59% of americans say
“the earth will be eco-friendly by 2042,” with 0% waste & 100% renewable energy, and i say, “what planet do they live on?” the planet where they don’t read the news. “the survey also suggests that americans tend to ignore their personal responsibility & feel their own carbon footprint* is not making an impact on the warming world.” planet denial -- or as we call it in america, “optimism.” “everything’s going to turn out just fine. now please get the hell outa my lane!” in 2020: more than 3 billion humans face water shortages; more than 1.5 billion humans face “severe water scarcity or even drought”: per capita water ↓ 20% in 20 yrs (this per the u.n., but then they’re always warning us about stuff, right?) 2 major hurricanes in november (1st time that’s every happened) 2 biggest fires in colorado history still burn, despite being snowed upon (zombie fires — they’re not just for siberia anymore!) & across the west, kids breathed in the smoke, too; looks like breathing it in can cause “genetic changes in children’s immune cells” (don’t even ask me about what it does to animals) as for the news, let’s telescope things: orange-sized hail in n. s. africa; cyclone hits tamil nadu; 1k homes flooded in c. sumatra; temps in 110s in n.s.w.; “inner city of são paulo totally flooded”; ef-2 ‘nado hits near dallas; 200 israelis rescued from floodwaters; so hopefully, reading it scrunched together will feel scarier than a drip drip drip — because we are an optimistic people. and as long as we hold onto a glimmer of hope, we will do nothing. ______________________ * 17 tons/yr. on avg. Of those who tried to estimate their footprint, ⅔ weren’t even close.
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |