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I was sick all this week with a sinus infection, so I haven\u2019t been blogging (or doing much else). But today, after spending an hour or so in the 100\u00b0F+ heat of Western Montana, I thought I might say a bit more about Global Warming. I\u2019m no expert, but the experts out there have spoken loud and clear. It\u2019s time for the rest of us to say and do<\/span> something.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, on the do<\/span> side, I\u2019ve just purchased a \u201cterrapass<\/a>\u201d for my car. Next I\u2019ll buy one for my flight to Spain and back and I\u2019ll continue doing that until either I\u2019m completely broke or there is no longer a need for clean energy and pollution reduction in this world. Terrapass<\/a> is no panacea, but I love it because it gives us each something we can do, something we ought<\/span> to do as individuals for our planet. I\u2019m hoping my friends and relatives get them too. A daily reminder of the destruction we each contribute to the earth and a reminder that at least a few of us are counterbalancing that will no doubt help move on the global environmental movement.<\/p>\n

There is a lot more we can do. Try here for starters:<\/p>\n

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The National Safety Council: <\/span>What You Can Do About Car Emissions<\/a><\/p>\n

As far as what we can and should say, that depends on us. We all need to speak from our own place in the world, finding our own authentic reasons for care and action in the world. In my own case it is a deepening sense of responsibility to people all over the world whose suffering I might help overcome. It is concern for the young people, including my 10 year old nephew and 6 year old niece and eventually probably my own children whose future will not be so great unless people of my generation (still young and idealistic, but finding their way into jobs, money, power, etc \u2013 that is, ways to use that idealism if it isn\u2019t lost along the way) do something about it right now. It is also a concern for my parents and their generation, many of whom will suffer and\/or die in the power outages endemic to the heat waves which are sure to only grow in intensity over the next 20 years. <\/p>\n

Scary times. But we really don\u2019t have to do a lot \u2013 just get the ball rolling \u2013 convince those who contribute massively to the problem to stop \u2013 stop yourself (terrapass<\/a> is a start) \u2013 educate yourself \u2013 tell a friend \u2013 tell a family member \u2013 tell a congressman\u2026. we can <\/span>do it.<\/p>\n

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