From the beginning of every single person’s life, they are presented with stories from past generations that precede their actual experiences with the current state of the natural world. This first impression of the environment is often not aligned with the more updated information, and the huge issue facing the world today is that there are still multitudes of people who are not psychologically understanding or wanting to reform climate change. In “The key role of causal explanation in the climate change issue,” author and researcher Francesca Pongiglione declares that no change will be made to the current environment unless knowledge about the causes of climate change and the methods in which they can be countered are emphasized. Pongiglione insists that “if people are not aware of the actual …show more content…
Just like every other first-year college student around the world, I make my own decisions regarding my ecological footprint. Although the opinions of parents will still play a large role in my decisions, I am forming my own opinions, too. Every single person is capable of being a part of our “story,” (Kingsnorth and Hine 7) and when knowledge is spread, there is less of a dispute about the existence and “urgency” (Pongiglione 179) of climate change. Moving forward, though, it is the responsibility of “writers, artists, poets and storytellers of all kind” (Kingsnorth and Hine 8) to make the “31%” of the US population who believe that climate change “will not at all...affect their personal dimension” (Pongiglione 180) understand that one day it will. Proactivity should be encouraged, and the possibility of turning things around should be highlighted so that we can remain prideful in our “belief in” our society and civilization as well as the “belief in its future” (Kingsnorth and Hine