How a New Generation of Activists are Leading the Fight Against Fossil Fuel

By Mike Hembury — SOAPBOX

It’s a beautiful autumn day.

One of those days, when you know that you have to be outside, out in the sun, because sitting indoors in front of the computer is just about the worst thing you could be doing.

I know it, so I go outside.

Even though my mind is still whirring from watching too much news, parsing too many social media news blips.

These days, read any newspaper, open any news feed, and it’s like the fucking apocalypse, some scene from dystopian science fiction.

How about this for a plot line?

The head of the planetary council of governments, Jor-El the Elder, holds a solemn speech in front of the assembled delegates.

Their home world, their beloved planet, is facing “a direct existential threat”.

There was a time, when incremental action would have been enough to deal with it. Like nudging a potentially dangerous comet off course as it enters your solar system, to ensure there will be no collision.

That time has passed. We are on a collision course now.