What keeps me awake at night.
In my defense, I’ve said some pretty stupid things over the last four decades. I’m not sure why, I don’t think it accurately reflects my intelligence.
My kids would tell you something else, they’re always very surprised to find out I know things. The reason for this is probably that I often need their help when dealing with anything that has buttons. Or worse, tiny touchscreens.
It’s a nice watch once you understand how it works. It tracks my activity during the day and tells me every morning how long I’ve been laying awake!
Speaking of things that disturb my sleep, climate change is high on my list of things that worry me. I was honored to be asked to contribute to COP26 by making cartoons.
I attended a discussion hosted by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center where a tool was presented that helps predict where a disaster is likely to happen.
I noticed the scientist presenting this atlas was very pleased with it, which is understandable; it is incredibly helpful to know what to prepare for.
But it was also… kind of funny? It inspired me to draw this cartoon that was on display at the conference in Glasgow.
The big take away for me this last week is that while I had been thinking of climate change as something that we need to prevent in the future, a lot of people are already facing the consequences.
I made this cartoon for an organization called CJRF, that helps women, youth, and Indigenous People adapt to global warming.
It’s heartbreaking to me, that people are suffering because of our pollution. Once I start thinking about that, I realize how dumb it is to lay awake over something I once said that probably nobody remembers.
On a positive note, I went to a climate protest in Amsterdam with ~40.000 other people while there were similar protests all over the world.
It’s wonderful to see so many people have woken up to the fact that we need a change and are willing to come together to protect this planet that we all love.
All the best,
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