It’s not sustainable to have children in our lifetime—Anonymous

At 21 years old, children of my own seem far far off in my mind– waiting until i finish college, until i settle somewhere, until, until, until. the problem that comes with that timeline is that cataclysmic climate change that is edging closer and closer. the change that is only becoming more real with every passing hottest day on record.

we are facing the reality that this planet is not going to be able to be maintained at our current numbers of consumption. 

only last week i was talking with a friend about how it’s not sustainable to have children in our lifetime- at most we can replace ourselves. did i make this decision for myself? did i decide that i wouldn’t be able to freely have children should i want to? NO. yet another decision made for me by men in government. 

the time to stop giving subsidies to fossil fuel companies is now. climate change is no longer deniable. climate change is no longer a big scary myth that might have consequences far down the line. we are at the end of the line.