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Pam Lazos, writing at Green Life Blue Water, observes the signs of climate change around her in Central Pennsylvania. Troubled by the “unknown unknown,” using the “tortured phraseology” of former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, she calls on us to face reality and cure our global bipolar disorder.
We all know the truth: it’s time for an intervention. We can help Mother Nature deal with her issues because we are her issues. The government is not going to save us and neither are the aliens, in case you were wondering. The only ones who can save us are us. It’s time to do what we do best as a country — solve problems, innovate, lead so others might follow. The payoff — as if saving the planet and ourselves wasn’t enough — is that there’s a heck of a lot of money to be made in green technology, but first, we need to cure our global bipolar disorder and think things through in rational, logical terms.
Read her complete post at Global Bipolar Disorder — Green Life Blue Water
“We can help Mother Nature deal with her issues because we are her issues.” Truth!
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And the sooner we can all agree on that, the better.
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I’ve read her essay. She’s right!
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She is, indeed! Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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As I wrote also for Pam’s post:
I am absolut in. I decided this summer after a unprecedented heat wave and so many worrying news about wild fires, melting of permafrost and the Arctic Ice that I have to do something. I am sure, everyone of you is already doing what they can. However, if you want to do something more, join the “Fridays for Future” or “Climate Strike” movements. There will be a global climate strike week from 20th-27th September (https://www.fridaysforfuture.org or search for it in Facebook/Twitter) with events everywhere. The demonstrations I visited so far were absolutely peacefully and people of all generations take part. Join us! 🙂
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Thanks for dropping by, Stefanie, and sharing your involvement in the growing global movement for action. I’m also in and doing what’s within my power to spread awareness and spur action.
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I read this post and reflect about a new hurricane brewing near us in the Caribbean.
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Stay safe, Jim. With an overheated ocean, each new hurricane brewing can develop into a monster storm.
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Thank you for sharing!!.. I believe all of us can help in some manner, irregardless of how meager the help may seem at the moment!.. 🙂
“The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.” Frederick Buechner
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You’re welcome, Dutch 🙂 Whether we like it or not, we are all involved!
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Well said. Thanks for sharing!
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What a lovely surprise! Thanks for dropping by, Megan 🙂
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Powerful message! Sharing…
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Thanks for spreading the message, Bette. It comes from the blogger, Pam Lazos, blogging at Green Life Blue Water.
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“Perhaps if we clear-cut fewer forests, the ones that make way for raising beef cattle and grew more sustainable products instead, we’d stand a better chance…” This reinforces my decision to not eat beef and to continue moving toward a totally plant based diet. This is something we can all strive for in addition to protesting, writing, campaigning, and voting.
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I agree, JoAnna. It’s definitely one of the lifestyle changes that beef-eating lovers would have to make. I eliminated beef from my diet during my Brazil days, when my primary care physician recommended that I do so to help reduce my high cholesterol level. I continue to do so to this day.
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