MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 23, 2022
The conflict in Ukraine could stop tomorrow if both sides agreed that there is no conceivably better outcome than where things are right now. It is not as if we, collectively, have no other pressing existential concerns. Climate scientists tell us that in a few decades, if we don’t change our course, perhaps even if we do, billions of climate refugees will be desperately seeking safety, a place to live and food. Ecologists warn that we are currently in the midst of a mass extinction of species, with biodiversity diminishing at an escalating pace. Why are we doing anything else, if not directing all the vast billions of dollars that go to make weapons and war toward trying to prepare a more sustainable future for the young people of the world? ~ Rev. Thomas Kircher, Biddeford