CLIMATE CRISIS
Unless we all individually
Do our bit
And take adequate action
It will be too late.
Do we want to be known
As the generation
Responsible for the conflagration?
Will this eventually be
Classed as Mankind’s Folly?
Image: HardWay04_/mybearx95_photobucket.com
©DGA 20.06.2011 08:15
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
20/06/2011 at 10:48 am
Desperate times …
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20/06/2011 at 11:06 am
They are indeed, Cin. I watched the second half of An Inconvenient Truth yesterday. I saw it quite by accident on ‘e’ – no publicity whatsoever! 😦 It was excellent. My son was fortunate enough to attend Al Gore’s presentation when he was visiting the country. 😀
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20/06/2011 at 10:56 am
Here in USA it is astonishing how many people refuse to accept the climate change evidence. Who can deny that man’s carbon footprint over the last 100 years has not altered the environment for the worse and that the ice is melting?
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20/06/2011 at 11:08 am
You know what they say about leading a horse to water…, Carl? There are many, many people who walk around blindfolded!
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20/06/2011 at 1:54 pm
It;s up to us to make a change to save our planet. Or it will be our folly.
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20/06/2011 at 1:56 pm
You’re so right, Maire. 🙂
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20/06/2011 at 2:06 pm
amen…if nothing else with the crazy weather of the last couple years we can see our world is changing…the question remains, what is our response…
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20/06/2011 at 2:29 pm
I’m not sure about other countries, but here there is very little response if any. They are talking about half a dozen more coal and another nuclear power station. 😦
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20/06/2011 at 5:24 pm
We also need to NAG our politicians to focus on GREEN not GREED . . . by putting PLANET before PROFIT.
Thanks, Denise!
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20/06/2011 at 6:35 pm
How right you are, Nancy, if only they’ll LISTEN! We just must not let ourselves get discouraged and give up…
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20/06/2011 at 8:56 pm
Hallo, Denise.
I thought I would look you up!
I like the hidden verse in your poem. Very subtle.
I have been unable to decide whether we are a major factor in climate change,
or whether climate change is just a part of a cycle which is much bigger than we are.
After all, we came from an ice age to here.
John.
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21/06/2011 at 12:11 am
I know just what you mean, John. Back when they were on about CFCs from refrigerators and aerosol sprays I remember reading that the amount of CFCs released into the atmosphere by man was a drop in the ocean compared to those released by natural phenomena such as volcanoes. I think that was indeed the case regarding the hole in the ozone and no doubt other things are the result of a natural cycle.
Nevertheless, global warming and the way in which we are destroying the rain forests, the sea being used as a dumping site, etc, etc. are things that we can and must take steps to halt. I’m afraid I am not as clued up as I should be but I intend to read more.
Thanks for the visit to my blog. I appreciate it.. 😉
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20/06/2011 at 10:19 pm
Oh give it a rest. This whole manmade climate change scam is an exercise in seeing how absurd a lie you can get people to believe.
http://wp.me/p1a0cT-qr
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21/06/2011 at 12:16 am
Please read my reply to johnnell74, above. If this is a hoax, kindly explain the photo’s of the rubbish dumps in the sea and the enormous areas where the rain forests have been cleared. We are all entitled to our own opinion and perhaps some things have been exaggerated, but not everything is untrue. We can’t go on decimating earth’s resources ad infinitum.
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20/06/2011 at 11:20 pm
The trouble is that when it comes to the crunch, people like their present lifestyles – or think they do – and simply make noises about climate change without real commitment.
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21/06/2011 at 12:17 am
Oh yes, Col, we are the most selfish, self-centred species.
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21/06/2011 at 1:32 am
Great poem and post Denise. Climate change induced by man is not an opinion but a scientifically backed theory with very strong evidence and 100% of climate scientists are in agreement on the issue. There are some debates on the size of the impacts but the fundamental argument that we are causing a rise in temperature has been resolved and we are moving on now to the ‘how to’. Throughout history temperatures have changed significantly, but we are accelerating the changes and will suffer the consequences. If someone has an argument against the theory that climate change is caused by humans they need to submit their research to a peer reviewed scientific journal, as all good scientists do.
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21/06/2011 at 4:42 am
Very well said, Gabrielle. Thank you so much!
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21/06/2011 at 6:21 am
‘Things You Can Do Now’ – useful, practical advice that’s easy to implement – I’m reading a very interesting essay on the climate-change debate at the moment – it still boggles the mind that there are so many in denial
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21/06/2011 at 8:04 am
I know, Bb – the truth is too inconvenient for them to accept!!!
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21/06/2011 at 10:43 pm
Oh, I’m late, I’m late, and such an important message too…lovely combination of pictures and words, Adee…
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22/06/2011 at 6:05 am
You’re never too late, Kate. 🙂
Thank you…
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22/06/2011 at 8:18 am
The photo of the polar bear on the vanishing iceberg always upsets me but it’s something we have to face, you know? That the debate about our role in climate change is still going on just floors me. By the time everyone comes to a consensus of opinion it will almost be too late. I feel like crying when I think about it and ashamed that future generations will be forced to live in such a stark world with the loss of so much biodiversity and resources. It’s unforgivable. It truly is Mankind’s Folly.
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22/06/2011 at 9:07 am
The debates, the excuses, while we continue with the unforgivable! Where will it end? I too am ashamed that we have let things go even this far!
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