Finding no one to admire I
gather reflections my friend
a Green activist flew
across the ocean 1.6 metric tons
of CO2 emissions
to meet her new grandchild
58.6 metric tons per year who lives
in Australia where a half-
billion animals burn with
our empty convictions.
Our values collapse at the
point of “me.” If I give
up my car 2.4 metric tons
per year how will I get to work
visit my diapered father
in his wheelchair the
cost of whose protracted
dying cannot be measured? And
what is your excuse? Honor
the young who do
not have children
the old who go
when death calls honor
those who relinquish
their requirements
their convenience who
love the world more
than their own desires who
make you less than ashamed
to be human.
Four significant choices made by enough humans — now — might yet save the planet and other species who call it home: Have no children. Give up your car. Avoid air travel, especially long flights. Eat a plant-based diet. Read the science here.
Meditatio Ephemera 