{"id":15993,"date":"2021-07-01T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=15993"},"modified":"2021-07-01T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:04:39","slug":"share-your-motivations-for-solving-the-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/share-your-motivations-for-solving-the-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Share Your Motivations for Solving the Climate Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/1503_MA_Audubon_05_0927-1-Ipswich-River.jpg\" alt=\"Father, daughter, and mother sitting on a boardwalk, the backs toward the camera, looking out at pond. Dad is drinking from a water bottle. Mom is hugging daughter.\" class=\"wp-image-15994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/1503_MA_Audubon_05_0927-1-Ipswich-River.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/1503_MA_Audubon_05_0927-1-Ipswich-River-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/1503_MA_Audubon_05_0927-1-Ipswich-River-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Family at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week heat wave gripped not only New England but West Coast as well. As extreme weather events become increasingly more common, taking impactful actions on climate change will be essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can act now by contributing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/XXF9TS6\">Climate Sentiment Survey<\/a>. Sharing your thoughts, motivations, and concerns regarding the impacts of climate change on you, your family, and the spaces you care most about will help in directing action from Mass Audubon and its community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey is fully anonymous but when you participate you will have the option of entering your email address at the end to be entered in a drawing for one of two $100 Mass Audubon gift cards that can be used toward membership, programs, and gift shop purchases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/XXF9TS6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take the Survey &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week heat wave gripped not only New England but West Coast as well. As extreme weather events become increasingly more common, taking impactful actions on climate change will be essential. You can act now by contributing to our Climate Sentiment Survey. Sharing your thoughts, motivations, and concerns regarding the impacts of climate change on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/1503_MA_Audubon_05_0927-1-Ipswich-River.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-49X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13126,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/stand-with-youth-climate-strikers\/","url_meta":{"origin":15993,"position":0},"title":"Stand With Youth Climate Strikers","author":"Alexandra Vecchio","date":"September 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On September 20,\u00a0Mass Audubon will stand with millions of people of all ages around the world to amplify the voice of youth activists who understand the urgency of climate change.\u00a0\u00a0 We have partnered with Youth Climate Strike Massachusetts to share our support and stand in solidarity with youth and adults\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Climate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mass Audubon Supports Youth Climate Strike","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13803,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/celebrate-earth-month-with-mass-audubon\/","url_meta":{"origin":15993,"position":1},"title":"Celebrate Earth Month with Mass Audubon","author":"Rishya N.","date":"April 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"For 50 years, the entire world has gathered on one day to celebrate our environment. 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