24-04-2025
Climate Change Awareness & Action seeking to reverse environmental damage in CNY
(WSYR-TV) — With Earth Day happening just a couple days ago, we've been talking a lot about how to go green. One organization does this all year round with the mission to reverse the human-caused climate disruption that threatens the earth. They're called Climate Change Awareness and Action.
Peter Wirth is the vice president of the organization's board, and he joined Tim and Erik this morning to talk about his passion for sustainability.
Peter tells us the organization started as an informal group of volunteers about ten years ago. In the last three years, they have grown to become a group with monthly meetings and a board of directors.
Peter says he had solar panels installed on his roof 13 year ago, and that it was one of his best investments. He says they paid for themselves in ten years and are warranted to be 95% effective 25 years from now. Because of that, he'll get fifteen years of free electricity.
Peter grew up in NYC but moved to Syracuse for college. He saw a great change over the years in the winters here. The fact that the climate has been changing over the period of just a few decades indicates to him that there is a problem going on.
The organization, Climate Change Awareness and Action, will be tabling at the 'The Effects of Gravity' show this weekend at the Center for the Arts of Homer, as well as other Earth Day events in Onondaga County.
For more information and to become a member, visit
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