07/25/2026
Going to the trouble part 2… this is where we come in.
I know there is a lot of fear, frustration, and anger around wildfires right now. Watching communities burn, seeing people displaced, and wondering what could have been done differently is deeply painful.
But I hope we can hold space for two things to be true: we can ask hard questions about how we prepare for a changing climate, and we can honour the people who are already showing up every day to protect our communities.
These are not abstract issues.
They are people’s homes, families, and lives.
The answer cannot be division, misinformation, or searching for simple explanations for incredibly complex challenges. The answer has to be how we come together and build communities and systems that are ready for what we are facing.
But I also think we need to be honest about something deeper.
Some of the systems we have built prioritize growth, profit, and shareholder returns above the health of communities, ecosystems, and the living world we are all part of.
We are very capable of understanding responsibility when we see our neighbour struggling. We know what it means to show up. We know that a community is only as strong as the care we are willing to give each other.
The challenge is that our larger systems do not always reflect those same values.
Perhaps the work ahead is not just building new systems, but also unbuilding the ones that have taken us away from connection, stewardship, and responsibility.
Because this is bigger than one fire, one community, or one province.
The way we care for each other has to extend beyond our immediate neighbours — provincially, nationally, and ultimately globally.
Climate change is asking us a profound question:
Are we willing to organize our society around the things we say we value? Are we going to the trouble?
The safety of our communities. The health of our planet. The future of all living beings who share it.
I hope we are.
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