Yesterday we took a look at some new research that says America is Unprepared for Climate Change. In that post I pointed out that if you believe in global warming, if you don’t believe in global warming, if you think make-believe elves started the global warming issue, it really doesn’t matter. While I do personally believe in climate change problems, I also believe that the things humans can do to prevent global warming are basic things they should be doing anyway for their personal health and their family’s health.
So no, in my opinion it really doesn’t matter if global warming …read more

According to a report out this year, the National Research Council claims that US agencies and political leaders are not getting the right information or guidance needed to prevent further climate change or even to deal with the current climate change issues.
According to the piece highlighting this news, featured at Common Dreams, “A record number of Americans – some 41% – now believe the danger of climate change has been exaggerated in the mainstream media, a new Gallup poll found. In contrast, only 28% thought the media had downplayed the dangers of global warming… The rise of climate change doubters …read more

Kate at Babylune ran this crafty little contest where she asked everyone to blog about thier favorite charity and then she was going to give her blogging income to the winning charity.
Very cleverly, she devised a way to include everyone and make everyone feel validated and appreciated by dividing the winnings up among all entrants.
Here is the entry in which she chose Big Brothers Big Sisters as the recipient in honor of myself and Jennifer of Tree Hugging Family. Both of us are fans of mentoring.
Jennifer has a great story titled One Small Step about how an odd coupling of mentors, from her mother’s …read more