My parents were environmental stewards and will continue to be so even after they were displaced from their native regions. When I’m told that my parents didn’t do enough to fight climate change, I try to hold my tongue back. “Older generations didn’t do enough.” Have you ever heard someone say that? Or felt that way? As the climate crisis continues to make headlines, I’ve noticed that there’s consistently intergenerational blame directly at people who come before us. On its surface, it makes sense to assign blame to older generations. They came into power when emissions could have halted and climate action could have been the most impactful, yet the movement never manifested and even failed against corporate influence (influence held by the same older generations, I should add). Throughout my lifetime, I have felt that as we continue to get older than ageism appears within generations and the resistance to movements has always existed. However, there is a problem with the lack of specificity in saying “older generations” and assigning blame ageistically. To be precise, we shouldn’t say “older generations didn’t do enough.” We should say “leaders in large-scale corporations like the fossil fuel sectors have created a global environmental injustice that contributed to the ecological crisis we’re living in today” ... and many of them are old. Protecting our elders in environmental movements is key to liberating ourselves from the ecological crisis. Check out my recent YouTube on elders x climate change. Videography: @mostafaproductions #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #climatechangeawareness #queerbrownvegan #climateemergency #climateeducation #environmentaleducation #environmentalscience #sustainableliving #sustainability #localisation #intersectionalenvironmentalism