Being the change

How does one "be the change we wish to see in the world"? Twenty-six of us would find out while participating in a new environmental leadership program called "Be The Change" now being offered by Acterra of Palo Alto. Catherine and I were both accepted for the pioneer class last fall. Modeled after a program started in Marin to groom new leadership for the work of saving the environment, we gathered one Friday a month to spend all day listening to speakers, learning our local environmental history and practicing leadership techniques.