Becoming a Realist AKA a Gloomer

I consider myself part of the population that truly does learn something new everyday. Maybe I'm just behind the learning curve, or maybe our society, including all you 1%ers should be more openminded to new ideas and ways to makes it to the year 2050! I have been vacationing to the Adirondacks for at least 18 years now and am just learning about the severity of the environmental issues it has been facing and is going to continue to face until some HUGE changes happen. I'm not just talking about little changes here and there to try and remedy the damage that has been done, I'm talking about changes in thinking and not just to Adirondack natives, but to other vacationers, policy makers and like I said, that 1%. Yes, I am embarrassed about my own cluelessness about the endangerment of a place I claim to love, but I know now and you can bet I'm going to spread the word!