As a Californian and outdoor enthusiast, climate change has lessened my ability to enjoy camping and hiking, and even gardening. We have almost constant drought now. The Sierra Nevada’s snow doesn’t reach the levels of the past and melts sooner. Fires (although partly caused by people’s incursion on wilderness for their housing) make sum…
As a Californian and outdoor enthusiast, climate change has lessened my ability to enjoy camping and hiking, and even gardening. We have almost constant drought now. The Sierra Nevada’s snow doesn’t reach the levels of the past and melts sooner. Fires (although partly caused by people’s incursion on wilderness for their housing) make summer and fall air smoky. So, although I’m lucky enough to live in a middle class neighborhood and still have good health at 70 years old, there is a little less joy in my life because the human race has wounded the environment.
As a Californian and outdoor enthusiast, climate change has lessened my ability to enjoy camping and hiking, and even gardening. We have almost constant drought now. The Sierra Nevada’s snow doesn’t reach the levels of the past and melts sooner. Fires (although partly caused by people’s incursion on wilderness for their housing) make summer and fall air smoky. So, although I’m lucky enough to live in a middle class neighborhood and still have good health at 70 years old, there is a little less joy in my life because the human race has wounded the environment.