Spring 2016 LOCALadk Magazine 23
LOCALadk
skills and knowledge of the land and animals are essential to
our life and our culture.
It will take the effort of a Global Village mindset to raise
awareness then demand urgent action and change our person-
al throwaway culture on behalf of our shared home. Climate
Change IS in the Arctic and IT IS moving your way! Even the
Pope tells us "If we destroy creation, creation will destroy us."
The People of our Earth lost precious time because of Exxon
withholding scientific data 30 years ago. Let us, Generation Z,
not make that same mistake.
Being at the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit, we, the future
leaders, are a vital part of the answer. We must learn to "Be
Good Ancestors" or our own grandchildren will know we DID
NOT put the climate First! In Alaska, we Natives say, "In every
chair, a leader." And so, I Thank You. Anaa' baase.
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To learn more about The Wild Center's Adirondack Youth
Climate Summit through videos, photos and student stories,
please visit us online at www.wildcenter.org/ youthclimate or
contact Jen Kretser, Director of Programs & the Youth Climate
Initiative at jkretser@wildcenter.org or call 518-359-7800
