Young climate activists remind us that we need hope and action
I hold the inspiration and hope of thousands of young citizens worldwide expressing themselves by walking out of school, demanding a future livable planet. They remind humanity of the responsibility to take care of our only home planet for their future and the future of all living beings threatened by a climate crisis and the sixth extinction.
These young citizens know their elders aren’t acting responsibly and don’t have as much at stake in the future as they do. Today, youths are concerned about a planetary, climatic holocaust. I hope students walking out of school expressing concern for their future and the planet’s will have impact on elders not paying attention. They follow in the footsteps of 12-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki, who spoke to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, saying, “If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it.” When will we listen?
I am moved and inspired by the youth climate actions “Fridays for Future” (www.fridaysforfuture.org) and “Our Children’s Trust” (www.ourchildrenstrust.org). I invite concerned people to learn about Citizens’ Climate Lobby (https://citizensclimatelobby.org) to take positive, respectful action to provide a livable planet for the future of our descendants. As 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said, “The one thing we need more than hope is action.” Andrew Zeiler, Bayfield lary Clinton won about 600 counties and Donald Trump about 2,600. She won the popular vote. However, essentially all that vote came from both coasts. In a popular vote, one could campaign that way and effectively disenfranchise voters from the Appalachian to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The Electoral College provides a balanced representation across the country. That is why there is so much citizen unrest about the legislative effort to nullify the Electoral College as it applies to Colorado. To recover from this, there is the process of citizens’ initiative, but this is not as simple as implied in the column. Mr. Friednash is dissembling. He knows that this is a long and complex process. It is direct democracy, but it is far from a simple solution to this unsavory legislative move. J. Joseph Marr, Broomfield