Issue link: https://takingitglobal.uberflip.com/i/1055360
Stimulating and underlying the fear and helplessness was the recognition that climate change will impact the things they care about —be it their friends and families, vulnerable populations, or, as with this student, animals: I really started to think about climate change because of the animals that might be affected… I want to make sure that animals, which are one of my loves, are benefited by my actions. ( S A N F R A N C I S C O , I N T E R V I E W ) . Descriptions of beautiful landscapes and unjust devastation to the earth were repeated by team members from different religious and geographical backgrounds, with a common theme of deep care about earth as our collective home. I really love our planet. It's views and different places… The islands, are they just gonna be flooded in a few years? Tropical rainforests I've never visited? The blue skies maybe, are we gonna see them in 20 years? ( B E I J I N G , I N T E R V I E W ) This is our home, right? The earth is our home, and we have to take care of it. It's our home, but it's not our home. It is something that every generation will give to others. ( B O G O T Á , I N T E R V I E W ) Notably, this care and worry was not individualized; it embodied a relational sense of the planet as a collective home, counter to western/colonial understandings of the planet, earth, and animals as a resource (Tuck, McKenzie, & McCoy, 2014). Many team members answered the question 'Why care about climate change?' along the lines of this team member from Calgary: 36 | F I N D I N G S Objects in the Mirror are Closer than they Appear This piece is inspired by the the way human beings are treating Earth while living upon it, gradually and clearly leading to its destruction. In my opinion technological advancements and over usage of all the Earth's resources are creating destructive fires within the planet and ruining what we need to keep intact; nature. My vision of a climate-friendly city or living is for nature's well being to stay intact. Source: https://gg.tigweb.org/tig/IPCC/111275 "Objects in the Mirror are Closer than they Appear" by Hurain Akram