Global Warming and Choice

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Global Warming

brings

changes

in Climate.

Some Regions get

Warmer,

others Colder.

Some will be Wetter,

others Drier.

Storms

will be more

intense.

In 2001, I attended

a conference in England

where the 19 participants,

who were

from 5 continents,

were all talking

about changes

in local and regional weather patterns.

Our antenna were up.

A shift was in the air,

and we could feel it.

And to think

that the everyday ordinary choices

that we make in life styles

are driving changes

far reaching

to God's Creation

with which we Humans

have been richly blessed

and sacredly entrusted

for all Beings now

and in the future.

It seems to me

that the best gift

we could give

to the people of Joplin

or other sites of disaster

is to decrease our Human actions

that contribute to Global Warming.

Turn off lights not in use.

Limit use

of heat and cooling.

Choose smaller houses.

Park that car.

Walk or bike.

Buy local.

Vacation

close to home.

Do not expect

all Humans of the Planet

should live as we do in the U.S.

Look at how they live

and tone down

our overconsumption

of the Planet's resources.

That's the direction

I am headed.

Will you join me there?

~~~~

Glinda Crawford, 2011

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