The key thing was that she didn’t work alone; she organized a group to keep on pushing:
She formed a solar committee and began trying to work on management, without much success. “They said, ‘We looked into it when we built the community, and it wasn’t feasible,’” she recalled. “I said, ‘The technology has changed a lot since then.’”
Groups calling for action tend to have a lot more power to get things done.
Great story, kudos to her. Goes to show how one person can make an impact in their small part of the world with some passion and grit.
The key thing was that she didn’t work alone; she organized a group to keep on pushing:
Groups calling for action tend to have a lot more power to get things done.
Can confirm: I try to be an activist but I’m bad at community organizing, so I don’t get much done.