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California: Let It Burn?
As we all know, social media is both a blessing and a curse. One of the negatives of social media has been the propagation of misinformation and catchy sayings or infographics that just don’t hold any truth. The biggest one of these has been regarding the wild fires of 2020, specifically of those in California and the Western United States. I’ve seen tweets comparing 2019 wildfire statistics to those of 2020, and posts like “I don’t need a time machine to see climate change, all I have to do is look outside my window,” set to scenes of red smoky skies. As you can imagine, these and other similar posts…
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Talk the Talk but Don’t Walk the Walk?
My freshman year of college, I took a 13 hour-long bus ride with a few of my classmates from Maine to Washington D.C to participate in one of the largest climate marches of its time. In the college spirit of trying new things, I figured this would be a fun opportunity to do something completely out of my element and normal practice. Not to mention its a unique story I would carry with me in life. I’m not sure what else I really expected out of the march, but once I was there I could physically feel the vibrations of the crowd’s energy. That said, the march didn’t have any…
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Average Joe Versus Uncle Sam…Where Does The Responsibility For Action On Climate Change Fall?
Every day I scroll through my Instagram feed, I see posts condemning the consumption of animal products, and in the same breadth messages about how we should be holding corporations accountable rather than shaming each other for our individual choices. So when it comes to tackling climate change, whose responsibility is it? As you know, this blog discusses matters of sustainability at the individual level based on my own practices and experience. I obviously believe in the power of the individual, when multiplied by millions, to affect change on a larger scale. That said, the role of government and regulation of corporate pollution and environmental practices are irreplaceable in the…
