German ISS astronaut calls for climate action in message to future grandchildren
In a moving message to his future grandchildren, German ISS commander Alexander Gerst appealed to humanity to finally get its act together on climate change. 鈥淩ight now, it looks like we 鈥� my generation 鈥� are not going to leave this planet in its best condition for you,鈥� says Gerst, who returned to earth early this morning. 鈥淥f course, in retrospect, many people will say they weren鈥檛 aware of what we were doing. But in reality, we humans know that right now we鈥檙e polluting the planet with carbon dioxide, we're making the climate reach the tipping point, we鈥檙e clearing forests, we鈥檙e polluting the oceans with garbage, we鈥檙e consuming the limited resources far too quickly, and we鈥檙e waging mostly pointless wars. And every one of us has to take a good look at themselves and think about where this is leading. I very much hope for our own sake that we can still get our act together and improve a few things. And I hope that we won鈥檛 be remembered by you as the generation that selfishly and ruthlessly destroyed your livelihood.鈥�
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