Today is nine days. Interest in our fast is building, but
slowly. Tonight I saw a film that really
got my attention. It is 17 minutes long. Climate scientist James Hansen tells us
exactly why he has left his comfortable life to go out on the road and try to
get people’s attention about climate change.
http://www.ted.com/search?q=James+Hansen
My husband, Ron, always says
that every prediction the climate scientists have made has been wrong. Their estimates and predictions have always
been under-estimated. Too
conservative. When James Hansen tells us
we
are having a climate emergency, he means it. If we continue to do nothing about energy
policy in this country and around the world, we are handing an unbelievable set
of problems on to our children and grandchildren. How can we be so selfish? Especially when there are workable solutions
if we only had the political and societal will to go for them!
Thus far we have a handful of
NDP MP’s (including Megan Leslie, Environment Critic) signed on to our pledge
plus Bruce Hyer (independent) and Elizabeth May (Green Party Leader.) If people are writing letters to their MP, to
Mr. Harper, to opposition leaders, and to the newspaper, we don’t know. If you
have written a letter, please take time to go to www.climatefast.ca and take the pledge.
If you haven’t written a
letter, please do it in the next two days.
We want to bombard our leaders with requests to take positive action to
make a difference. And if you do, be
sure to take the pledge. If
you’re not sure why to do so, please take the time to watch James Hansen’s Ted
Talk. http://www.ted.com/search?q=James+Hansen
Most Unitarians I know are
working towards voluntary simplicity and reducing their own personal
footprint. These efforts are laudable
and important but they are not enough.
This is one issue where we have to change the mindset of our leaders and
change the system. We have to transition
to renewable energy as a world society as quickly as possible.
Check out the sample letter
at www.climatefast.ca now!
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