Fight to have the livable planet we deserve

The LA fires have been devastating. As the climate warms, wildfires, such as the ones in LA, are becoming more common and destructive.

I am a member of Sunrise, a national student organization working to stop the climate crisis. We are trying to get a green new deal for Colorado schools. Last year, BVSD became the first school district in the nation to pass a Green New Deal for schools resolution. Here in Colorado, we are currently working on climate curriculum, green jobs, green school infrastructure and climate disaster plans.

For climate curriculum, we are working to get curriculum standards revised to include a comprehensive climate justice curriculum in every subject. For green jobs, we are working to provide adequate funding for the Colorado Climate Corps to pay living wages. For green school infrastructure, we are working to put solar panels on schools and replace diesel school buses with electric ones. For climate disaster plans, we are working to require schools to create climate disaster plans and communicate them with the community and allow schools to be used as make-shift centers in emergencies.

I am a sophomore at Fairview High School. I transferred to Fairveiw and joined the group at the beginning of this school year. I am deeply concerned about the future of both the natural environment and our civilization.

I was in Lyons during the 2013 flood. Our community was devastated by the disaster. Many homes were destroyed. After the flood, I moved out of town for 9 months.

Young people, like me, are the people most impacted by climate change. As the climate continues to warm, the impacts will only get worse. We will be alive worst impacts of climate change happen. We are fighting to have the livable planet we deserve.

— Emerson Sturgis, Boulder

Give us a break from Trump

Could we please have at least a few days a week where we do not have to see the unwelcome visage of Mr. Trump on the front page? It’s bad enough we have to try to live through the next four years of his attempts to destroy all we hold dear, and 24/7 coverage of his latest absurdities. I can gloss over the headlines, but (alas!) can’t un-see his face when it’s front and center, scowling or smug. Maybe show us the civil servants he’s firing instead? Or the iconic vistas he wants to turn into oil fields? Give us a break!

— Miki Magyar, Boulder

Stop reporting with ‘us against them’ narrative

Thank you for posting Jim Martin’s column last Sunday. It was great to read a pro-wildlife article. Lately, it seems that the press is more interested in stirring up controversy between opposing sides than reporting. As an avid outdoors person, I moved to Colorado for the chance to live near wilderness and enjoy the beauty of the mountain environment. I know that my friends, family and coworkers share this passion, yet, all the news about wilderness seems to be colored with the interpretations of what cattle ranchers think and want. This is just one industry and one perspective and hugely inflated in my opinion. Wildlife should be supported for its intrinsic and ecosystem benefits.

Let’s stop all of this “us against them” reporting. Boulder is better than that. That’s why despite moving to Arvada I am still a Daily Camera reader!

— Pam Milmoe, Arvada