“Don’t eat your seed corn” is advice whose wisdom has echoed down the centuries.

Its logic is obvious: The temporary benefit you gain today will be more than offset by the starvation you and your family will face in the future. And yet that’s exactly what we’re doing when we close our eyes to the devastation of climate change.

While the seed corn in this case is metaphorical, the same principle applies. When we continue to rely on fossil fuels, and even invest in MORE fossil fuel infrastructure, we’re prioritizing personal and economic convenience over the well-being of future generations.

Let’s stop eating our seed corn. Let’s stop feeding the climate change that’s already intensifying droughts, floods, storms, and wildfires. Let’s invest in the wide range of alternatives that are already meeting our energy needs and that are continually being improved as technology increases.

Let’s show our children that their future matters to us.

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