Love

This section has a series of letters, poems and notes to this only planet that we have to keep us alive in this vast universe. They very from the simple four line poem to the complex and deep stanza. There are simple thanks you’s to a beleaguered planet and longer more intimate letters from people who see the bigger picture.

Loss

This is a really painful set of letters and poems to read. People are mourning the loss of animals and landscapes as humans exert mass destruction over almost every domain on the planet. It is full of anger and remorse for the damage we have caused so far and the destruction that is yet to come. The authors of these are also angry at themselves that they seem unable to make a difference and livid that politicians, who are often funded by vested interests, actively want to keep things as they are or make them worse.

Emergence

This is a reminder that we are at a turning point or crossroads with regards to the climate and collapse in natures diversity. The decisions that we collectively make in this emergency with determine our outcomes in the coming years. We could end up with a better world, or a shaky future, or societal collapse. Only time and history will tell…

Hope

Even though the news on climate is constantly grim, it looks like the 1.5°C target is long past now, there is a possibility that we could keep it under a 2°C global average. We just need comprehensive and fast political action. The authors of the pieces in this section still have hope; hope that change can happen; hope that change will have the desired effect and hope that actions large and small can make that difference.

 

Someone wise once told me, do not try to change the minds of those with power, they do not list and are never affected. She said to create change, go to the people. – Ashby Martin 18

 

Action

This final section is all about the action that we all need to take, both collectively and individually. The people writing these pieces really get the urgency behind taking this action now.

 

You may think that you are simply one small positive
droplet in an ocean of troubles. A droplet can’t do
anything. But if you search our ever expanding ocean
You will find millions of other small droplets with the
same mindset as yourself. Together you form a sea in
an ocean. That sea can stir a storm. That sea can
Make a change

Harkiran S. S. Dhingra 15

I thought that this was a well-balanced collection of letters, poems and other sorts of prose. It is a great mix of people that you might have heard of and, most importantly, people that you haven’t who are equally committed to seeing action on climate change. As has been said many times before, there is no planet B,  and the more we bugger this one up then the more we will be masters of our own doom. The plant will survive. We won’t.

Well worth reading in my opinion, and if you choose to read it too, then do everything that you can to help combat climate change.

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