I am so happy to know so many people so committed to making things better in this world! The reports that came out this week about the polar ice caps actually melting faster than everyone had originally expected - 30 years faster - making the northern summer ice non-existent by 2020!!! - that news is so completely disturbing, maddening, and terrifying to me.
We are doing our inidividual things to help Mother Earth, but we also need to get those in power to start doing their thing.
I think, like Jennifer has said in an earlier post, we vote with our wallets. We need to keep telling the corporations and other merchants we demand changes to save the earth and all that is good about it. We also need to tell our government. Calling, emailing, or writing to your local, state and national representatives/congress people helps. Only contact those who are associated with your residence. Apparently people have contacted those outside their districts and those calls/emails are falling on deaf ears. We here in NoCal are fortunate to have progressive leaders, but they, too, can be influenced to do more.
I was happy to learn about some innovative things London and Germany are doing to reduce CO2 emmisions in the bigger cities, and looks like Mayor Bloomberg of New York is trying to do the same. Maybe Sonoma and Marin counties should look into the rail system again....
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I think if we band together as a group we can really send some strong messages. I'm looking forward to talking more about what we can do together. (Next Wednesday!)
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