Did you know about these people 2 years ago?
I did.
Article in the Independent HERE Saturday 23 October 2021 02:10 BST
They called themselves
Listening to the Land - and this link continues their walking, in 2022 for sharing as Mummers across the width of England.
They walked 500 miles from London to Glasgow to give performances to attendees at the COP 26 conference in 2021.
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I can't copy it into blogger with copy paste function...so look at website and then newsletter. This week the topic is "Why are most People who Come to Your Work White?"
It's really thought provoking, with the best answer given, "because they are the ones who need it most."
Link to Power of Intent, Channeling Cynicism into Purposeful Action.
Practice empathy: Starting with yourself..."
Cultivate gratitude
Limit exposure to harmful media
Continuous learning and growth
Limit the scope of your engagement
Find community
I forgot at least one thing. For me that's about average.
We met at 11 for lunch, to beat the crowd. And it was a good thing. There's a music festival in town, called LEAF. Plus our natural leaves are at peak here in Black Mountain, so leaf peepers are also here. And it was a wonderful shirt sleeve warm but cool fall day with bright sun and blue, deep Carolina blue skies. (Actually the college that has blue as it's color doesn't come close to this blue!)
We did selfies before being seated. Mine didn't come out all that well, so I hope someone else will have a better one.
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On a personal note, I'm about to hostess three cousins today. And since I haven't anything else to publish, I'll show you what they look like...from old photos. And then soon I might have some newer ones to add!
I know I am just doing a lick and a promise on cleaning my apartment, which they do want to see. But when you enter through the kitchen, that's the first impression for folks. So I cleaned it up Thursday...and I then love making things in clean kitchens, so I made a quiche!! Had to clean things up again after eating a slice of course. Then I baked a Dutch Apple Pie. Not as much clean up there.
And this is Cindy with her new glasses in 2018.
We're meeting for lunch, then probably going to my apartment. Then John said he'd like to see the Folk Art Center, which lets us drive up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I keep seeing good color in other's photos of it. But yesterday there was a rain, so lots of leaves are now on the ground.
Today's quote:
We don’t know what life will bring, so it is what we bring to life that matters. |
PATRICIA CAMPBELL CARLSON |
From Yale's Climate Communications, What do Americans think is the Biggest threat from Global warming?
62% of those surveyed (n=1,037) answered the open ended question, which researchers gathered into these categories. For more on what each one really signifies, go to the original article.
They then break it down between the political parties...with no surprise there. Democrats are concerned, more Republicans either deny it or think weather change isn't related.
I really appreciate that they describe their methods. The scientific methods need to be known by all of us.
Hope you all have a great weekend. We're due for rain on Friday (when you're reading this) so I put all the outside plants out to get some last good watering.
And for a smile:
All the Good News from Americans of Conscience - October 13, 2023
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Inside Climate News offers this:
"To keep panels out of landfills, the company prioritizes reusing PV panels that still have life in them. They put about 60 percent of the whole panels that come through their doors back on the market, often for about half their original price. Of the remaining 69 million pounds of material they receive in a year, 99 percent can be taken apart and recycled back into the supply chain, Saghei said.
"But glass is just one problem, and one that is easier to solve than some others, like the cost disparity between recycling solar panels and sending them to the dump.
It currently costs about $5 to put a panel into a landfill, compared to $20 to recycle it, said Taylor Curtis, regulatory and policy analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
It doesn’t help that there are no government incentives to promote recycling the panels."
CNN published that 20,000 children per day were displaced from effects of climate change, according to UNICEF.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/world/children-displaced-floods-fires-unicef-climate-intl/index.html
"More than 43 million children have been driven from their homes by floods, storms, droughts and wildfires over the six years between 2016 and 2021, according to new data from UNICEF. That works out to 20,000 children displaced every single day due to extreme weather fueled by climate change.
"...East Asia and the Pacific have been particularly affected. In 2020, Cyclone Amphan led to 1.5 million child displacements across India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. In 2021, Typhoon Rai caused 1.5 million child displacements across the Philippines, Palau and Vietnam.
"By overall numbers of displacements, three countries dominated: the Philippines, India and China, where a total of 23 million children were forced from their homes and schools across the six-year period."
