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

Friday, February 22, 2013

Scientists Confirm: Arctic Sea Ice 'Collapse' at Our Door

Click here to access article by Jacob Chamberlain from Common Dreams.

If you were hoping that previous scientific reports of the disappearing North Pole ice cap were erroneous, think again and you likely won't be able to prolong your unrealistic hopes. This latest report confirms those earlier findings. What the journalist doesn't mention--probably he expected you to know this--when the ice cap disappears, global warming will accelerate because ice and snow reflects a lot of the sun's heat back into space.

It seems that the fossil-fuel-devouring and growth-obsessed creature of capitalism is such a sacred cow to our ruling One Percents that they are perfectly willing to sacrifice the human race and other species on its alter.
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