Local Groups Bring Climate Change Discussions To Winston-Salem

Some local residents are banding together to bring a nonpartisan conversation about climate change into their communities. The event will include information from national experts and initiatives already underway in the Triad.

The New Jersey-based nonprofit C-Change Conversations will discuss the policy, economics, and science related to climate change. There will also be presentations from the Nature Conservancy, looking at the potential impacts of climate-related issues on the state.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church and The Garden Club are sponsoring the free public events in Winston-Salem this week.

Organizer Lila Cruikshank says they hope the discussion will bring local awareness and help people find ways to get involved in their own neighborhoods.

“Bring skepticism, bring interest, bring curiosity, and learn what nonpartisan experts tell us is happening about our world and then see how you feel about how you want to be walking out that door with some new information,” says Cruikshank.

The first discussion will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23, at Forsyth Central Library.

The second event will be held on Thursday, October 24, at 12:15 p.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem.