By Trevor Roark, Executive Director
In the middle of May, I was fortunate to connect with fellow EDs, Organizers, Directors, Board Members, Volunteers, and more – all for collaboration around statewide climate action.
1000 Friends is a member of the Wisconsin Climate Table (WCT) and we met at the Aldo Leopold Center (Foundation) for an annual gathering to discuss strategies, synergies, and next steps on our collective priorities.
Led by the new WCT Coordinator, Andrew Butts from the Green Neighbor Challenge, our day was jam-packed with healthy yet challenging discussions and workshops. Not to mention, some of us had the opportunity to tour “The Shack,” the simple yet powerful place where Aldo Leopold and his family did so many things … A big thanks to Andres for coordinating and facilitating!
The next day was the REAMP power-building retreat, also at the Aldo Leopold Center. This became a crossover gathering with many of the same organizations, where they reviewed potential collaborations to move the needle towards REAMP’s north-star goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. A big thanks to Sarah Ann Shanahan and Melissa Gavin for facilitating this retreat – and for the great discussion!
It’s in these gatherings that we can further strengthen our ties to the land, water, and air through collective impact.
