Community Champions and Partners
“I’m drawn to so many critical causes. And then it hit me, if we don’t solve this crisis, almost every other cause will become unbearably worse. I’m so excited to work as a community to impact real change.”
- Nancy Green
“As recreation professional, I have concerns about how climate change could impact both the wildlife in our community and the unhoused. As we advocate, I would like to see language around climate change that includes the unhoused populations during extreme heat and cold weather conditions .”
- Greg White
“As a pediatrician, I joined the challenge to help do what I know is best for my children and my patients...work as a community to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.”
- Dr. Preeti Jaggi
“I always come to Decatur to celebrate my granddaughters' birthdays. It is because of them that I signed up for the Challenge. I can’t think of a better gift to give them.”
- Janet Mauldin
"Decatur will look vastly different in ten years unless we focus on changing personal habits and adopting city-wide policies and programs to address the impacts of climate change."
- Sonali Saindaine