Noted author and president of the Alameda Rotary Club, Joyce Mercado, will be the featured speaker at the Sept. 15 meeting of Hayward Rotary at noon at 1074 B St.
She is author of the book, "Save the Planet in Your Spare Time, A Climate Protection Handbook for the Busy Person," that was published in May of 2024 and is available at Amazon.com.
The book chronicles the author’s journey to becoming an effective activist in Alameda.
"Leaders influencing others in their communities to protect the climate, community by community, is an essential element in fighting climate change," she writes, "and you can be an effective part of the solution to the climate crisis with the guidance in this handbook."
She has been an effective climate activist in Alameda for 20 years even while holding a full-time job as a technical sales manager for IBM and raising two children with husband David. Now retired, she is a monthly climate protection columnist for the local press and an Al Gore program-trained Climate Reality Project Leader who has given dozens of presentations on climate protection.