In the last year, teenagers around the world have captured headlines with their urgent advocacy in the streets. But the slightly older millennial generation is also coming into its own power, driving a climate revolution as business owners and elected officials. Here in Massachusetts, a group of the state’s most influential millennials is now the heart of a campaign to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.

Guests:

Michelle Wu - Boston City Councilor

Ben Hellerstein - State Director for the Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center

Igor Kharitonenkov - Cofounder and COO of Bootstrap Compost, a Boston-based residential and commercial food scrap pick-up service

Later in the show…

N.D. Galland's "On the Same Page" is our June selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

The novel, set on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, features Joanna Howes. Howes didn’t set out to deceive, but pressing circumstances and a need to work put her in an untenable position. How it all comes to a head is the kind of entertaining escapism made for summer reading.

Guest:

N.D. Galland - Martha's Vineyard-based author.

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