Young climate activists have refused to take their eye off the ball despite all the chaos unfolding around them. We should follow their lead.


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NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
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** Listen to Our Youth
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Like most people here in the San Francisco Bay Area, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when the air began to clear about a week-and-a-half ago. I’m not sure I’ve ever appreciated so much the small pleasures of opening my windows, or taking a walk, without having to weigh the cost to my lungs.

Of course, my delight has been tempered by the fact that fires are still burning and have cost many lives, human and nonhuman; by the knowledge that the long-term health impacts ([link removed]) of the smoke from these fires could be profound; and by my apprehension about the upcoming election when so much is at stake for the environment and our democracy.

Still, for the moment, I’m trying to appreciate the blue skies and the wins we’ve recently enjoyed in the climate fight — from China’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, to the European Union’s pledge to up its climate ambitions. And I’m taking particular heart in the energy of youth, who have refused to take their eye off the ball despite all the chaos unfolding around them. Take this year’s six Brower Youth Award winners ([link removed]) , who will be honored in a virtual ceremony next month for their environmental leadership on everything from climate change, to urban agriculture, to science education. (If you haven’t signed up for the celebration already, do so now ([link removed]) !) Or take the reemergence of the Fridays for the Future movement. Just today, youth organized 3,500-plus climate strikes
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The unrelenting determination and energy of these young people in the face of what often feels like steep odds is inspiring. They know that the time for action is now. We would do well to listen to them.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
Managing Editor, Earth Island Journal

Banner image: Jörg Farys / WWF
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“It is more important now to be in love than to be in power,” author Barry Lopez writes in this powerful reflection on the times we are in. “It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost.” Amen to that, we say.

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg was the closest thing the US Supreme Court had to a climate hawk. True. But why should the onus of saving the Earth be on her, or women in general for that matter?

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