And how many of us think from our privileged position in the west, that "At least those aren't Our Children!"
OMG!
We're all neighbors on this one green and blue ball of the earth.
Just think of the people we've considered more our neighbors after wars have begun in Israel, and earlier in the Ukraine.
Those 20,000 children per day are ours.
When Afghanistan recently had 3 earthquakes, I thought of the refugee families who still have relatives living there. Though they are now new Americans, they still are very connected to their home country. And yet, many people in my own community in North Carolina have been instrumental in their new lives, their safety.
Yes this is how it will happen. The Climate Crisis will hit the poor, those living close to the edges of life, and they will be the first to suffer. We cannot just distance ourselves from them. We are just a day or month or two away from the same circumstances.
I got a kick out of Biden saying on "60 Minutes" the other night, "We are the damn United States of America!" in response to whether we could help Israel. He believes in our might, our power.
But he's not thinking of using it against the forces that will really undermine our civilization, and may end human existence on this dear earth.
How much smoke from wildfires has been measured in your area of the USA?
(Sorry, Canadian friends. You may have many wildfires, but the studies only gave US stats.)
Wildfire Smoke: Nationwide Health Risk
Nature doesn’t care if you’re happy, but Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos does.
As Dr. Santos points out during the above appearance on The Well, the goals of natural selection have been achieved as long as humans survive and reproduce, but most of us crave something more to consider life worth living.…
A movie I watched this week... and came away affirmed in pride as an American. Of course I have always loved astronomy, math, NASA, the space program, and stories about an underdog!
“A Million Miles Away,” an Amazon Prime Video release, is rated PG for “thematic elements and language.” Running time: 120 minutes.
I give it a 5 stars rating.
One I can watch before going to bed and not have bad dreams!!
I very very seldom read the editorials in our newspaper (Asheville Citizen-Times). I recently re-subscribed to it, as an alternative to the evening 20 min. of local news (?) on TV.
But here's an interesting quote about another person...who I dare say would be in favor of it's being posted.
"The heroines of peace – the 16 women awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize so far (1901-2014)
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But with the recent war in Israel, perhaps a look back at some history of Jewish survival during Nazi years would be of interest to some.
Here's Ken Burns PBS show about Unitarians who helped Jews escape early in Nazi terrorism...and the many obstacles they faced. (79 minutes)
Damaged heirlooms...with climate change, this is a problem that someone has already considered dealing with.
A hotline that saves artifacts. Article link to NPR Weekend Saturday Edition, Oct 7, 2023.
NPR covers damages and those who go the extra mile. Museums, or your own home when damaged by floods, fires, or hurricanes...Call the National Heritage Hotline.
And for peace in the Middle East... "Am Yisrael Chai - the Nation of Israel Lives"
'In her introduction to the series, NPR’s climate solutions reporter, Julia Simon, said: “I know that things are bad right now. But what if we reframe the conversation? With climate change, it’s not like this is a meteor hurtling toward Earth and there’s nothing we can do about it. Humans are driving global warming. And that means we humans can find solutions to change our trajectory.” '
Thanks Katharine Hayhoe in her weekly newsletter with the good and the bad news regarding climate change. And her Inspiration of the month...
My inspiration this month is Bill Weihl and the fantastic work he has been doing in the face of considerable challenges. I first met Bill at COP21, in Paris, when he was the sustainability director at Facebook. There, he convinced the city to allow him to project climate-friendly messages on the Eiffel Tower to support the climate negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement. Bill went on to found ClimateVoice, an organization that helps business employees speak up about climate action and catalyze change at their organizations.
And it's Indigenous People's Day today!
A compilation of statistics...about the climate crisis.
https://climatevulnerabilityindex.org/
This site took me a few minutes to understand, but the tutorial at the beginning helped.
It has information that is simply...amazing.
I hope some of you can see some things that either surprise you,, or affirm what you already knew.
Thanks to my friend Kevin D. Jones.
You might note I'm cutting back on relaying articles here. I've just started giving links to areas I recommend. That means a lot less cut and paste. I hope you all will still be interested in these topics on your own. And come on over to my other blog Living in Black Mountain, whenever.
