by Robert Schnell (tree hugger)
I used to follow news about our politics, economy, unending wars, and quest for world dominance. At times I even had the topics rated from most concerning to least. All that has changed now. I believe the scientists and their reports on climate change. This is a worldwide emergency that eclipses all other concerns in my book. It has the potential to render the planet inhospitable to life. A potential fast becoming a reality. One has only to watch the fire devastation in California and now Australian.
As a kid whenever I saw a bull dozer clearing land and knocking down trees I got bummed out. It was an unexamined and unexplained melancholy. No mystery today. I fully appreciate the importance of trees in addition to clean air, water, and land but up against money, greed, corruption, pollution, warmongering, hubris, hegemony, world conquest, and unbridled narcissism, nature doesn’t stand a chance.
We exist in a bubble. News blackouts in the United States are proof of that.
I did notice one glimmer of light. The American media black-out vacuum was filled by bloggers, The Guardian, and a number of other sources. It gave me hope. Write on!
Does Anyone Know Where I Set My Coffee? 
Blogging gives me the opportunity of hope, but all the conservative and christian bloggers take it away again. I am not trying to shut them up, but I sure wish they would stick to their own sites, and leave the rest of us alone. I agree climate change is the greatest problem on this planet, and humans are most responsible for it, but I also note most humans are too busy with their own lives to care about the lives of others, and life itself. It is a sad tale, but no one is listening to the stories, or at least not enough to save humanity. I hope other l8feforms outlive us. Where there is life, there is hope.
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I agree.
There are so many days lately that I want to view the world as the half full glass instead of the half empty glass. It is a struggle sometimes but, and I hate to write this, “It is what it is!” My age and weariness is showing. I whole heartedly wish the next generation of leaders the best and GOOD LUCK!
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