Statement – Climate Change

Thank you again, Elizabeth. I look forward to these frequent reports and recorded statements at this time twighlight for humankind on earth (twighlight has its beauty too).

A thought for the day:

Thought for the day:

“The privilege to be here, on this life-giving planet at this astonishing time in human history, is sufficient to inspire awe in the most uncaring of individuals. At this late juncture in the age of industry, at the dawn of our day on Earth, we still have love: love for each other, love for our children and grandchildren, love for nature. One could argue it is all we have left.

Those who pull the levers in this life-destroying culture care about power to a far greater extent than they care about love. This culture will not know peace. It is much too late for love to extend our run as a culture or a species…but love surely offers redemption to individual humans.

Will we, as individuals, know peace? That’s up to us. I suggest most of us will know peace only when we find ourselves lying helpless in the broken arms of our doomed Earth.”–Guy McPherson

Thank you Elizabeth for speaking truth to power.

Video is a powerful tool for distributing these messages.

Is there no way we can get a comment from Harper, our prime minister, on GW and GHG emissions. Isn’t that what our parliament is for. I dont understand exactly why Harper is not acting on GW? Is it because he does not believe the science? I find that difficult to believe. Or is it that his religious context allows him to ignore the perils due to all that complex ‘God wont let it happen’ thing. Lets get a debate here…

Keep up the good work Elizabeth and be not discouraged…we are with you on this!!

Once again, thank you Ms. May.
Strangely silent in government is the support for the environment (the air we breathe, the land that feeds us, the water that gives us life) in this new regime. Forgotten are the requests.. now demands to our government, that want things done properly.

Oil extraction processes that won’t contaminate our water-tables, ceasing hack and slash process within our forestry industry and put the focus back on replanting every tree cut down.. the ratio should be 10 trees planted for every old growth taken.

Things ARE sustainable when stewarded properly, but both the CONs and LIEbs are unfit for the task. They focus on short-term gains for their lobbyists WHO DO NOT REPRESENT THE REST OF SOCIETY, in fact, the communists would not be welcome as trading partners, PERIOD. Let those CEO’s wrap their tiny oil-soaked brains around that.

Putting focus back on community and people here, on CANADIANS NOT COMMUNISTS.
When our … ahem… Democratic government is more concerned with the Chinese Communist Party making a buck, methinks that they are no longer fit for governing here. They should go join the party in China. They sure are spending lots of time there anyways. And, wouldn’t you think people who say they have Canada’s interest at heart have the situation where China would be working for Canada, not the other way around as OUR OWN POLITICIANS have devised.
We need our government listening to the people, not deciding FOR the people what is the individual or tiny group thinks is best for everyone else living on this chunk of earth.

What evidence do you provide to back up your own rhetoric re warnings from scientists? Climategate conclusively revealed outright lying on the part of many scientists. Who do YOU believe?

I feel like the entire PC cabinet is in wicked denial, or worse–politically insane. When the numbers are supporting the science of climate change and we know the clock is winding down on our chance to prepare or react, why is it only May’s voice that is cutting through the BS and calling it like it is? This is terrifying. The sick thing is that there won’t be anyone to say “I told you so” when it hits the fan. It’ll be too late for rhetoric.

Elizabeth, many of working for change on the fossil fuel issue are also paying attention to the impact of widespread (and growing) animal agriculture…this is an under-represented concern in Green discourse, which if anything, tends to stop short of challenging the status quo with the notion that locavorism is enough, when it most certainly is not. I hope you will visit my group FB page below, which is a resource for activists compiling material linked to this area.

Thanks so much for all you are doing…we are indeed at the 11th hour. If those of us with the privilege of CHOICE want to make a difference we can all start today paying much closer attention to what we put in our mouths. It was great to have veg options at the AGM this past summer, but disheartening to see that the vast majority were content to indulge unnecessarily in the status quo. If the Green Party doesn’t lead the way on this issue, we are really missing the boat. The sinking boat.

Very best wishes, Fireweed

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