#editionthree – Ecosystemic Magazine

By Audrey Wu What if we were born pushers Off the backs of this mother Whose fingers have rusted green Like those of Lady Liberty Maybe we were meant to become oxymorons Killing what gives us breath And breathing what brings us death We are not falling off the edge of a cliff But dangling our feet like the rim of a swimming pool Or walls where wine sloshes like watered down banter Against the tilting glass Glass now freckled stars beneath our feet Glass that was never rose colored to start with Are we the force that pulls the dawn in From her rosy comfort Do we dare ask her to join the march Leaving shadows behind us Hoping they’ll become imprints Because we are not the exception We are the young And the scared And the hurting And we are asking you to help

By Katharine Evans In his interview with Ecosystemic, Dan Schrag explains how climate justice should be called climate injustice because the majority of those suffering from (and those who will suffer from) the negative impacts of climate change are not the ones who caused it. Wealthy corporations, political figures, and past generations who contributed to these threats will not feel the consequences. Minorities, developing nations, and later generations (including ourselves) will face the ramifications. Part of Interview it Refers to: “There is intergenerational justice and injustice. We caused the problem, it's gonna be our great-grandchildren who are really going to suffer. That's unfair. They are going to inherit a world that is very constrained... You are going to inherit a q...

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