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Column: Following the lead of children into 2022

Fear is no match for taking action together
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More than 150 people marched to city hall in Salmon Arm in September 2019, joining the global movement of Climate Strikes being held between Sept. 20 and 27. (File photo)

There91裸聊视频檚 nothing quite like the power of children to bring joy to any occasion. I can smile outwardly or inwardly for days when I recall something a kid I know or have encountered has said or done.

Thinking about 2022, my hope is that the world will follow the lead of children.

Young people, both near and far, played a huge and important role in 2021, telling the world to face the truth.

In 2021, 215 children in Tk91裸聊视频檈ml煤ps te Secw茅pemc territory, who were long talked about by their parents and others who survived the Kamloops institution, revealed themselves to the world when their remains were confirmed.

The painful, ignored and, to some, unknown history of the country was revealed. There91裸聊视频檚 no downside to learning the horrible truth, unless it continues to be ignored.

Greta Thunberg continued to repeat her powerful message in 2021, speaking courageously and truthfully about the reality of Planet Earth. She told us our house is on fire and we should act as such. For that, she received adoration but also ugly targeting from those who refuse to believe what the Earth, in no uncertain terms, has been telling us.

I read an article the other day about a seven-year-old girl who was featured for successfully getting a crosswalk installed in her community. Asked what her next project is, she said, 91裸聊视频渃limate change.91裸聊视频 And she91裸聊视频檚 seven.

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For many young people 91裸聊视频 and older ones too, climate change is uppermost on their minds, even if they don91裸聊视频檛 talk about it a lot, or at all.

One person I know who has studied all things environmental for decades and is a reasonable, smart and kind person said, there is no 91裸聊视频榞oing back to normal91裸聊视频 after the pandemic and floods. As people in many other parts of the world know far better than this region does, because they91裸聊视频檙e experiencing it, we91裸聊视频檙e just getting started. Climate-related disasters will escalate unless we act now. Not in 2030 or 2050 as our government leaders may tell us.

It91裸聊视频檚 a scary thought to me and to many, but what91裸聊视频檚 not so scary is taking action, together. It91裸聊视频檚 good and positive and powerful. Having a climate buddy or buddies to think and strategize with. It doesn91裸聊视频檛 have to be extra work for any individual when so many people are already stretched 91裸聊视频 it91裸聊视频檚 lifting the load.

Every single thing anyone does to preserve the planet counts. Taking care of the planet is taking care of ourselves. Hurting it is hurting ourselves.

I hope that I and you and all of us can do what young people are showing us needs to be done.



martha.wickett@saobserver.net
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Martha Wickett

About the Author: Martha Wickett

came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.
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