Greta Binzin: Trees don’t grow overnight

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Greta Binzen, of Strafford, who is junior majoring in environmental studies at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
In a country where climate change is censored from government websites and most federal environmental programs are underfunded, it’s easy to assume that politics and environmental protection are perpetually at-odds. But trees don’t grow overnight, nor do people change overnight. To see the steady progress of environm