Craig Atkinson

Reuter’s is carrying an interesting story about a photo that environmentalists are using to try and provide the G8 ministers in London into action on climate change. It’s Kilimanjaro’s global warning and I can’t find this photo online.

I suspect it is actually a manipulated image not an actual one. According to Greenpeace, Kilimanjaro still has 15-20 years left before the glaciers are all gone.

What a sad thought. You can’t deny that climate change is here and is rapidly affecting all areas of the world. From Canada’s great white north, there are studies on Inuit observations on climate change.

Whole cultures are at risk of disappearing. This is serious stuff! Why don’t people care more about this? Perhaps it is time to take somebody like Raffi seriously when he talks about child honouring. I just read an interesting article about Raffi and his theories in Saturday Night Magazine. According to him, if we spent more time honouring children, the whole world would be a better place.

Essentially I think it comes down to perspective. How do you view the world? As a place to live your life and take advantage of every opportunity? Or as a place where your children will live wonderful fruitful lives?

“as people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than when we found it.”

The Dalai Lama (emphasis mine)