> The best way to teach children that something can be done is to do something. Changing the words will never be as clear a message as the fact that we're not d

> The best way to teach children that something can be done is to do something. Changing the words will never be as clear a message as the fact that we're not doing anything. This. As a a person who has dedicated most of my young to adult life to environmental activism, it's been eye opening to see just how many people are feckless and apathetic. I've lost respect for so many people, especially those who demand it from me, because of their inability or out right refusal to do anything about this issue. In short, I realized that their are seldom any grown ups, just people who never grew up and assumed roles of responsibility in which they could diffuse responsibility in a way that makes them look inculpable. I've literately seen TEPCO shame themselves and deny until they couldn't and accepted that Fukushima was avoidable, I've seen the NRC acquiesce to powerful corporate power to the detriment of everyone within a 100 mile radius of San Onofre, I've seen lower management at Syngenta double down on their use of crops that require more inputs 'because f those hippies.' I could go on, and make this an essay, but in short: I don't expect much from most people anymore, what I think is more vital is making the youth more proactive than all the generations before: as a millennial I knew my standards of living would not be like my parents after 2008 so I deluded myself to change things within the system only to realize the system I was in was Cancer Inc. and business was good, and I was the problem. I decided that if I could channel my energy into the things I cared about I could lose myself in a way that I could stop caring about materialism and focus on the things that mattered most. Stability was never in my cards, and rather than fear this reality I embraced it and I lived a Life that I couldn't have planned better as opportunities that I thought impossible began to emerge as I got to work with amazing people on great projects.