Today's parents are raising children who will be exposed to the threats of climate change. It's not a comforting thought for moms and dads to know that the child they will bring to the world will live in a planet in crisis.
Despite climate change deniers' insistence that the world is not in for a drastic catastrophe, some people think that it's no longer good to have babies or start a family. How habitable will the world be in a few years if there is an overpopulation and a severe lack of resources?
One agency, however, is hoping to help parents make a stand. Conceivable Future is collecting testimonies from moms and dads who long to make parenting choices that are "free from massive, avoidable, government-supported harm," as stated in the site's mission.
Conceivable Future wants the government to be accountable for the effects of climate change. After all, it's the government that has allowed the fossil-fuel industry to pilfer the earth's resources in the name of progress. They believe that this industry is the root cause of climate change.
Conceivable Future, however, wants to encourage parents to speak up and become involved in the fight to provide a better world for the future, especially with President Donald Trump, a non-believer in climate change, leading the country. "[Trump has] done a lot of things to suggest the world is going to be less safe for everybody's children," founder Meghan Kallman said, per Ecori.
Kallman and co-founder Josephine Ferorelli have been hosting Conceivable Future house parties with parents and future parents who agree to make video testimonies of what they think about climate change, as shared on their official site. These events are a way to raise awareness and encourage a conversation as well as sharing of ideas on what parents can do.
"We want an environment in which the political structure and social structure is actively seeking to make life safer and healthier for any children that are born," Kallman said. The next Conceivable Future event will take place in Providence on March 7.
