Alec Loorz is a guest contributor to
Green Scene. He is currently
participating in a National Geographic student expedition to Iceland.
Alec’s posts are his personal observations of his experience and of his
commitment to climate change awareness.

Day 13 in Iceland. Only 2 more full days before we go back home. I’m sad to leave what has become my life for the past 2 weeks, but at the same time, I’m ready to return to my normal life. At least it will be nice to get a full night of sleep.

My life has changed on this trip. Up until now, I’ve talked to people about climate change, and people have been inspired, but there has been something missing.  I realized that what that was:  I couldn’t personally relate to it.

Global warming has been something I learned about from books, websites, and movies.  It can be unusual weather or something, but it is hard to really see the direct impact of climate change in my normal American life.  But here in Iceland, being able to see the glaciers that are melting firsthand, that missing piece has clicked in place inside me.

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