earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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What if we win?

What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?

What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?

What if the rainforest ADVANCES?

What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?

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by solarpunkfool


What if we win? What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets? What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving? What if the rainforest ADVANCES? What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants? What if you baked your neighbor bread, and they shared their home-grown blackberries? What if every person who needed a home, had one? What if every person who needed healing was healed? What if every body was treasured for what it was, not what it should be? What if every trans child's parents attended their graduation, their wedding, their new-name-day? What if every warehouse became a closed-circle repair station? Goods flowing out, and back, and out again? What if landfills started to SHRINK? What if the water and air were clean? What if there was enough public transit that the cars dwindled, leaving the streets safe for kids on bikes, evening deer, midnight cats and foxes? What if we win? How would you win?
earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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And we've won a lot already, mind you.

The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling.

It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens.


And we've won a lot already, mind you. The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling. Children are kinder than previous generations. Parents are stopping the abuse cycle. Being trans and queer is more acceptable than ever on a ground level. It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens. We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that. People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets. Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day. Unprecedented numbers of acres are being bought back or given back to their rightful stewards, and the world heals because of it. People are working hard every day to learn how to help a forest recover faster. We are not at zero. We are at decades of effort to heal the world. We've come SO far.
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