What next?

That is the question I have been asked most often. What do you do after four year long family challenges? What do you do after you have bought nothing new for a year and eaten local and tried hard to reduce your energy use by 40 % the Madison average. What next? We have been in a holding pattern. I found my what next....I just finished my first day of the Sustainability Leadership Program at Edgewood College. I am one of 18 people who have made a one year commitment to explore what it means to be a sustainability leader and change agent. I realized right away that one of the things I have been longing for is community..I want and need company on the journey...

One of the first things we did was create a grid showing what we know/what we don't. Although we have a lot to learn ( which is why we are here) there are also strengths to draw on in the group. We are teachers, entrepreneurs, public service, environmental educators, artists ( I love that there are 4 artists)..I am the only pubic health person.

To introduce ourselves we chose a photo that "showed" how we felt starting the program. Mine was a group skydiving....this feels like starting an adventure...and I am excited to be doing this with people who are making a commitment to "be the change"