S 1 Ep. 2: Generations

Southerners pass down traditions, stories and -- hopefully -- a better world to their children. The family stories in this episode come from people trying to do just that. Steve Benjamin, the first African American mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, is working for 100 percent clean energy -- and making progress. Tom & Sandra Clark, grandparents from North Carolina, are trying to preserve their home for their grandchildren. And Amy Mercado and Vic Torres, a father-daughter team from Florida, are fighting to be sure America lives up to its responsibility to take care of its people. This is the second full-length episode of The Land I Trust, a brand new audio storytelling project brought to you by the Sierra Club. In this series, we travel through the American South to talk with folks about the dirty energy projects that threaten their homes and the work they’re doing to build a clean energy economy that allows all of our communities to thrive. To hear more from the people in this episode, and to hear other stories about moving from coal to clean energy, go to sc.org/stories. To take action, you can go to addup.org and see the latest ways to make a difference. The series is narrated by Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Beyond Coal Campaign at Sierra Club.