I'm a new reader going through the archives, so I don't expect this comment to get much attention since you wrote the post 5 months ago, but I just want to make sure someone points out that if you have a deep desire to create a family and care for a child and can't square that with the climate consequences of having a baby, there is also adoption. While the adoption system in the U.S. is certainly fraught with its own set of issues, it feels like it should be mentioned!
This is SO poignant. Another aspect of this difficult choice - unless you are part of a full-service intentional activist community - almost inevitably/genetically having a kid takes LOTS of our time and attention away from climate activism, especially in the younger years and even more so with covid parenting/schooling challenges.
I'm a new reader going through the archives, so I don't expect this comment to get much attention since you wrote the post 5 months ago, but I just want to make sure someone points out that if you have a deep desire to create a family and care for a child and can't square that with the climate consequences of having a baby, there is also adoption. While the adoption system in the U.S. is certainly fraught with its own set of issues, it feels like it should be mentioned!
This is SO poignant. Another aspect of this difficult choice - unless you are part of a full-service intentional activist community - almost inevitably/genetically having a kid takes LOTS of our time and attention away from climate activism, especially in the younger years and even more so with covid parenting/schooling challenges.