… As I write this today, I am less concerned with the planting of trees than I am with the water required to grow them. We must start protecting our water, and these changes must be implemented by those who currently hold power in our country. Water waste is the number one issue facing us currently. … it is still empirically evident that we are suffering through a devastating megadrought. We must take adequate steps toward conversation immediately, or we risk forever damaging our water security. Younger generations cannot implement this level of change by themselves. We must call on older members of our society to create change for the benefit of others, knowing that they may never see the positive impact of their actions.
—Written by Mitchell Katz, a student at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California