WEATHER STATIONS

I think some of that anger is rightly addressed to those who came before these kids; a
generation, including myself, who have sat on our hands for too long, doing little or
nothing. And yet, their enthusiasm is not without trust — a trust in parents, teachers,
even writers! They have not given up on us, and want us to work with them. The young
people I have been privileged to come to know in the last year or so have had a profound
impact on me. I decided that I need to do much more in the area of climate change as
a writer, researcher and educator. I am now in a fortunate position. From July of this
year I will begin a five-year project on Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge, as
a senior Research Fellow at Victoria University in Melbourne. I can thank the Weather
Stations project, Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre, and a bunch of global teenagers for the
opportunity.
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