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Summer of Heat: Gainesville Event and Social

The Third Act Florida support event for Summer of Heat activities was a huge success as our community got bigger, smarter and more motivated. Read the details of what we did at the event below.

Greetings Climate People,

We had a wonderful Summer of Heat: Gainesville Event and Social on July 13th. It was a huge success and everyone learned something new, meet someone new and had an enjoyable and productive couple of hours on Saturday morning. We hope to get together like this often and in other parts of the State. Stay tuned for future event notices.

This article describes what we did and what we can continue to do to make a difference for future generations to change the trajectory of the impending climate disaster and reduce the threats to our democracy.

First, and foremast I want to thank our informative and inspirational Speakers:

  • Mary Alford, PE, Alachua County Commission Chairperson,
  • David Hastings, Sierra Club Environmental Scientist
  • David Arreola, Former Gainesville City Commissioner and candidate for the Florida House

These individuals gave us their time and wisdom to make our efforts more productive and gratifying. It is comforting to know that we have people like these to count on with sound policy and science. David Hastings’ presentation, Florida Energy Rebates can be attained by contacting us at ThirdACTFL@gmail.com.

Thanks should also go to the Alachua County Library branch staff on Tower Road. They were always professional and ready and willing to help make our event run smoothly and comfortably.

And of course, we could not have staged such an event without the diligence and thoughtfulness of our photographer, Ann Stalvey, and our Event Committee members, Russell and Sharon Smith and my co-host, Ellen Seigel. Without their hard work the event would have been less effective, interesting and fun!

Beside getting educated by our speakers about the thangs Alachua County is doing, what IRA funding coming to Florida can do, and how your voice can be more effective with respect to policy making and changes, we also addressed postcards to 400 “Non-Voting Environmentalists”. Your effort is part of over 300 like efforts around the State that are trying to influence the 600,000 NVE individuals in Florida to ‘just exercise their right to vote’! Congratulations! To learn more about the Environmental Voter Project and this endeavor go to Green Voters in Red States (https://www.environmentalvoter.org)

The event was developed to support activities others are engaged in on Wall Street this summer. Hence the Summer of Heat event theme. One way we support them is to post photos from our event, and similar events around the country, to certain social media sites so our colleagues, friends and followers can see that we really (I mean REALLY) care about the destruction being done to our climate, atmosphere and the ability to live on this, our one and only, planet.

Finally, if you wish to stay engaged with both Third Act Florida and CLEO, please become a member so we can keep you in the loop with all the activities and actions we are doing in the local community and more broadly. Sign up for TA at

Join – Florida (thirdact.org)  and CLEO at the CLEO email list and action alerts.

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