Funk Music Taught Me How to Be an Environmentalist

Alongside the debris and muck they stir up, storms have an incredible power to bring a lot of emotions to the forefront. In my case, Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm that made landfall in southeastern Louisiana in late August 2021, conjured up a lot of nostalgia. I had evacuated ahead of the storm, but when I drove back a few days afterward to assess the damage of my home and check on aging neighbors, it set in that this kind of climate-change-driven anxiety was our new norm. I spent some time mourning. It felt like too much to deal… Read Full Article