Thread by @SwampmamaDenise

But, America has given up on Gen Z, and they know it. #TheTimeIsNow #GreenRecovery #GreenNewDeal

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I see this in my classroom (environmental studies). The discussions over the past two years have changed incredibly in comparison with the rest of my 10 or so years of teaching (not to mention all the time that have been a student ... I've been in the clasroom a long time!)

Until two years ago, I've never been in a class where the room as a whole effectively says "what does it matter, if the world's all going to sh*t anway?" The students in my classes are overwhelmingly anxious about their future in a way I have not seen before.

The students in my classes know about the environmental debt that is being placed on their generation. They are also literate in a way I have not seen before. They are watching those in power in our country make calculated, political decisions to mortgage off their future.

This isn't just a #GretaThunberg thing. The recognition of the environmental debt among the students I interact with is palpable across any economic or racial grouping you might care to use. #IntersectionalEnvironmentalist

If America wants to have a future, we need to face up to our racial and environmental debts. We can't keep passing it all off onto the next generation. As far as I can tell, GenZ is waiting. #TheTimeIsNow