Sunday, December 4, 2022

Sunrise Movement

 Final Exam write up - The Sunrise Movement 


The Sunrise Movement is an American political action organization that advocates political action on climate change. The movement was first launched in 2017 and the end goal was to elect proponents of renewable energy in the 2018 midterm elections. Ever since the 2018 mid-term election, The Sunrise Movement has been moving towards changing the climate policy to center the environmental program known as the Green New Deal. 




A new report released this month noted that a quarter of the world's population already lives in areas experiencing extremely high heat stress. By 2050, almost every American city will experience significant warming, leading to wildfires, heat waves, and other forms of extreme weather”. Obviously, this calls for quick action, but some politicians do not believe in climate change, so I feel as though the fight for green legislation will be like an uphill battle. This is where the Sunrise Movement steps in, hoping for change. Sunshine is a movement of young people organizing to stop climate change and create millions of jobs in the process. I think if we are going to get our country to 100% renewable energy, we need to update our buildings or install solar panels. That would help create jobs for people who want/need one and would help us transition the country from fossil fuels to clean energy. 



The Sunrise Movement had its first sit-in, with Justice Democrats and Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez (an American politician), along with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. This brought the movement its first significant press coverage and brought about a similar event in February of 2019, bringing a group of young people to confront senator Dianne Feinstein in her office. Since the sit-in, the movement has been attracting media attention. 



I feel as though the younger generation may be dealing with depression and suicide that is related to the climate crisis. Maybe humans should not even exist in this world if we are causing so much harm in a short amount of time. People of one generation should not have to suffer from the actions that we are doing today. There has to be a way where we can help prevent more damage from being done or somehow meet in the middle.



I think that the rising generation will adequately engage in the climate crisis or at least I hope that they will. I think that the Sunrise movement is calling for solutions that address the climate crisis and social justice, in saying that I think that what we have can lead us to a better solution when it comes to our climate crisis. There is still so much work to be done, but this dream of the future can hopefully come true if we keep fighting.


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