permaculture

[Rael Bassan <rael@ripco.com>]

But far from impossible. Seemingly unlikely transitions such as the fall of 
Apartheid and the USSR do occur. What is needed is to get the US off it's 
butt, and take the lead.

More is bubbling up in our mainstream media (see below).
Perhaps there is now enough ammunition to arouse our neighbors toward 
political action...Rael

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_028143048.html
1- 28 << Title >> Bill Clinton: Climate Change World's Biggest Concern
 [At Davos] "It's the only thing that I believe has the power to 
fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it, and make a lot 
of the other efforts that we're making irrelevant and impossible."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502230.html
1- 26 << Title >> Al Gore, Sundance's Leading Man...
" ...believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from 
turning into a total frying pan."
"An Inconvenient Truth" is the title of the new movie Gore stars in, and 
his book, due out in April

http://www.mdgreens.org/montgomery/blog/2006/01/20/473/
<< Title >> The New 'Sputnik' Challenges: They All Run on Oil
1-20 New York Times "...If we don't quickly move to renewable alternatives 
to fossil fuels, we will warm up, smoke up and choke up this planet far 
faster than at any time in the history of the world. Katrina will look like 
a day at the beach."


At Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:13 Niels  wrote:
> From: <mudguard@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of
>         Irreparable Change
>
> In the backs of our minds I think we all know this!
> The idea of getting the entire globe to cut its emissions to the level
> necessary is ludicrace.
>
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012 
> 801021_pf.html
> >
> >Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change
> >
> >Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late
> >to Act
> >
> >By Juliet Eilperin
> >Washington Post Staff Writer
> >Sunday, January 29, 2006; A01
> >
> >
> >Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the
> >central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so
> >rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the
> >trend.