Yesterday I was sitting in my pajamas and listening to my favorite song, All Too Well by Taylor Swift. It’s a song about looking back on the happy moments of a relationship that has ended. My favorite line goes like this: “There we are again in the middle of the night / Dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light.”
I leaned over to nudge my boyfriend, who was in our bed beside
When I try to imagine how the Earth looks like by the time you are reading this, only disasters, chaos and nature-less pictures come to my mind. As if now, we have experienced some consequences of climate change: environments have been deteriorated affecting the people that live on it. Regardless of these consequences, many people seem not to care or don’t see the evidence of climate change. On the other
I am glad that you have finally received this letter from me. Yes this is your nana here and I wanted to send you a letter from years ago back in 2017 so that I can be with you in the future even if it is just by this. I love you so very much and hope that you have a good environment to live in. I promise to do
I write from a friend’s house in Lehigh Acres, Florida, with Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm ever produced by the Atlantic, swirling around me. They so generously offered us shelter in their home, as ours could very well be underwater once the storm surge hits. Barely two weeks ago, Hurricane Harvey ravaged Texas, with stories and photographs coming from Houston and the surrounding areas making headlines across the globe. Behind
By the time you are reading this, you will already be living a beautiful life on this beautiful Earth that is your home. As I write this letter, I wonder if the world will still be as beautiful as it currently is or if the treatment of it by society has robbed you of your opportunity to see the beauty that I saw when I was your age.
It has always
I hope you never loose focus on what is important... the land, air and water we survive off of. I hope you fight for what is right and realize that there will be no money or business if we do to protect the earth and land we live on. I hope you don't forget about the animals, planets and the circle of life and how we are all connected. I
These days have been rough with several natural disasters happening in Florida. Some of us do not understand the connections with our footprint in the earth, while others try to reduce our impact of damage in our home. We might not suffer the harsh consequences that you might have to suffer unfairly, and I wish there was a way to reverse that. It is hard to convince everyone that climate
Hopefully, by the time you read this, our world is changed for the better. What started as innocent discoveries of coal, electricity, cars, and much more, have turned into a very dark future of pollution. Our world is slowly crying out for help, it is forever changed. Many are staying silent about climate change, but it needs to be stopped. Although damage has already been done, there are possible solutions.
I will continue to plant trees and bushes and not use chemicals as pesticides or fertilizers; recycle and repair; use water judiciously and reverently; and support improvements in use of our resources as new information is available. This is done with love and hope. Grandma Lang
Speak your truth and speak THE truth. Never hold back, the earth needs your voice. Although the future is looking quite scary, people need to hear you communicate this. People need to hear exactly what is going on. "Confucianism uses no acronyms or synonyms." When it comes to climate change or social injustice issues, there is no time to dance around the matter using acronyms or synonyms to lessen the
I have wept for the mere thought of your potential nonexistence. I have wept for your beauty that is being tarnished with each passing day, each passing minute. And lastly, I have wept for the ignorant majority who take for granted the sun rising each day.
Tomorrow becomes more and more frightening each and every day as more and more people assume someone else will solve the global warming crisis we
I am sorry that we were all too caught up in our own doings to do anything to help our earth. We didn’t know what we had until it was gone. I’m sorry about the polluted oceans, flooding cities and the unbreathable air. I’m done being sorry because an error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. This future I do not accept it. This generation
I love the look you get on your face when you see me and your "Pop Pop". You know that we are going to have an adventure every time we are together. I love how much you want to go outside to play and how you like to investigate every little thing. I love how it makes your mommy squeal when you pick up a big, weird looking bug. Right
I don't want to grow old and tell you stories of how amazing polar bears were. I don't want to tell you stories of how old I was when Florida went underwater, or tell you how I only got to see snow only a few times before it disappeared and how wonderful it was to play in it. I don't want to grow up and tell my children I never
Some of my fondest memories of you boys growing up involves reading to you. We read so many books, checked out so many from the library in Columbia, Mo. I read "A Tree for Me" to you, Robert, with tears in my eyes as I worried about the future of the environment. We read about polar bears, Lewis, and I wondered if they would still be living in the Arctic
Fathering you is the most important thing I have ever done, or will ever do. I know I'm not perfect, but I want you to know that even when you're not around, I am spending a lot of my time thinking about how I can be a better father. One of the things I think about is what kind of world I need to prepare you for. I want you to
I can’t even imagine how much the world will change in 13-33 years. I’m sure looking back it will seem ridiculous that so many people did not believe in climate change, let alone a president. It seems like we were only able to convince people there was a problem when it was already far too late. For that, many generations will have to suffer the consequences.
You may be thinking that
I have recently traveled to Montana for the first time, and saw signs and license plates referring to it as "The Last Best Place". The landscape was so pristine, with beautiful mountains, streams, bighorn sheep, elk and trout. Driving from one town to the next, we did not have cell phone service, and we were glad. Grandpa took me and your Uncle Max here to go fly fishing, which I hope
I hope this letter finds you healthy and happy. I am writing this in 2017. You are, as I write, 7 and 10 years old, respectively. I think a lot about what you might be like when you grow up and about what kind of world you will live in when you do. Today, more than any other time in my life, I worry about our future—about your future.
As you
Είναι Απρίλιος του έτους 2017.. Εσύ που διαβάζεις αυτό το γράμμα εύχομαι ο κόσμος που μεγαλώνεις να αλλάζει προς το καλύτερο και να έχουν ήδη πραγματοποιηθεί σημαντικές αλλαγές για τη βελτιστοποίηση της κατάστασης. Η κλιματική αλλαγή είναι ένα ζήτημα που μας απασχολεί ιδιαιτέρως αυτές τις μέρες και πολλοί προσπαθούμε για το καλύτερο δυνατό. Προσπαθώ και γω προσωπίκα με την οποιαδήποτε προσπάθεια να συμβάλω στην προσπάθεια αυτή. Σπουδάζω αυτή τη στιγμή Environmental
Yesterday I was sitting in my pajamas and listening to my favorite song, All Too Well by Taylor Swift. It’s a song about looking back on the happy moments of a relationship that has ended. My favorite line goes like this: “There we are again in the middle of the night / Dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light.”
I leaned over to nudge my boyfriend, who was in our bed beside