Change Climate Change

The conversation around climate change is fraught with disagreement and strife. I believe that climate change is happening and that it's caused by human beings, and that all kinds of disasters are moving towards us at an unbelievable speed.

And there are those who disagree for all kinds of reasons. That discussion seems to have stalled. Climate deniers are vilified, and that just makes them hold on tighter. We need to find another way to talk about this.

Let's begin this way, by asking the question, “What do we agree on?” There are a lot of things. We agree that we need to find alternative sources of energy, that it's dangerous for us to rely on foreign oil, or even on oil at all in the long long term. We agree that pollution is a bad thing. No one wants to see people sickened by chemical waste. We agree that we love our children and want a future for them full of happiness and hope. Let's begin the conversation there, in the space between ourselves and our children. I'll get the ball rolling...