Autumn has arrived and the leaves have turned red, orange and deep brown as 73-year-old Phyllis Blumberg hits the streets of West Philadelphia amid a record heat wave and a stubborn drought, a clipboard in her hand and climate on her mind.
The gravity of the world’s climate crisis has pushed the seasoned political canvasser and other seniors into neighborhoods like this to awaken would-be voters and prod them to cast ballots. Though some didn’t answer, Blumberg — after two decades of knocking on doors to get out the vote — accepted it as a reality.
