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SUSAN CROSBY
Pandemics are connected in important ways to global warming. Both are invisible in themselves, but have destructive and deadly consequences. When they take hold, they are virtually unstoppable. And they are linked at the root.
Climate change helps to create the conditions for pandemics through deforestation, habitat destruction and food scarcity. Fortunately, though, just as in pandemics, informed and committed people â what Mr. Rogers would term the helpers â are stepping out of the crowd with the determination to find solutions to catastrophic global warming.
In 2020, Napa Climate NOW! honored some of these remarkable people with its Climate Champions award. Among the honorees were Katie Stilwell in the category of youth advocate, and Calistoga City Councilmember Gary Kraus, an exemplary elected representative.