It Won't Happen Overnight, but it Must Happen Soon
By Steve Kinsman, 2nd Jul 2011 | Follow this author
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If we fail to change our ways - and change them radically - in a very short we will see suffering in this world as never before.
Climate change
Oh, I know. There are those who say - most of them apologists for the corporate state - that climate change is a hoax, but the evidence we now have is irrefutable. The verdict is in. The glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly receding as they melt, and the watershed of these great mountains sustains the lives of two-and-a-half billion people, a third or more of the population of this planet. When the great rivers of Asia are reduced to a trickle, what then? The ice that covers Greenland is rapidly melting. When the sea levels rise ten or twenty feet, what then? When Manhattan Island becomes submerged, and Florida is no more, what then?
We must change our ways
I am an optimist. I believe there is a great shift in process, and that a global awareness and consciousness of the need to radically alter our way of living is emerging and picking up speed at a geometrically increasing rate. But I am also a realist. The powers that be are uninterested in such imperatives as the need to create sustainability for the planet. But change happens from the bottom up, and as more and more people at the level of the grass roots become aware of the mess we are in, solutions will appear and people will begin to take the actions necessary to heal our planet from the ravages of an exploitative and murderous economic and social system.
It is not too late, but it soon may be if we fail to commit ourselves to the belief that we are all one family, and that we need to begin to act like it.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
informative info steve....
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Thank you , geeta. I appreciate that.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Thanks for sharing your concerns on the environment. I have added this page to Facebook.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Wwow! Thank you Mark. Much appreciated
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Outstanding--I totally agree. I have a suggestion for you, based on Mark's recent post about how to increase page views--use the keyword CLIMATE CHANGE in your title, summary and tag section. Consider lengthening the articles by a hundred words or more...add photos. Then it will be a star page for sure. This is an important, relevant message.
Warmest regards,
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Thank you, rama devi, and thanks for your ver constructive suggestions.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
I share your view, Steve, hoping this article will reach a wider audience and serve as a catalyst for change.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Thank you, Buzz.
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Thanks Steve, very good info,It is up to us to make the effort to live green, well said!
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5th Jul 2011 (#)
Yes, Delicia, it is up to each of us individually to do our parts. Thank you.
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
I couldn't agree more, Steve..The larger audience this attracts, the better...
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
Thank you, Songbird. I appreciate that.
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
I totally agree with you. Our islands here in the Pacific are slowing seeking and many of our peeopl would be climate change refugees. Be prepared to recieve them.
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
I hear you, jak2010. Thanks for your comment.
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
Climate change maybe a natural process but funking up the water, land and air now that is proof that Capitalism and the associated Greed and lack of foresight involved in this paradigm is a real problem with little need for debate!
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
Right on, J A.
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
Great article to promote much needed awareness!!
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6th Jul 2011 (#)
Thank you Maria.
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10th Jul 2011 (#)
We are on the same page, my friend! Thank you for the share. :)
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10th Jul 2011 (#)
I knew you'd be on this page. Thanks, MAnature.
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