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A Changing World by Katheryn Krupa

2/16/2018

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I think what is most disturbing to me about the current administration (and I will not go into politics here) are the changes to our environmental policies.  Believe what you want, but there are real statistics available to us on how our animals, plants, trees, and oceans are being harmfully affected by what we humans have done in the past 200 plus years.  First, if you haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth, watch it.  If you have no idea what is happening to our climate, seek out vetted news, read and explore scientific information.  If you are wealthy enough, visit the arctic circle and watch polar bears and penguins.  Travel to Africa and observe poaching first hand.  If you are not wealthy (like me) take the time to watch Nature or other shows about what is happening to our planet.  I am deeply distressed that our country is not doing everything we can to make a difference for the animals and creatures of our planet. Climate change and things like the hole in the ozone layer (which we DID do something about) are not "fake news". I wish all this was fake news.  It is not.  Things like melting glaciers, loss of animal populations, and destruction of animals and animal habitat are measurable. 

My husband sometimes kids me that I care more about animals than I do about people.  Well, possibly... because animals do not have a voice!  They can't do the things that need to be done to reverse this dangerous trend.  Animals can only try to adjust, not an easy task when natural adaptation or finding a new habitat (if it is even possible) can take centuries... When I see the extensive bleaching of coral reefs, starving polar bears, monocultures devoid of healthy ecosystems, slash and burn farming in the rapidly disappearing rainforests, animal species going extinct - I am not proud to be a human.  I am sad. 

So of course, there are thousands of websites that offer constructive suggestions for how to make a difference.  I suggest at a minimum you do this:  Study the views of future candidates and vote accordingly.  Teach your children how to care for all animals, how to plant a garden, how to cherish the earth's creatures, how to sit still and watch the wildlife around them, how to be empathetic, how to make a difference, how to live differently.  Then do the same!
 
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