Too Many Earth Day Messages Ain’t Enough
We Need All the Ideas, Including Yours
April in Western Oregon is usually cool and wet. Not this year.
This Earth Day comes after weeks of warm, dry weather that have already begun paving the way for another intense wildfire season in the western US.
According to Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud, “Several Oregon counties have instituted burn bans in the last few weeks. Klamath County is under a drought declaration, and a wildfire there has already burned more than 1600 acres.”
Just seven months ago, the entire Northwest was blanketed in thick wildfire smoke, sending air pollution in large areas literally off the charts.
Over a million acres burned in Oregon alone (including entire towns), and millions more in nearby states and provinces.
I’m glad to see the Biden administration taking new steps to address climate change. But no politician or government can make the needed levels of change without collective cooperation and action.
And what drives action? Ideas and beliefs.
