That is why Nicola Chapman is taking off her shoes and spending the next two weeks walking with bare feet in protest against climate inaction.
The protest will last the length of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which began in Glasgow yesterday.
Mrs Chapman said the barefoot protest was a fun and human way to bring attention to a serious issue.
Action on climate change had taken a back seat since the rise of Covid-19 and people needed to know there was a serious danger if action was not taken quickly.
Mrs Chapman had ongoing worries about climate change and the world her children would be growing old in.
She loved to walk around Port Chalmers and doing so barefoot was a way to make a statement about those worries, she said.
Although walking barefoot could be difficult, the "embarrassing and weird" feeling of being seen without shoes was the bigger challenge.
However, it got people talking and was a great way to add her voice to those who fought for action on climate change.
She had posted about the protest on social media and hoped others would take off their shoes in support as well.
Walking in bare feet was a very basic, human thing and it was a great way to reconnect with the environment, she said.
"Underneath it all, we all have bare feet."
