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Street Roots • April 6-12, 2018 News / Street Poetry CLIMATE, fro m page 10 And if they can shape their world and their imaginations in the woods and build biggest city in the U.S., and it was under tree houses and invent games and battles, water. That’s hundreds of thousands of then they can invent solutions to the climate people and families that were impacted, and crisis. And they can build new cities and when you impact a family, you impact new forms of cities. children and you put the ' The capacity to imagine whole system under duress and then create out of that and that causes conflicts. vision is intimately linked I know that’s a long road " I f they east shape their to raising children able to I’ve just taken you on, w orld asid th e ir Im agi from floods in New solve the climate crisis and transition this world to Orleans and Houston back nations la the woods to playing in children’s something that’s healthy and b u ild tree houses backyards, but one of the and thriving for human and ia w n t games and things we’ve taken from beings and all living battles, then they can our children in this whole things. la w n t eolations to the stranger-danger culture, I’m not advocating for and penning them indoors, clim ate crisis, And they sending them out on their is that free movement and can b u ild new cities and own, by any stretch. When play with other children my kids were younger, I new forms ©I d tIe s /? that allows them to was scared to send them M A R Y O e M O C KER negotiate, share and invent out. I don’t want to belittle games together. parents’ fears. It’s not the I grew up doing that. I parents who are to be have eight siblings. We judged here. What I’m invented games all day long. We hardly looking for is a way to support parents in spent time on TV. We’ve taken that away allowing that kind of play for their children from children and we’ve put them into these and at the same time, feeling safe structured sports activities and we’ve put themselves as parents. them on screens. And what I’m advocating E.G.: You write in one section o f your book, strongly is that we take them off of screens “I honestly don’t care whether you drive an and we stick them in dirt, and we give them electric car or a Hummer. ” That’s not a a stick and a ball and other kids to play with statement I think that most people would and we set them free, in a sense, to do what expect to hear from a climate activist. Can you they naturally want to do, which is climb explain? and jump and invent and create and have battles and imaginary play and shape their M.D.: We have to be really careful about world. blaming individuals and put our attention on the source of the problem. The source of the problem is, in my opinion, the petro chemical companies and their investors, their CEOs and the politicians that they’ve been allowed to buy. Those politicians are carrying out industry agendas, and they’re doing it beautifully. They’re doing it better than they ever have before right now under Donald Trump’s administration. We have to be really careful not to knock each other down at this point. The progressives are so good at eating each other alive. We have to support one another as people, as communities, as families, as people who care about one another, who care about our children and care about the planet and care about a beautiful thriving ecosystem in every place that humans live and every place that they don’t. Everybody wants that, and I think it’s really easy for us to get pulled into criticizing one another and keeping score on who’s eating what and who’s driving what, and the fact is, we’re all captive in a petro culture. We’re stuck within a dirty energy infrastructure. And when we start to come at it from that point of view, it illuminates our path much more, and it allows us to be more gentle on ourselves and gentle on each other. Ultimately, that’s what’s going to help us transition out of this outmoded and dangerous dirty energy infrastructure that’s literally killing us to something that’s life affirming and healthy for everyone. Page 11 Stuck by Ron Sanford As it starts to slither down I rush to grab my poncho. Meteorologists were off! Dang it! I try to glom onto my poncho When is this crap going to end? Iced in from all sides, I can’t find it I am helpless before the elements An awning and warm clean clothes To separate from the chill Next time I will not be stuck Stuck in this hell Looking forward by Daniel Cox Two shadows intertwine. One heartbeat A soul and spirit and soon-to-be-discarded earth suit. Oh what marvel it will be The journey in itself will be an intergalactic field trip but it’s not my time to die. emily@streetroots.org; Twitter @greenwrites Need health insurance? 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