Albuquerque, NM

Ironically, soon after, a group of most conservative parents, American Legionaires, and business people picked up the ball and got the Salmon Falls River in NH USA cleaned up! I had left town and gone off to college. The river had been polluted all my life. A few years later I came home to see a big new park, families swimming and fishing. I asked my Dad what happened and he told me the story.

These words are only important now to demonstrate what can happen when people from different views come together! No business man would have listened to me then. However A group of AMerican Legioners dedicated to community work convinced some big factory types to stop dumping in the river. Ditto local towns and their sewerage.

If a few small towns in the early seventies can organize, imagine what is possible now. We have more communication venues, more people, great films, media, and of course: the internet and bloggers! Global warming is no small matter. Doing our personal share will be important and getting the big polluters to change fast is monumental!

Three ways to get their attentiion:

1) Keep your old car, very effective for people without a lot of money. Let auto makers know you want cleaner fuel efficient cars that are AFFORDABLE.

2) Tell the politicians and energy producers no more coal plants, no more nuclear plants. We have enough technolgy to create a massive amount of solar and wind power just to name a few. If you have money and land: create your own small co-operative solar generator and wind plant. Help others get off the matrix!

3)Think big! Fund projects that help save the earth, our eco-systems, and other species. Let me tell you in the earth’s history this disaster is a bleep in time. She doesn’t care if we ruin paradise and lose the human population. God also doesn’t care: Gee, I gave you guys enough to last you a long time and if you do not take stewardship responsibility, then you’ll face the consequences.

What’s really important is the earth is resilant with the correct nuturing. Resources can be pooled together. My 88 yr old Mom says if we can spend billions on a little go nowhere war, then we can spend billions on the earth! And fund health insurance for children. This from a generally conservative woman!

So I say YEAH to the world and Al Gore! The human race is beginning to understand. Politics, local organizations, and actions are needed fast. We have 10 years to make a differnce (less if you are a country with a big seacoast. Ten years of action may give us another 10 years to complete bigger projects. Step by step we can help the earth heal. Don’t let the naysayers stop you. Work hard, play hard, and have fun.