your parents f*cked up the planet...

So there's been a lot of talk re the Young Green's new front page...

Well, we could have posted a pretty image on our front page: maybe a picturesque meadow, blue skies overhead, young people joining hands and singing... Unfortunately, if we'd gone that route, it’s unlikely that people would be talking right now.

We are not attacking any individual parents out there; many of them are part of the solution. The bottom line though is that the planet is f*cked up and we now do have to deal with a great many growing environmental, social and economic problems of global scale.

This is not about blame, but rather a call to action. What some people may construe as an offensive tone is in our eyes appropriate, for we indeed see many reasons for indignation. Besides which, it's all about perspective and, frankly, we find certain things much more outrageous and offensive than the "f" word:

• The arctic ocean is currently warmer than it has been in the last two thousand years and will be free of ice in our lifetime

• Canadian asthma rates have quadrupled in the last 20 years

• Canadian leaders, including the Prime Minister, make no apologies for declining to even attend major international climate talks

• Youth unemployment in Canada is at a 30-year high

• Annual global military expenditure reached over $1.46 trillion in 2008 while nearly half of the world’s 2.2 billion children live in poverty

• In Ontario alone, tuition fees have jumped by over 200% since 1990

• Canadians are so disengaged that only 6 in 10 eligible voters actually vote, and the rates are much lower for those under 30

These are things the Young Greens find truly offensive.
The planet is f*cked up, and it's time we all do something about it!
Explore our website to see what you can do.

(Also, see what Elizabeth has to say here.)

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