In line with Crowdsourcing Sustainability's monthly theme of organizing for climate action in your community, we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jessyn Farrell!

Jessyn brings a unique and helpful perspective to community climate action as she has been involved with it from several different angles - first as an advocate, directing a transportation-focused nonprofit, then as a lawmaker for the state of Washington’s House of Representatives, and now as the Director of Seattle’s Office of Environment and Sustainability.

We covered a lot of ground in this interview including:

• The most effective ways for people to influence local politicians.
• How policy actually gets written (for better or worse).
• Advice for anyone running for office.
• The importance of meeting people where they are, listening, and addressing injustices.
• A story about the time she prevented fossil fuel lobbyists from destroying a multi-billion dollar bill by hiding in the bathroom…

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And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch as always for editing!!