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There’s a line in the series finale of The Office that goes, “I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.” In that same vein, I often think, “I wish there would be a way to know when the world is ending before it actually happens.”
But I think Mother Nature is giving us a very solid heads-up.
A global pandemic. One hundred fifteen-degree summers. Forest fires choking our normally clear air. Portlanders have been uncomfortably close to several effects of climate change over the past several years. That’s not to mention the increasingly severe seasons, the thousands of people displaced by fires, the increasing temperatures of our bodies of water. And yet, with all of this going on, we have to carry on with life. College kids have to wake up and go to school, cooks have to keep standing over their stoves, and parents have to continue to raise their children. And that is why WW’s culture team wrote this week’s cover story.
While the world seems to be near a tipping point, parents are looking for ways to not only get through the day, but get through it in a way that prepares the next generation of leaders to take on problems that will only get worse by the time they are Nancy Pelosi’s age. On this week’s episode of the Dive podcast, we interview Shannon Gormley about her cover feature. Shannon takes us behind the scenes of a nonprofit group that brings the climate change conversation to families, calling on parents and kids to participate. We talk about the group, the parents, and the mission in this wide ranging interview.
Thanks for listening and see you next week!