Aman’s Story
There was no more forest but spans of dried up trees. Ailing, sad, brown – the place I had once loved and known to be full of birdsong and butterflies now ceased to exist. The birds had all left – Delhi was simply too hot for them.
Ash’s Story
In class, we spent time gazing out the wide-paned windows to catch deer and bobcats stalk the barren mountains outside instead of study the math worksheets and history books in front of us.
Khue’s Story
For what seemed like forever, the skies became orange and hazy and it became normal to see smoke somewhere. The smell of burning wood and building materials permeated the air.
Sophia’s Story
My nostrils burned a little more with each inhale as I realized that there must be a wildfire somewhere close by.
Isabella’s Story
Or we can use our mistakes and clean the air of its smoky waste. We have little time as humans, but our world has more.
Kaddy’s Story
My relatives … in Chengdu … used to dry their clothes from the outside air, but because of the smog and increasing humidity, they keep the windows closed as often as possible, and leave the clothes to hang indoors.
Evan & Sydney’s Story
As these problems remain unresolved, the impact will grow exponentially.
Daniella’s Story
Mainly, the sounds of animals have diminished
Ikym’s Story
Through my health and home.
Alejandro’s Story
Bogotá used to be much colder, and with constant rain (volume and frequency)…
Daniel’s Story
Like a lot of people around the world, I sensed the climate changes because of…
Amadeu’s Story
I have sensed climate change on a sand storm from the Sahara desert…
Corey’s Story
When I traveled to Bozeman, Montana from Wisconsin for my student exchange program in the fall of 2020…
Andrea’s Story
Growing up in Seattle, I remember playing outside in all seasons. Seattle’s temperate, rainy climate was…
Audrey’s Story
A memory that sticks out to me when I think about my relationship to climate change is looking up into an orange sky…
Maya’s Story
I believe one of the smaller hallmark moments that really opened my eyes to the effects of climate change was noticing how hazy the summer months…
Cameron’s Story
In September 2020, Corvallis Oregon, and most of the rest of the state were choking on smoke from several large forest fires. The Lionshead fire…
Liv’s Story
It was September 8th, 2020. My 20th birthday. I was planning on celebrating with a few friends and going to the river close to my college campus…
Emma’s Story
My sense of climate change has always been around me, I am growing up in a time where these occurrences are becoming more…
Jane’s Story
I personally experienced the effects of climate change through a dramatic wildfire season last summer (2020). I remember being out with my partner at a restaurant when the smoke…
Sophia’s Story
The California wildfires!
Elliot’s Story
They can’t breath after playing outside for less than 10 minutes.
Carol’s Story
Too much death and illness around, caused by the refinery.
Evie’s Story
Wildfire smoke forced my family to live in our garage for weeks.