Are are going to make the necessary changes?
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This years topic for Blog Action Day 2009 is Climate Change. I admit, I had a hard time knowing what to write at first, but because this is such a poignant subject, it doesn’t feel right to keep quiet.
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As word citizens do we think about climate change, whats causing it, and what we can do to reverse it or at least slow it down? Depending on where we live, our lifestyle, what we read, what we watch and the company we keep, we may not really think and reflect on climate change as much as we should . When the weather is unusually hot, cold, too much rain, not enough rain, wild fires and so on, we then blame it on global warming or climate change. And when the subject comes up in the media, think about it…a little. When it comes up in our minds, are we moved enough to make the necessary changes in our lives to help curtail climate change?
There are so many distractions that come up in our daily lives that easily distracts us from what’s going on. Personally, health care has been on my mind quite a bit. In addition to what’s been discussed in the media for the past several months, I am facing my own challenges when it comes to health and the health insurance industry. When we are faced with these everyday challenges such as the cost and accessibility of health care, or anything else that can easily take over our lives, the health of the planet usually takes a back seat. When its not in the forefront of our minds, we are less likely to make even the smallest changes in our lives.
My question is, how do we keep climate change in the forefront of our minds when we are already dealing with so much on a day-to-day basis? How do we keep in it our minds long enough to make the necessary changes in our individual lives? I know my readers will have a lot of great ideas and suggestion and I would love to hear them!
I look at climate change on a daily basis. It’s really appalling.
The things that a written about it, that are said about, make it seem like we’re on the edge of disaster.
And we may very well be.
But not the disaster that most people think of when they think of climate change.
What’s appalling is the amount of serious disinformation and bad claims associated with anthropogenic global warming.
The disaster I see coming is the artificial economic recession that will result from the proposed actions to limit or stop anthropogenic global warming.
In the meantime the Earth’s climate will be cooling as a result of the reduction in solar activity combined the Pacific multidecadal oscillation shifting to the negative phase of its 30 year cycle.
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Interesting post, and an interesting comment from Mike! I do what I can – what the experts tell me to do – but I’m sure I could do better.
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