THE ROAD TO THE NEW DEAL TOUR

AS PART OF THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT'S  THE ROAD TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL  118 ELLIOT HOSTED A TOWN HALL EVENT FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS

CLIMATE POLICY AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL.

HOW DO WE BREAK OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS? WHAT IS DRIVING UNPRECEDENTED WEALTH AND INCOME INEQUALITY? CAN WE TURN THE TIE ON CLIMATE CHANGE?

THESE QUESTIONS ARE RELATED, URGENT, AND FRAMING A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON A GREEN NEW DEAL.  THE ANSWERS WILL DEFINE THE VIABILITY OF OUR ECONOMY,

CHARACTER OF OUR DEMOCRACY, AND OBLIGATIONS TO OUR CHILDREN

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIST DR. JON ERICKSON, THE BLITTERSDORF  PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, DISCUSSES THE GREEN

NEW DEAL,  ITS BACKGROUND, AND WHAT LIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND ENVIRONMENT.

THIS EVENT WAS VIDEOTAPED AT 118 ELLIOT, BRATTLEBORO, VT