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It's never too late to stop making things worse. And much worse awaits us if we don't change.

• bmitc 4y ago
  Just to clarify, I don't believe it's too late to make changes, and I am trying to do my part. But it's too late for these changes to prevent what we're currently and about to go through. The climate and environment are massive, dynamic systems. It's just dangerous. For example, native plants are absolutely imperative. There is very little movement for this. All of my neighbors are cutting down trees, replacing it with lawns that do nothing but sit there (and for this summer die or take on disproportionate amounts of water) and also plant non-native plants that also require a lot of water. I planted native plants, but the new plantings are struggling due to the severe drought we are going through (with not much end in sight). It's clear that the native plants that are doing well are helping, because the pollinator activity is insane around them, but it's not enough. One household out of a thousand isn't going to help. This is the systematic nature of things that show this can't be solved by flipping a switch. We need drastic measures, and I just do not see us enacting solutions until things become very serious. I think many underestimate just how short-term humans are. It's never too late until it is.