Conclusion
This piece of art has become a personal favorite amongst the participating students in recent months. It was submitted by a
student from Bullis Charter School in California, USA. It can be viewed in two different ways:
1. The current decision makers looking back
at the mess they've made, the chaos they've left
behind, no longer able to do anything about the
situation.
2. The future decision makers (the youth)
looking forward in the mess left behind by those
who came before them
Either way, the person is still, not having jumped
into action to save the burning buildings. Not having
taken action to save the planet for the children and
youth who inherit it. That stillness is the aim of this
paper. To tell the youth and all people of the world
that they have the power not just to look at the fire
before them but to take action to cool the fire.
The collaborating students came to a conclusion that in order for decarbonizing to be effective and long-lasting, decolonization
has to take place at the same time. The title of our project is Decarbonize: Decolonize, this choice in grammar having a deeper
meaning than you may believe. We chose to use a colon rather than a comma or period to show that decarbonizing doesn't
come before decolonizing but with it for climate justice.
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