Some people still think that its nothing more than a big conspiracy of "lefty-greeny-treehuggers" to damn cars and industryl, so we all can go back to the middle ages. Im not sure why said shrub fornicators would want that, but lets just say that they have some vague reason for it.
On the other hand, I dont really think there is any serious doubt within the scientific community that man is having a profound effect on our world, and that one of the many ways this is showing is in the temerature. Dont be fooled into thinking that that is the only dissaster waiting to happen though. Polution is still rising, species are still dying off at an alarming rate (Each year as many as 50,000 species disappear, which is roughly 100 to 1000 times the "normal" rate), habitat destruction is making sure the damage can never be repaired (well, not in a timescale I can work with, after the dinosaurs died off, it took 30 million years to "repair the damage") and potentially hazardous instalations / weapons / technologies are becoming more and more abundant worldwide.
So, when a credit crisis occured, and the bankaccounts of the superrich were in danger of NOT GROWING QUITE AS FAST (cause thats all it is really), we found a staggering 2 and a half TRILLION dollars! (actually 2380 Bn from europe and the US alone) within less than a year.
However, to keep this ball of life on which we live suitable to sustain our childeren as well as our retirement, we fail to faind even 1% of this. Kind of says something horrible about our priorities. Quite franky, these figures scare me and make me very angry.
Today I heard of a new effort to focus on at leeast the most visible of these problems, global warming. I recieved an email stating the following, and I would really like to share this with you.
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Dear friends
This Saturday December 6 is the Global Day of Action on Climate Change.
Millions of activists worldwide will take action to show how much they care
about our planet, and to point out the urgency of solving the current climate
crisis. You can be part of this, either by joining events near you, or by taking
action online.
We have a really simple action for you to do right now that could make a big
difference!
Getting people to listen and talk about their concerns is the first step to
getting them to change and take action. Today, we're asking you to help us
by taking part in a conversation about climate change on YouTube - the
world's most popular video sharing website. On Saturday we're hoping
that YouTube's “most commented” video will be about climate change,
bringing the issue to the attention of millions people.
This is what we need you to do:
1. Sign into your YouTube account or create one if you don't have one
already.
2. Watch this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
3. Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below the video
4. Tell all your friends
Please help get the conversation going and ensure that on the Global Day of
Action on Climate Change everybody is talking about the climate.
When you're done, why not check out our new blog, with all the latest news
on the UN climate talks in Poznan'?
http://www.foei.org/en/blog
Many thanks,
The Friends of the Earth International secretariat
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Come on, be a sport and take some action. We all talk about it. We all know better than the politicians. So now there is a chance to actually do something (even if it is something quite small), and I for one am taking it!
So please join me, take 5 minutes to watch the movie & leave a comment. And perhaps try to do that little bit more in your personal life to contribute to our species survival.
Thanks!
Ps. Ive attached the youtube film here
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