Changing4Best
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I'm hoping that I am placing this in the right area of the Forum, but if not, please feel free to move it!
I am concerned that bees are dying at alarming rates due to some of the pesticides that are being used on our crops. Bees pollinate many of these crops and without them, our crops won't grow! I have heard that anywhere from 7 to 70 of our major food crops are being affected by this, yet there are, to my knowledge, no laws to protect the bees. One of the books I read that mentions this problem is "REWILDING OUR HEARTS - BUILDING PATHWAYS OF COMPASSION AND COEXISTENCE" by Marc Bekoff. I also received some info in the mail about this from an organization working to get laws passed to protect the bees. I signed their petition to the Congress of the USA on this.
Then there is the problem of the rising on sea level due to climate change. I read an article in National Geographic not long ago about this. They predict dire land losses by 50 years from now, if this trend does not change. They even predicted that Manhattan, in New York City, would be completely immersed by then if we don't act! Yet we are doing little to address the issue of planetary warming. If you are planning to buy a car any time soon, consider a model that uses less fuel or even is a hybrid.
What can you and I do about all these things and others that endanger the welfare of our planet? Write to our politicians, ask them to pass laws to protect the environment. Join conservation organizations and work with them to change the laws. Recycle your paper and plastic if you are not already doing so. Every little thing we do to help or stop ourselves from doing what hurts is making a difference. For instance, can you car pool to work or church or other activities? I do this all the time. I have to, I don't own a car. For those of you who do own one, can you offer other(s) a ride?
Please be creative. Think of ways to save electricity. Your life, and the lives of all of us may well count on it.
I am concerned that bees are dying at alarming rates due to some of the pesticides that are being used on our crops. Bees pollinate many of these crops and without them, our crops won't grow! I have heard that anywhere from 7 to 70 of our major food crops are being affected by this, yet there are, to my knowledge, no laws to protect the bees. One of the books I read that mentions this problem is "REWILDING OUR HEARTS - BUILDING PATHWAYS OF COMPASSION AND COEXISTENCE" by Marc Bekoff. I also received some info in the mail about this from an organization working to get laws passed to protect the bees. I signed their petition to the Congress of the USA on this.
Then there is the problem of the rising on sea level due to climate change. I read an article in National Geographic not long ago about this. They predict dire land losses by 50 years from now, if this trend does not change. They even predicted that Manhattan, in New York City, would be completely immersed by then if we don't act! Yet we are doing little to address the issue of planetary warming. If you are planning to buy a car any time soon, consider a model that uses less fuel or even is a hybrid.
What can you and I do about all these things and others that endanger the welfare of our planet? Write to our politicians, ask them to pass laws to protect the environment. Join conservation organizations and work with them to change the laws. Recycle your paper and plastic if you are not already doing so. Every little thing we do to help or stop ourselves from doing what hurts is making a difference. For instance, can you car pool to work or church or other activities? I do this all the time. I have to, I don't own a car. For those of you who do own one, can you offer other(s) a ride?
Please be creative. Think of ways to save electricity. Your life, and the lives of all of us may well count on it.