Perspective: Where is the hope? Perhaps in our children.
Lydia Hester By Shannon Henry Kleiber May 2 As the mother of two teenage daughters, there is a word that I both love and that makes me feel uncomfortable: Hope.
Hester is mad that some of us don’t see the urgency of needing to act now, or maybe we just don’t know where to start. She’s inspired by young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. “One of my favorite parts from her speeches was: 'I want you to act like the house is on fire because it is,’” Hester says. Writer Roy Scranton, whose latest book about climate change is “We’re Doomed, Now What?” has a gloomy outlook on our days ahead. The environmental damage is not turning around, he says, and it’s time to admit it. Yet, he also recently became a father.Yes, but it may look very different from what we expect. He says he’s wondering whether to save for his daughter’s college education or sign her up for archery lessons, preparing for a Katniss Everdeen survivalist life. Maybe he’ll do both.
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