“How Good Is Spring” Convo Dampened By One Mate Bringing Up Climate Change

VICKI DERWENT | Lifestyle | CONTACT

The Southern Hemisphere is rejoicing once again now that winter is over and spring has most definitely sprung. With multiple sunny days in a row, Australians around the nation have been chatting about just how good spring is. But for one Aussie friendship group, it hasn’t been that simple.

A group of friends sitting in the park last Sunday afternoon were baking in the sunshine, discussing how good it was that they could finally go out in jeans and a shirt and not feel like they needed to bring a jacket just in case, when their one friend, Adam Yickle (25), brought up how the world was in a climate crisis.

Adam interrupted Jenny Munroe (24) discussing her spring wardrobe to let everyone know that it’s not normal for it to be this hot in spring and that we should all be seriously worried about the future of the Earth.

“Each year it’s just gonna get hotter and hotter until sea levels rise and many islands won’t exist anymore,” Adam told the group.

Adam’s friends nodded seriously along with him, some even saying “yeah, that’s fucked” to show their support. After letting Adam’s thoughts sit for a second, the group got back into their spring discussion about how excited they were for jacaranda season.

“The Great Barrier Reef will probably be completely coral-bleached by 2030,” Adam interjected.

Jenny Munroe recalls Adam’s interjection as being true and scary, but also awkward.

“Love Adam and hate climate change, but like, can we just talk about the jacarandas for one second without feeling depressed?” Jenny asked.

“Like, we didn’t want to just ignore Adam, but we also didn’t want to sit in the park getting sad thinking about the future of the planet.”

The group attempted one more time to talk about the positives of the hot weather, someone even suggesting moving the convo to a rooftop and getting a cold beer, when Adam really put the final nail in the coffin.

“Why do you think Nepal happened?” Adam put to the group.

“We all went home after that and either recycled or sent a donation,” Jenny told our reporter.

“We’re probably gonna avoid talking about how good summer is.”