global heating kills 100k humans
every year, “a new study suggests” (that’s just heat stroke, mind you) have to find a new narrative -- maybe a new planet — first . . . heat wave freq. now 3x > 1960s “in turn, americans are blasting air conditioners, which has doubled summer energy use, adding more greenhouse gases . . .” human brain not wired for in- visible disasters, far away, w/ no clear perp doing perp walk “record flooding in brazil’s amazon” (while other parts burn) “half a million displaced” (as covid kills 1000s brazilians daily -- this is u tomorrow, u.s.a.) “measured against the risks, the world’s climate mitigation efforts are a joke. the unspoken sub- text of this year’s cop26 conference is clear to the young: that we, the suit-wearing, s.u.v.-driving generation, will do our best w/in the limits of what big business can tolerate & what elderly voters will accept. we’re prepared to fail because we won’t be around to live with the consequences.” (paul mason in guardian) “heat shocks” zap bangladesh rice crop in n.e., just after the south got whapped by cyclone -- 20% ↓ in production feared, in country w/ 1 in 4 “food insecure”; “my dream crop is finished,” shafiqul islam talukder laments; "i can't think of how to support the family for a whole year. i invested my savings and planted 12 acres of high-yielding rice. now it's all over.” (& food prices highest in 10 yrs) we’ve got to propagate a happier story: that climate chaos = better paying jobs, or that what you’re willing to do is all that needs to be done, or what you will temp records smashed: british columbia, fresno, calif., hong kong, n. finland; & seems like it’s raining (& flooding) all over the world: philippines (tropical storm), chile, guyana, s.e. texas, coastal louisiana we’ve got to tell a convincing, exciting, emotional tale, full of drama, hearbreak, inspiration, vivid characters; one that galvanizes folks to believe what they don’t want to believe & feel like they have to do something, now, that they don’t want to do anybody got ideas?* * (totally serious -- leave a comment!)
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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. |