Hello, and brightest blessings for this fresh new year! One of the things most on my mind right now (and, actually, since I was about 7 years old) is climate change, or what is increasingly being called the climate crisis. We are in the midst of what scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction on planet earth, and the only one to be caused by human activity. Governments are still not addressing the issue of global warming, or making many real commitments to cutting carbon emissions (with the aim of slowing the warming of the planet). As usual, there is a lot…