from the bus down from NYC and hopefully not get myself lost/trampled/panic-stricken...