Transcript:
It’s too late to save the world
Ash trees sprout in cracks in the asphalt. The gutters collect leaves, which become soil, in which dandelions sprout.
There’s nothing you can do
A man plants an entire forest. A young girl teaches a drone to deliver saplings. The elderly volunteer to clean up radioactive waste.
You might as well give up
Wolves return to ancestral hunting grounds. Bison return to the prairie. Otters return to the kelp beds. Young oaks push roots deep into reclaimed farmland.
Who cares anyway?
Children draw pictures of flowers. Festivals are held for cherry blossoms and pecans and apples. A crowd cheers as the last line is cut away from the ensnared creature.
I have disobeyed worse than you The world does not die on my watch
I mean, yeah. But half the people are going to read a few paragraphs of that wall of doom and give up entirely. Which isn’t great.
Yes, things are bad.
very bad
But we can’t extinguish every glimmer of hope.
There would be glimmers of hoor if I just didn’t have such a low view of humanity. From top to bottom it’s filled with assholes who just don’t care. Just now in the rainforest a successful tree replanting project has been burned to the ground by land grabbers.
People don’t give a shit