# @fromthebowseat on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CScK2SdtLgX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73154572-fromthebowseat-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-08-11T16:04:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 🪸 (@fromthebowseat) — https://gondola.cc/fromthebowseat

## Caption

Jane (a 2020 Ocean Awareness Contest Bronze Award winner) is so eloquent we could cry 🥺 so we'll just let her reflection speak for itself:

"As I sat down to write about climate change, I found myself coming up empty. How can we encapsulate the worth of this planet in a collection of lines? 🤲 🌏

I began to contemplate the winters I spent on a wildlife refuge in a rural part of my home state, where geese and whales migrated seasonally. I always felt a kinship to these animals—like them, I returned to this spot every few months, a little different than when I had last been. I started to imagine a future in which the natural world and humans spoke the same language. After years of witnessing the horrific effects of climate change, I yearned for that sense of communion. 🐦 🐋

Throughout my research for this project, I learned that climate change is a crisis that affects every facet of our planet. Everything is connected to everything else; the movement of a river in one place is inextricably entangled with the wind in the trees here, and the migration of the whales there. With this sentiment came my first inkling of hope. 🌬️ 🍃

I envisioned a world in which every individual person had a stake in the success of the world around them; in which nature was not seen as inert or useable, but alive. In this sense, my generation’s greatest crisis may also be our best opportunity for transformation."
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