Get educated about climate change

We are the adults of Canada. Whether we live in the Maritimes, the territories, Eastern, Central or Western Canada, we all need to become more educated about climate issues for our children’s and grandchildren’s sake.

Learn something about your local politics as it pertains to climate policy; find out about your provincial/territorial climate issues; educate yourself about a federal climate problem. We owe it to our children to be armed with the knowledge to move forward collectively as the grown-ups in this country, regardless of our political leaning or beliefs.

As adults, let’s not take our old experiences and project them onto these current circumstances.

Instead, we can learn and look at climate change with a new mindset. We are great at redesigning our homes; let’s learn about climate issues and collectively strive for change as we redesign our lives to create a better global home.

Get armed with the knowledge of three new things, whether it be local building codes, zoning bylaws, ocean policy, farming practices, carbon emissions, migration routes, or whatever interests you, and then go forward and take action with that information.

Our neighbours to the south have taught us what anger can do if it is not turned into action. As adult Canadians, our children and future generations need us not to judge and blame each other, but to be educated adults who have compassion and the ability to discuss complex issues.

We must learn about climate issues and demand clear and good decisions from our political leaders at every level now. Louise Hazemi, Burnaby, B.C.