Unless you’ve been living under a rock or not keeping up with the world news, you are all probably aware of the fact that part of the entire continent of Australia is suffering from the worst documented cases of bush fire in their recorded history. At the time of this post, it’s estimated that over a BILLION animals have been lost to the flames, and the koala population is being decimated and are now being categorized as endangered, though it’s not reflected on any official endangered species list as of yet.
Here in the United States, there’s not been too much national coverage of the crisis in Australia until recently, and for the life of me I can’t understand why. America has an attitude of “well it’s not affecting us, so why should we care?” that’s just so dangerous and selfish to maintain. Climate change is a myth to a…