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TexasTowelie

(112,124 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2017, 05:42 AM Feb 2017

Minnesota grandmas get naked to draw attention to climate change

Patty Gille grew up a Jersey girl. Higher ed would bring the young woman to the Twin Cities.

Gille recalls the days of yore, slogging across the Macalester College plaza and freezing her tush off. Back then, the art and French major feared Minnesota winters.

"I remember turning in a final paper once and it was snowing," says Gille. "In May!"

Decades later, Gille, who's lived in the area since 1974, once again fears winter. But for a different reason: climate change.

Read more: http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-grandmas-get-naked-to-draw-attention-to-climate-change/414596513

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