tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post6125373210413912902..comments2023-04-17T02:14:40.718-07:00Comments on COMPASSIONATE CLIMATE ACTION: I'm Baaaack! (To Spread Courage and Compassion - Are You In?)GreenHeartedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-43540945969970318772016-05-12T09:40:19.842-07:002016-05-12T09:40:19.842-07:00Thanks, Brian. If you ever have a spare hour, you&...Thanks, Brian. If you ever have a spare hour, you'd have some fun reading my less-than-compassionate blog posts here. You could start with my Selfish Bastards series! http://blog.greenhearted.org/search/label/selfish%20bastards<br /><br />Take care, and hope to see you soon.GreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-21013070277784216802016-05-12T09:37:35.243-07:002016-05-12T09:37:35.243-07:00Ree, thank you for your thoughts. Sage advice: &qu...Ree, thank you for your thoughts. Sage advice: "Just handle climate change like you handle normal death." Here's the thing about that ... we all handle death differently! ;-) I think I want to be (well, so far I am) one of those "Do not go gentle into that good night" (Dylan Thomas) kind of people.<br /><br />So I'll keep fighting (while doing my best to live well at the same time). I figure there's still some outside chance for a miracle! <br /><br />Your decision to not have children is one I highly respect. You know, just telling people that, just talking about your decision, is a form of climate change action because it will wake a few people up!<br /><br />All the best.GreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-86120703994223296782016-05-12T09:30:42.520-07:002016-05-12T09:30:42.520-07:00Hi xenago,
I'll try to finish that letter and ...Hi xenago,<br />I'll try to finish that letter and will post it sometime soon. I found it quite overwhelming. Letters to former Canadian prime minister Harper were easy because I was just plain angry. Writing to Trudeau is harder because my emotions are so mixed ... including betrayal. I didn't expect a Liberal politician to be transformative, but I hoped that because he is a young parent of three children, he might "get it" and do the right things.<br /><br />There are so many people - especially among those in power - who don't understand that you can't eat money, and you can't drink oil. "We can't sacrifice the economy for the sake of the environment." And yet they can sacrifice sacred life on this precious Earth for the sake of the economy. That's why the tears started flowing.<br /><br />I appreciate you taking the time to write!GreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-7093732750330029552016-05-12T09:25:56.800-07:002016-05-12T09:25:56.800-07:00Hi JC,
I'm definitely a promoter of eating low...Hi JC,<br />I'm definitely a promoter of eating lower on the food chain. I was vegetarian for 30 years until I read Will Tuttle's World Peace Diet (http://blog.greenhearted.org/2013/09/the-death-orientation-that-stares-at-us.html). I've been vegan ever since. <br /><br />You know, for those first 30 years, I never once "preached" a veg diet to anyone. But now that I understand the environmental impacts (let alone the social impacts of such inhumaneness), I bring it up whenever I talk about climate change. Thanks for writing - and yeah, for the sake of the children, we can't give up!GreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-24228078917516396402016-05-12T04:39:09.460-07:002016-05-12T04:39:09.460-07:00Keep up the good work, and never give up hope :) ...Keep up the good work, and never give up hope :) Are you also campaigning against animal agriculture? This is also one of the biggest causes of climate change. Anything from 15-50% of greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to intensive factory farming and the demand for animal rather than plant-based food.Jonathan Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979919244691263426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-55583252685425951562016-05-11T18:15:41.063-07:002016-05-11T18:15:41.063-07:00I'm curious as to the contents of your unfinis...I'm curious as to the contents of your unfinished letter to Trudeau. I myself have thought about doing something similar.<br /><br />Keep well.xenagohttp://reddit.com/u/xenagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-43215912001000414682016-05-11T10:26:06.386-07:002016-05-11T10:26:06.386-07:00Oh I'm not having children, and the task is to...Oh I'm not having children, and the task is too big to even comprehend. I'll just await the inevitable collapse because there's literally nothing *to* do at this point.<br /><br />Live life well. Just handle climate change like you handle normal death. We all come to an end at some point. This time we'll just do it more or less simultaneously. Reehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12534413244931458881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-77434262985590010152016-05-09T09:56:03.366-07:002016-05-09T09:56:03.366-07:00Good for you for carrying on, Julie. I have gone t...Good for you for carrying on, Julie. I have gone through a similar process - a form of grieving - and now do the best I can. The situation does not look good, but we can and should all do what we can. [And we should hang the traitors who put us in this mess, but that's not very compassionate. ;-) ]Brian Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165383015661465359noreply@blogger.com