Orion Magazine

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

WHERE DOES your mind go when you hear the term climate change? Do you think about love?

I didn’t used to.

My mind would go straight to how we mitigate, adapt, and protect those most vulnerable. To carbon standards, clean energy incentives, and environmental justice.

What does love have to do with it?

Quite a bit, I’ve begun to realize. In fact, I’ve started to see love everywhere now

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