Balance

ALANDA GREENE explores how to bring balance into a polarized world, even the polarized nature of the environment, climate change and politics. It all starts with us as individuals.

- ALANDA GREENE

A friend from Switzerland called recently, and we shared stories about our respective extreme weather conditions. He was sitting in a down jacket in a late afternoon of mid-summer, a time when he would usually be in swimming shorts at the nearby lakeshore, warmed by the evening sun. I was sweltering in our unprecedented heat even as thick smoke and unsettling dry conditions threatened fire. We joked about how to balance things – trade some of our heat for the persistent rain and coolness where he lived.