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Would you be at ease with the notion that the natural beauty you enjoy may not be around for your children to see?

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 @9FGSKLL from British Columbia  answered…11mos11MO

No! It is unacceptable that people aren't listening to environmental recommendations, and the fact future generations are going to have to accept that natural beauty that we currently enjoy doesn't exist makes me sick.

 @9V79ZYTAlternative for Germanyfrom Delaware  disagreed…3mos3MO

I don’t believe that there will be some type of event that will wipe out a ton biomass on earth so it’s not that serious.

 @9LHR9YFSocial Democraticanswered…9mos9MO

Absolutely not okay. We are accountable to the future generations.

 @9JB8X9QLeftanswered…11mos11MO

I am highly against anything damaging nature in the name of productivity and capital, the human centered perspective that we "own" nature is sick.

 @9LN3FMNSocial Democraticfrom Oregon  answered…9mos9MO

I would not be at ease with the notion of the natural beauty of the environment not being around for my children to see, not only does it negatively harm the environment, but nature should be for everyone not be destroyed on a whim for profit or efficiency.

 @9LL2LSYLeftfrom Texas  answered…9mos9MO

No I would not at allbe at ease. We need to do more to conserve and protect both our own nature and the world.

 @9JV5G4PLeftanswered…11mos11MO

It would trouble me deeply if my children were not to see ice bears, rain forrests and islands close to the sea.

 @9JQ2X92from Michigan  answered…11mos11MO

That's bad, we should take care of our environment come one guys.

 @9JFHHZRLeftfrom Virginia  answered…11mos11MO

We should create programs to retain natural beauty and create media depicting it for future generations to see

 @9JCZL6Sanswered…11mos11MO

I would prefer that the natural beauty that I can currently enjoy will also be enjoyable for the next generations.

 @9LKTXQQfrom Oregon  answered…9mos9MO

Absolutely not. Not only for my future children but for my future self. I want to be able to retire in a world that I can breathe in, not one that is lacking so much of what it once had.

 @9LM849WChristian Democratic Unionfrom Oregon  answered…9mos9MO

As much as we like to have beautiful buildings I think it is important to keep some natural parks and place where people can go to cool off their minds of to have morning/evening walks. I advocate for nature.

 @9LKVPFXFree Democraticfrom Oregon  answered…9mos9MO

I would not be at ease with the notion of anti-environmentalism.

 @9K5M25TEcological Democraticfrom Arizona  answered…10mos10MO

we should try to prevent the destruction of Germanys natural beauty

 @9K39GG2Free Democraticfrom Virginia  answered…11mos11MO

No, not at all. They deserve to see the natural environment that I and everybody in my generation enjoyed.

 @9K397JYfrom Virginia  answered…11mos11MO

No. That disturbs me. I would like my children to know what trees are.

 @9K38XH8Free Democraticfrom Virginia  answered…11mos11MO

I feel the environment has been polluted so badly future children may not see what it once was

 @9K38XCCSocial Democraticfrom Virginia  answered…11mos11MO

This is a huge issue for me. I do not believe that debt is the biggest threat to future generations. It is the way we have destroyed the environment and continue to do so.

 @9K4PX35from Virginia  answered…10mos10MO

We should create programs to retain natural beauty and create media depicting it for future generations to see. As the future generation, and for the generations after me, I would not like to have to walk around with a mask outside because the generations before us ruined out earth

 @9K4LJY7from Virginia  answered…10mos10MO

No, I think that the environment is a natural resource that is slowly dying, and I want it to be around for my children.

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