MCTV Network's Community Voices
Jul 10, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
US Common Ground is produced by Dr. Ziggy Kozicki through the facilities of the MCTV Network. In this episode Ziggy talks to Julia Chambers about building community with AFFEW.
Julia ChambersGuestdo you have any, and I'm going to change gears real quick, but do you have any ideas as to why those people are involved? What brings them to such a center of thought?
Well, they care about the environment, you know, as one thing, I mean, for our own health and for grandchildren, you know, children, grandchildren and whatnot, you know, the indigenous people believe we should look of our actions for seven generations and, So that, you know, a lot of people are thinking more in that direction.
We've come a long way from, you know, Earth Day 1970 to now in the Clean Water Act and the Clean Water, Clean Air Act.
And right now, some things are being destroyed or taken away, some regulations, which is...
in the past year, especially with this administration wanting to roll back some regulations.
yeah yeah i think politicians come in they reflect business or lobbying interests and you know big oil might decide that it's going to put the push on to get more of what it wants and then they might back off because they've gotten what they need or the fracking people or whatever and then uh of course then there's always the cleanup afterwards it's like oh geez you know now we have to clean up this mess And they maybe will go away for a while.
And once the cleanup is done and people have forgotten about the mess, they're back at it.
Or, I mean, I believe a lot in boycotting or putting it out there, what companies I will support.
And we have on our website, we have some companies or businesses that are more sustainable and also where you can recycle.
A lot of people are into recycling and, you know, we always, we always stress to, you know, reuse or reduce, reuse, and then recycle,
And, you know, we, we helped with the recycling startup here in Ludington and, now we're um with the materials management plan we have one of our former board memberships on the committee for the five county but also our group was chosen to be the environmental group for that committee.
So we, we have a really good name and we've done a lot and, and so many people, I mean, I was just, you know, my nickname is Sparky.
My husband told me that, yeah, grandma's name is Sparky, you know, nicknames, but because I'm the spark and, and, uh, you know, I, I like to talk to people.
I, and, and, Asking me what excites me or what keeps me going is talking to people and them getting excited and me being able to allow to educate people.
do you have any, and I'm going to change gears real quick, but do you have any ideas as to why those people are involved? What brings them to such a center of thought?
Well, they care about the environment, you know, as one thing, I mean, for our own health and for grandchildren, you know, children, grandchildren and whatnot, you know, the indigenous people believe we should look of our actions for seven generations and, So that, you know, a lot of people are thinking more in that direction.
We've come a long way from, you know, Earth Day 1970 to now in the Clean Water Act and the Clean Water, Clean Air Act.
And right now, some things are being destroyed or taken away, some regulations, which is...
in the past year, especially with this administration wanting to roll back some regulations.
yeah yeah i think politicians come in they reflect business or lobbying interests and you know big oil might decide that it's going to put the push on to get more of what it wants and then they might back off because they've gotten what they need or the fracking people or whatever and then uh of course then there's always the cleanup afterwards it's like oh geez you know now we have to clean up this mess And they maybe will go away for a while.
And once the cleanup is done and people have forgotten about the mess, they're back at it.
Or, I mean, I believe a lot in boycotting or putting it out there, what companies I will support.
And we have on our website, we have some companies or businesses that are more sustainable and also where you can recycle.
A lot of people are into recycling and, you know, we always, we always stress to, you know, reuse or reduce, reuse, and then recycle,
And, you know, we, we helped with the recycling startup here in Ludington and, now we're um with the materials management plan we have one of our former board memberships on the committee for the five county but also our group was chosen to be the environmental group for that committee.
So we, we have a really good name and we've done a lot and, and so many people, I mean, I was just, you know, my nickname is Sparky.
My husband told me that, yeah, grandma's name is Sparky, you know, nicknames, but because I'm the spark and, and, uh, you know, I, I like to talk to people.
I, and, and, Asking me what excites me or what keeps me going is talking to people and them getting excited and me being able to allow to educate people.
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