From:            Jordan Van Voast
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           Re: [EXTERNAL] register me please for tomorrow"s Public Comment
Date:              Monday, September 21, 2020 9:43:39 PM
Attachments:      image001.png
Hi Commission person,
Here is a copy of my comment for the written record. See you on the call tomorrow. Thank
you,
Good afternoon Commissioners and Exec. Director Metruck,
My name is Jordan Van Voast and I am a licensed acupuncturist and member of Seattle Cruise
[i]
Control. 2020 is on track to be the warmest year on record. This summer's historic wildfire season  ,
with megafires still burning in California, Oregon, and Washington, have thus far killed at least 37
people, burned six million acres, and blanketed hundreds of thousands of square miles with a plume
of thick toxic smoke that was tracked as far as Europe, 5000 miles away. Health experts
recommended everyone to stay indoors for 11 days, but even with high quality indoor air filters,
many of my clients reported negative effects. How many people living unsheltered died or are still ill
from the smoke? Nobody tracks those numbers so we will never know. These fires are a direct
consequence of human caused climate change and the impacts are always going to be inequitable.
I find it disheartening that at your recent economic recovery summit with industry, according to one
of our members who listened in, very little of substance was mentioned regarding how the climate
emergency must be factored in to any discussion of economic recovery. Instead we heard the same
tired refrain of how cruise is an economic engine for the region. As we enter the Anthropocene,
when actions of decision makers like yourselves will determine whether human civilization will
survive another generation or two, I urge you to listen to the cries of Mother Earth. We need a lot
fewer engines now, and a lot more trees. Please use your imagination and act boldly, beginning with
addressing our region's unhealthy addiction to the cruise industry. Let the ships go to other Ports if
that's how it needs to happen. The important thing is to exercise leadership now, while we still have
a little time left. I wouldn't be speaking to you if I didn't have confidence that all of you have the
capacity to do the right thing. Thank you.

[i]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Western_United_States_wildfires
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 3:44 PM Commission-Public-Records  wrote:
Thank you for signing up to give public comment via Skype at the September 22, 2020, Port
of Seattle Commission meeting.
Join us via your mobile or laptop device on Skype or call into the number provided below at
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business on the agenda and we hear from other public commenters. While it's not possible
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Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 1:34 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] register me please for tomorrow's Public Comment


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Jordan Van Voast, Licensed Acupuncturist
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CommuniChi Acupuncture Clinic
2109 31st Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144
206.860.5009
www.communichi.org
https://www.facebook.com/CommuniChi
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Every single act of kindness makes all the difference in the world.
Jordan Van Voast, Licensed Acupuncturist
social entrepreneur, dreamer, he/him
CommuniChi Acupuncture Clinic
2109 31st Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98144
206.860.5009
www.communichi.org
https://www.facebook.com/CommuniChi
CommuniChi on You Tube