Welcome to another @CultureStrike editorial cartoon!This past Monday, a series of emails between sta
Welcome to another @CultureStrike editorial cartoon!This past Monday, a series of emails between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service were obtained by The Guardian that demonstrate how the Trump administration is dealing with climate change: they are simply changing the language (read more here: bit.ly/biancaeuphemisms).Bianca Moebius-Clune, the director of soil health, wrote a list of words to avoid using, and offered a list of euphemism instead. “Climate change” became “weather extremes.” “Reduce greenhouse gases” became “build soil organic matter.” “Climate change adaptation” became “resilience to weather extremes.” The list extends to other terms, all reflecting the politics of the Trump’s administration to censor science.Bianca wrote, “We won’t change the modeling, just how we talk about it… tamp down on discretionary messaging right now.”The Trump administration is clearly putting politics above science, hoping that by changing the language, the impact of reality won’t be as severe, or that the problem will disappear. It won’t. Given his communications team’s approach to reporting the reality of the white house, changing the language does not alter reality. It just changes a truth into a lie.But maybe Bianca and the Trump administration are onto something. It’s taken many years for “climate change” to become a part of our lingo, considering the calamities that are forthcoming if big changes aren’t made. But for many people, “climate change” doesn’t encapsulate the real dangers and urgency that it deserves in order to start shifting our culture to address this issue and save ourselves. The Trump administration is taking this issue to heart, but in a very destructive direction.Maybe “climate change” can be a term that we can retire in the future in favor of a term that is more relevant, truthful, and immediate to our communities. One thing is for sure, though: climate change is real, regardless of what anybody decides to call it.Artwork by @juliosalgado. Blurb written by @eslvis.#editorialcartoon #climatejustice #environmentaljustice #climatechange #culturestrike -- source link
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