At a Crossroads

Climate change protests, an impeachment inquiry and a court ruling judging a Prime Minister's actions illegal. All events unfolding in the past few weeks that may seem to be unrelated, but on closer inspection they are all bringing to a head issues that will have an enormous impact on the world's future.

Greta Thunberg, whom I never tire listening to, at an awards acceptance speech again points out the need for our action. She has been pivotal in inspiring the many climate change protests that have taken place over the past few Fridays.

As Greta said the solution to climate change will not be found in today's politics. Because today's politics, at least in the United States, is about furthering the influence, power and monetary advantages of a few select groups of people who have rallied behind a man who uses his office to enrich them and himself. But perhaps the people have had enough, we will see.

When a snatch and grab for power by a would be strongman was upended by the rule of law, a court ruling in the UK may remind us all what a true balance of power means.

Perhaps Michael said it best so many years ago.

Climate change is real. It is the words and actions of some politicians that are the hoax.

Rebirth

No, on this anniversary of 9/11 I am not going to do a traditional commemorative post. Instead I am going to discuss how we can make a difference to our futures. Because I can't think of a better way to honor those who fought so hard for life on that fateful day 18 years ago then for us to fight for our lives on this planet.

I know that the thought of extreme climate change can be overwhelming, that it might be easy to give up before we have even started to fight back. But this is the planet's 9/11 and we can do no less than those who lived and died on that day.

While we talk about alternative fuels being of importance to this fight we seem to have forgotten other possibilities. In this first video I would like to show you that even just one person can make a huge difference to his environment.

Now this next video may seem to be counter intuitive, but hear him through. There are so many things in the natural world that are interconnected that removing or adding something has an effect on the environment as whole. Trying to mimic nature may help to return things to the original balance, which may help with climate change.

Sometimes thinking outside the box isn't such a bad thing.