For 15-plus years, Gopal Patel has drawn on his Hindu monastic training to help individuals figure out what to do about human oil and gas emissions heating the world, killing off ecosystems, worsening storms and destabilizing communities around the globe.
Patel is set this weekend to address the Chattanooga Unitarian Church’s climate justice revival, as the climate movement goes through perhaps one of its lowest moments in decades.
In an interview, edited for concision and clarity, Patel said he is coming not just to help others work out how to proceed, but to figure it out for himself
If you go
– What: Climate justice revival
– When: 8:30 a.m to 9 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday