Violet Affleck, a Yale student and climate advocate, penned an essay addressing the environmental impacts of her privileged lifestyle. She reflects on her experiences during the January fires in Los Angeles, which forced her family to evacuate. The essay highlights her shock at the destruction of her community and the ignorance of other evacuees regarding climate change. Violet contrasts her environmental consciousness with the perspectives of wealthier individuals who focus on reconstruction costs rather than the root causes of the fires. Her writing calls for accountability among the privileged, emphasizing the urgent need for climate action.
As a lifelong Angelena and climate-literate member of generation Z, my question had not been whether the Palisades would burn but when.
Talking to other presumably well-heeled evacuees, I found my position to be an uncommon one: people spoke of how long rebuilding would take, how much it would cost.
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