When the Rainforest Burned: #MyClimateMoment’s Top 10 Wake-Up Calls
Olympic National Park, Washington. Photo from Shutterstock.
Why you can trust us
Last week, we asked YES! readers to tweet us the instant that climate change became deep, urgent, and personal to them. The responses ranged from the humorous to the heartbreaking. They also revealed some striking similarities: People are watching our natural landmarks disappear, they’re struggling with the idea of having kids when the Earth’s future is so bleak, and they’re confused by those who still deny that something needs to be done.
Here are the top 10 moments that made our readers see climate change differently:
#myclimatemoment when I visited Glacier National Park and read a park sign that said the glaciers in the park will all melt in my lifetime.
— Amy V (@amyvanfo) December 7, 2015
#MyClimateMoment When my own grandmother denied climate change because forests can’t be dying when she sees so many trees outside her window
— Mipayoma (@mipayoma) December 4, 2015
#MyClimateMoment: living w/Maasai in Tanzania, learning that elders had taken their own lives after historic drought that killed their cows
— Rob Friedman (@BobbyHertz) December 4, 2015
#MyClimateMoment — smelling the rainforest burn in Olympic National Park this summer. What’s Your Climate Moment? https://t.co/FIttOhiYan
— Stephen Siperstein (@ssiperstein) December 7, 2015
#MyClimateMoment when I had kids.
— Concerned Citizen (@voteclimateinfo) December 4, 2015
#MyClimateMoment was driving through flooded roads while visiting Michigan in August ’14 https://t.co/3fescRv1sH pic.twitter.com/WYORpQ1HPZ
— Erica F (@enviro_writer) December 8, 2015
#MyClimateMoment – when there was 5 inches of water in the well this summer—in the rain forest! #clayoqoutsound
— CA Hilton, MBA (@Hesquiaht) December 4, 2015
When I realized a massive cloud of potent greenhouse gas methane is hanging over my home. https://t.co/lUmCu4JL2u #MyClimateMoment
— Rod Torrez (@rodtorrez) December 7, 2015
When I realized how frightened the REAL scientists (not the talking heads) really are. That was #MyClimateMoment https://t.co/zKQER553Rl
— Donna June Cooper (@donnajunecooper) December 7, 2015
@yesmagazine#MyClimateMoment In 2003, heard #Everest guides say they didn’t recognize old landmarks when climbing, couldn’t trust the gods.
— Dekila Chungyalpa (@dchungyalpa) December 7, 2015
Use #MyClimateMoment to share your climate moment.
