I stress one thing above all else: Having hope requires courage. It matters not only what we do about global change but how we talk about it, both in the classroom and beyond. We risk our own paralysis with the message that we have poisoned the earth and so the earth rejects us. As far as we know, this is still our species’ eternal home, and we must not alienate our children from it. We must go forward and live within the world that we have made, while understanding that its current state arises from a relentless Story of More. We can make this easier by being kind to one another along the
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