We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Warming of the Arctic Fueling Extreme Weather

Click here to access article from Arctic News.

 The article contains an abundance of great graphs and videos that visually explain what humans are doing to cause extreme weather events, melt arctic ice, increase global warming, and pollute Earth's atmosphere that is needed to sustain human and other life forms. The material presented is based on data from highly reputable scientific sources such as NOAA, NASA, Purdue University, among others. Here is one video that is referenced in the report:
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