Polar Bears, Gifts and Global Warming
This entry was posted on 2/18/2007 5:03 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
In December 2006, the Bush Administration proposed listing the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act - this is a good thing. Maybe the fact that an animal is clearly being harmed by global warming will lead to action in the United States.
Our son Max just turned eight years old. Recently there was an article in our local newspaper about kids having their birthday party guests give to charities instead of buying gifts. One organization specifically mentioned was the Humane Society. We read the article together and I asked what he thought about the idea - pretty quickly he said, "I'd like to get gifts from my friends." I noted that he could have the money go to the Humane Society and he paused. I'm thinking he was picturing some puppies or kittens that would be helped. We left it at that.
What will it take for us to take action to limit the release of greenhouse gases? Maybe a "polar bear" type thing.
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