Most American teens are frightened by climate change, poll finds, and about 1 in 4 are taking action

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In a coastal town in Washington, climate change has a high school junior worried about the floods that keep deluging his school. A 17-year-old from Texas says global warming scares him so much he can’t even think about it.

But across the country, teens are channeling their anxieties into activism. “Fear,” says Maryland 16-year-old Madeline Graham, an organizer of a student protest planned for this week, “is a commodity we don’t have time for if we’re going to win the fight.”

A solid majority of American teenagers are convinced that humans are changing the Earth’s climate and believe that it will cause harm to them personally and to other members of their generation, according to a new Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Roughly 1 in 4 have participated in a walkout, attended a rally or written to a public official to express their views on global warming — remarkable levels of activism for a group that has not yet reached voting age.

The poll by The Post and Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is the first major survey of teenagers’ views since the explosion of the youth climate movement last year. Inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, whose year-long “strike” in front of the Swedish Parliament and carbon-neutral sailboat voyage across the Atlantic have made her an activist icon, growing numbers of teens have been skipping school on Fridays to protest on behalf of something they say is more important.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/most-american-teens-are-frightened-by-climate-change-poll-finds-and-about-1-in-4-are-taking-action/2019/09/15/1936da1c-d639-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html?wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&wpmk=1

[Kaleva]

1. A poll I posted 2 years ago and actions I'm taking.

Are you preparing for climate change in your area or hoping it can be reduced, stopped or reversed?

"I'm spending much of my time preparing to adapt to the effects of climate change.


Working on converting the back yard into a 2800 sq. ft. vegetable garden and orchard with 11 fruit trees and a 34' row of raspberries.

Yesterday I delivered 3 days worth of emergency drinking water to the homes of extended family who live in town (3). I also set aside here 3 days worth of water for my neighbors who have 5 kids.

I set up a 275 gallon water tote behind the storage building near the garden to be used to water the garden. I plan putting up rain gutters on the building to direct water to the water tote.

Saving up money to to have on hand a rain water capture system. My wife won't let me install it but I'll have it on hand to put in place if the need arises. Bottled water and the water in the 40 gallon water heaters will last only so long.

Gathering materials to install a waterless toilet in the basement.

Learned to pressure can food and have built shelves in the basement to hold several dozen quarts of various canned foods. Already have 37 quarts on the shelves.

Got a portable electric generator so I can keep the fridges and freezers cold at least until most, if not all, the food in them is consumed.

Made up an inventory list for a 7 day emergency food stock for me, my wife and extended family who live in town. A total of 18 people. As the stock consist of item I use on a regular basis, I already have some on hand. I just have to increase the quantities and since I do use it, there will be a regular rotation of stock.

The above is just some of the things I'm doing or have already done. "

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