We're having another series of very hot days this week - 29 degrees C today and the forecast is the same for tomorrow. I've never minded the heat much. Winter's are long in eastern Canada so I've always been inclined to savour hot weather when we get it - reveling in the feeling of being warm through to my bones.
I haven't been able to enjoy it in the same way this year. The unusually long stretches of high temperatures and humidity seem downright ominous in light of the grim environmental news from across the country and around the world - massive fires burning out of control in the west, ancient ice packs collapsing in the north, extreme flooding in some parts of the world, desperate droughts in others. The signs that our little blue planet is in crisis are all around us.
Despite that evidence, it seems most people prefer to pretend climate change isn't happening and carry on as if it's business as usual. I don't get it. Do they imagine someone else is going to clean up their mess? Or are they hoping the worst won't happen in their lifetime? What about their kids and grandkids? Perhaps, the future's simply too scary to contemplate. Whatever their reasoning, it appears far too few have any real interest in doing anything about it - particularly, it it means paying a little more for products they don't need in the first place, or being inconvenienced in any way.
It's disheartening to say the least. However, I continue to believe that those who see the danger have a moral obligation to try to draw attention to it. When and if the worst happens - as I'm awfully afraid it will - and sooner than we expect - I want to be able to say I did my best to make a difference.
I haven't been able to enjoy it in the same way this year. The unusually long stretches of high temperatures and humidity seem downright ominous in light of the grim environmental news from across the country and around the world - massive fires burning out of control in the west, ancient ice packs collapsing in the north, extreme flooding in some parts of the world, desperate droughts in others. The signs that our little blue planet is in crisis are all around us.
Despite that evidence, it seems most people prefer to pretend climate change isn't happening and carry on as if it's business as usual. I don't get it. Do they imagine someone else is going to clean up their mess? Or are they hoping the worst won't happen in their lifetime? What about their kids and grandkids? Perhaps, the future's simply too scary to contemplate. Whatever their reasoning, it appears far too few have any real interest in doing anything about it - particularly, it it means paying a little more for products they don't need in the first place, or being inconvenienced in any way.
It's disheartening to say the least. However, I continue to believe that those who see the danger have a moral obligation to try to draw attention to it. When and if the worst happens - as I'm awfully afraid it will - and sooner than we expect - I want to be able to say I did my best to make a difference.
I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair. -Alfred Lord Tennyson
I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/alfred_lord_tennyson_153690?src=t_despair
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