But the Greatest of These is Love
Back in May, The Guardian, one of the world’s leading news outlets, boldly changed its style guides to give preference to “climate crisis” over “climate change.”
Governments all over the world are finally declaring “climate emergencies.” Granted these declarations are all too often go no further than the paper they’re written on, but they still matter. Children all over the globe are skipping school, eschewing education to fight for their right to a future.
Climate change has risen to the top of the priority list for voters in the much-awaited Democratic Primary and one of the most talked about pieces of legislation this year was the Green New Deal. The crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates, heeding the call of their would-be constituents, have called for a debate centered around climate change, and the Democratic National Committee just might bend to that will.
It’s finally happening. We’re finally talking about climate change. It’s hard. It’s messy. And, as evidenced by the Guardian’s style guide, we don’t really have the language. But we’re finding it.
There are so many questions. What should we do about it? How should we do it? Who is responsible? But, before human beings act, we need to feel. To process. It’s our nature.
