I’m worried about “the information at hand.” I no longer trust government websites and so many other sources are now being shut down. So who do we trust?
yes, a big one to consider. I'm at a loss of what information is going to be lost with archives being shut down by DOGE. The scurry for data is hard but I can't amass even what I use for my job on the hard drives I have, it isn't even possible. This is when I'm thinking even hoarding old textbooks comes into needing to be done.
This is definitely a long haul for all of us in the West, certainly including Montana here with Neanderthal political leadership, echoing the DC thugs. Be well & good luck!
Misti, the end of your essay - "But we have to keep going, keep celebrating Earth Day, and carry into the future the hope that we can someday arrive at the destination that Rachel Carson wrote about in Silent Spring." - is the only path forward I'm able to envision. Saving what's left. Focus on the fundamentals. Trust the science. E.O. Wilson. Eugene Odum. Rachel Carson...and so many more truthful, trustworthy sources like them. Humans will have left an indelible mark on this planet, long after our species is gone. An altered earth will eventually heal. Chemistry, biology, geology, botany and physics have rules more powerful than any we have made for ourselves (through human councils).
We share the pain and struggle described at the beginning of your excellent, poignant essay.
I’m worried about “the information at hand.” I no longer trust government websites and so many other sources are now being shut down. So who do we trust?
yes, a big one to consider. I'm at a loss of what information is going to be lost with archives being shut down by DOGE. The scurry for data is hard but I can't amass even what I use for my job on the hard drives I have, it isn't even possible. This is when I'm thinking even hoarding old textbooks comes into needing to be done.
This is definitely a long haul for all of us in the West, certainly including Montana here with Neanderthal political leadership, echoing the DC thugs. Be well & good luck!
Misti, the end of your essay - "But we have to keep going, keep celebrating Earth Day, and carry into the future the hope that we can someday arrive at the destination that Rachel Carson wrote about in Silent Spring." - is the only path forward I'm able to envision. Saving what's left. Focus on the fundamentals. Trust the science. E.O. Wilson. Eugene Odum. Rachel Carson...and so many more truthful, trustworthy sources like them. Humans will have left an indelible mark on this planet, long after our species is gone. An altered earth will eventually heal. Chemistry, biology, geology, botany and physics have rules more powerful than any we have made for ourselves (through human councils).
We share the pain and struggle described at the beginning of your excellent, poignant essay.