Climate change has always been a big issue on my mind. Last year Washington, my home, had a warmer winter than normal and didn’t get a sufficient snow pack, causing us to have a statewide drought and horrific forest fires in the summer. The place I call home was only damaged, however, not lost. The rising ocean levels will affect islands and coastal communities the most. People living in places like the Maldives could lose their homelands entirely. The people of the Quinault village, Taholah, are already making plans to leave the only home they have known, To me, climate change looks like losing the most important place of all, home. We cut down forests and cause mass extinction. We rely on sources of energy that make the Earth hotter. We turn a blind eye to the facts in front of us. We have the power in our hands to change the course of our world for the better. All is not lost; we still have a chance at redemption. We can all do our part to ensure that this home will be inhabitable when the future arrives.