Any time is a good time to become an activist – research existing organizations out there that are working on preservation, align yourself with them via donation and volunteering and start spreading the word via facebook via twitter via email via flyers via word of mouth – read all that you can on the topic, change your life accordingly, and welcome to the thankless difficult word of trying to change other people’s minds on issues they don’t find relevant immediately to their own lives – it’s awesome! :) no really, it is.