Below is the text for my South County Toastmasters Speech delivered on March 18, 2015: I am here tonight to address the opposition. My opposition is not this crazy visitor I once encountered as a park ranger at Crater Lake National Park. Adam Kutell My opposition is my friend and fellow Toastmaster, Adam Kutell. For […]
Concerned about climate change but unsure how to speak out and engage folks in your community? Then I highly recommend joining a local Toastmasters International group in your community. What is Toastmasters? Toastmasters started over 100 years ago by Ralph Smedley, director of education at the YMCA in Bloomington, Illinois. Smedley wanted to help men in his […]
“Testimony, testimonyDeclare yourself – I will testifyTestimony, testimonySpeak the truth, I will testify” – from the song “Testimony” written and sung by Robbie Robertson with U2 in 1987 This is my latest update to oral testimony I gave to the Oregon Legislature, plus oral testimony to the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, in 2025. In 2025, […]
“Fight for the things that you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court As a climate organizer, one of my proudest accomplishments was organizing three large climate events. I am a climate change speaker who has […]
For the past seven years, I have given over 150 climate change talks as a National Park Service ranger, Toastmaster, Climate Reality Leader, teaching Climate Change 101 continuing education classes for St. Louis Community College, and a volunteer for Citizens’ Climate Lobby. For three to four years before this, I was scared to give public […]