The week of Earth Day, social media feeds are flooded with images of trees, beaches, mountains, and wildlife. For a moment, everyone seems to agree that we love this planet’s natural beauty.

It’s stirring to feel that sense of unity around something — even more so when we as a nation feel hopelessly divided in today’s political climate. Rarely do we see people of different cultural backgrounds, political beliefs, and socioeconomic statuses come together in agreement. It is much more common to see people arguing, name-calling, and screaming into their own echo chambers than making any proactive effort to reach a hand across the political aisle.