All things well

It’s blog action day, and as the theme this year is climate change it is a no-brainer for me to participate.

First of all, if you are one of the people who is sceptical about humans causing climate change, get yo’ baddass over to the sceptical science website. It’s a website of scientists who are spectical about climate scepticism. (You might want to read that last sentence twice before you get it.) Also, be aware that the ‘business as usual’ lobby, made up of coal, petrochemical, tobacco and other serial polluters have poured millions into persuading people that either (1) there isn’t a problem, (2) the science isn’t clear, or (3) there is nothing we can do about it anyway. Want to know more about how they committed the crime of the century? Look here.

I’ve blogged previously about how to deal with climate sceptics, so let’s move on to the big question: What can we do about it?I’ve written previously that the most effective action we can take by far is to get engaged politically. Join Avaaz (and Get Up if you’re in Australia) and sign the petitions. Get informed (for example by reading Joe Romm’s excellent blog Climate Progress). Go and see your local political representatives. My friend Mary, who is in shall we say the ‘autumn of her life’, pounded the streets knocking on doors collecting signatures to a petition on climate change. Her petition was tabled in parliament, with one of the Senators mentioning Mary by name as an indication of the concern in the community. The local paper interviewed Mary and a feature story and photo appeared. (more…)