Every Generation needs a New Revolution

I recently had a very brief conversation with a state representative at a fundraising event for my internship. During the course of the conversation, said representative began telling me what's going to get the youth out to vote in this coming election.

Now, with all due respect, I admire the work said representative does in the legislature and admire the fact that she's willing to stand up against knucklehead, anti-science conservatives. However, said representative is 70 years old and I can't imagine she spends much time getting into the head of modern-day youth - who is she to tell me what the youth are concerned about?

While this may seem like a petty comment to get worked up over, it did get me thinking. How can we be content letting individuals 40+ years older than us fight for our future? I'm increasingly more aware that NOW IS OUR TIME. If we truly want to see change, we need to be clear on what exactly that entails and we need to start fighting for it. Many in the legislature think we will be content with seeing only 25% of our energy come from renewables in the coming decade. They think we'll be content in board rooms, discuss financing. They assume we'll be content donning suits and schmoozing all night in hopes of raising a few dollars to spend more time yelling upon deaf ears in hearing rooms at the Capitol. 

I refuse to be an idle environmentalist any longer. I refuse to be an environmentalist. I know, and we all know, that our health, the health of our community, the health of our economy, and the health of the Earth that we love, are all interconnected. If wish to see any of them prosper in the coming days, weeks, and years,
we need to stand up in revolutionary ways.

No more petitions. No more lobbying. No more conferences.

We have incredible power and now is our time.