I grew up in Mexico in a very small farm town that deals with a lot of agriculture.
And people are very aware of the changes that are occurring.
They don't necessarily understand why it's happening,
they just know the rain season comes at this month and it comes like
really close to this time and for some reason it's not coming or it came early and people
adjust the way that they're, they're working the crops based on that time. People tend
to think in the present and when someone tells you, "Oh, things are changing because
so and so is blooming, you know, a few days later," people think it's not a big deal, it
just rained later or earlier. It doesn't really matter.
But, I think nowadays people can become
a little bit more informed as to what's going on.
So what gives me hope for the future is
being able to do projects like this where you can actually make the observations and
you can take the data set and show people, you know, that this is actually happening,
this is actually changing. I think that'll give people an understanding of why it's important
to focus on climate change and why they should look at
the impact that they're making on the world.