Mae Jemison, an astronaut with down to Earth wisdom on climate change | Lucy Siegle

Her time in space gives her a singular perspective on the travails besetting the planetIn the manner of a droid desperately seeking a docking station, I am constantly searching for a leader who can offer me some direction and energy in the battle for the biosphere. Until now, there's been something of a leadership void. Anyone who so much as uttered the words "climate change" might find me looking up at them, awaiting instruction.Now I feel like I can pick and choose. Perhaps it's because people are competing with Greta Thunberg, the teenage agitator behind the climate strikes, but good adults are stepping into the limelight. Continue reading...