Starlog 5-1
Of
course, the global issue that comes immediately to mind is that of
climate change. It is sometimes difficult to see an optimistic vision
of the planet's future, and that of its occupants, given the
reluctance of some politicians and industries to acknowledge that
climate change is even happening. Given that Star Trek often deals
with the interaction between cultures, and that another important
issue today is the movement of refugees throughout the world, the
plot I would like to see explored it how those two issues might
interact. In the show I would envision, the people who are moving to
a new country, or planet, might bring with them a way of dealing with
their environment that is more interested in maintaining their
surroundings than in destroying them. I think that if I was writing
the plot, I would draw upon the experiences within my own family
during the past century – that of using the natural resources
surrounding us in a responsible and sustainable way, while
acknowledging the more recent practice of 'using and discarding' and
setting the two approaches in opposition to each other.
