This comic was inspired by an interview with climate activist Xiye Bastida from the episode Climate Mindset.

I was at the beach for the first time in seven months. My kids are never going to go to the beach.
How do you tell your kid that the planet is ending?
That's the question I get from parents. As if I have an answer. I would never want to do that to a kid. Your childhood ends when you find out because so much hope is placed on you.
When I was younger, my family and I would go into the highlands of central Mexico and have lunch by the lake. And so the prayer of thanks would begin. That's how I grew up.
I remember driving by El Rio Lerma with my dad. It's the most polluted river in Mexico and it's right by my hometown.
One generation. How does that happen? Will things be better for the next generation?
This is the chance that we have. Intergenerational cooperation. We want to work with you.
We cannot waste our time blaming each other. We have to come together.
I love the saying that goes: We don't inherit the earth, we borrow it from our children. I'm going to work to save the planet for my children.

About Xiye Bastida.

One of the lead organizers of the Fridays For Future youth climate strike movement is a climate justice activist named Xiye Bastida. She is a member of the administration committee of the Peoples Climate Movement, where she brings the voice of youth to existing grassroots and climate organizations. The Re- Earth Initiative is her job.

She was invited to speak at the 9th United Nations World Urban Forum. She received an award from the UN. 600 students from her school were involved in the March climate strike. She has taken a leadership role in organizing climate strikes and speaking out about climate justice issues. The climate justice movement has been expanded by the launch of a youth activism training program.

A member of the Otomi-Toltec indigenous peoples, Bastida was born and raised in Mexico.

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