2016…And I’m worried about our fate. Some of us realize that climate change IS happening, as we speak. Sadly, very few seem to want to do anything about it. There are even some fools who dismiss it all as a hoax. Chances are that by 2030 I’ll no longer be above the sod…So I hope that anyone reading this will be able to say “Rest easy, Dave. They finally acted, and we’re gonna be alright.”
To the reader I say “Good luck. God bless.”
J. David Scott
London, Ontario
To my daughter and son,
Surrounded by scientists who shared my fears and visions, I often had a hard time to accept that outside our small community climate change received marginal attention.
Dear Jack,
Right now you are only a little over 5 weeks old, but you have truly changed my whole world. Your Mom and I always say that we thought we loved before you were born, but now that you have come into the world and we met you, our ability to love just expanded exponentially.
To my children – Chase, Maya and Harlan
I hope that we manage to change the system really soon, while there is still time. So that you are not left with the mess, and trying to fix something that you didn’t cause. I hope we figured out a way to be kind, and caring for others who will suffer more than us. A way to let go of the greed and look at ways we can help others rather than take from them.
I love you Earth.
Dear Lucy,
The clock ticks, time passes, and the earth and all of its inhabitants move closer to dangerous boundaries we can dimly discern but cannot see clearly.
Dear Tom and Leena,
I want you to only see the beauty in this world; there is so much of it and I will protect this beauty for as long as I am here on this Earth.
Dear Gabriel,
One day ten or twenty years from now, when you look back from the future, you will be able to clearly see the entire path.
Dear fantastic,
We as the human race are smarter than this struggle at hand and need to rise above large corporate interests and confusion on this topic.
The gift for next generation,
To save the big world, perhaps, we should change the mind from myself to my small family to my community.
Dear Tomorrow,
I promise to pick up trash at every beach I visit, use metal straws, take quick showers.
Dear Tomorrow,
My climate action is to educate youth to create solutions for energy efficiency and conservation opportunities.
Dear Tomorrow,
I promise to only use metal straws and reusable cups.
