Climate change, contrary to some popular belief, is not you vs. me. It's not United States vs. China. And for the love of God, it's not conservative vs. liberal.
Our earth is dying, and we are responsible. But it's not about us. It's about our kids and our kid's kids. It's about the life that we are setting them up for.
It's about choosing to stay silent, or creating change.
And creating change isn't really about crafting a witty tweet aimed at our President complaining about his incompetence in this issue.
Like many things, creating change starts with what you already have: your voice. And next is something you already have as well: two feet to carry you in the direction that you believe in.
It's taking that extra five seconds to separate your trash from recyclables.
It's not leaving your car running for thirty minutes in the winter, just for the convenience of instant warmth.
It's about not bagging your groceries in plastic.
It's seeing a piece of trash on the sidewalk, and picking it up rather than passing by it like the other hundreds of people have that day so far.
But recently, I've been scared by something else entirely. Not by the spiking level of carbon dioxide in the air or the record temperatures. Not by the idea that one day I'll have to explain to my kids what glaciers were. Lately I've been scared by all of the people who truly don't care.
I've been scared that the concept of material-wealth has replaced the desire for the exploration of our world.
I've been scared that the mountain-top gratification for money and power and things that we can hold in the palm of our hand have become more important to us that the mountain-tops that God created for us.
I've been scared that one day we will show our kids how far we've advanced by the complexity of our screens, instead of showing them the most complex views you can imagine.
Our earth is dying. It's science. It's a fact. It's disheartening.
Our earth is dying, and I wish that it was something to argue about.
