Intellectually we all ‘get’ that the future of our planet
and offspring is threatened
But mere words are really not enough
Waiting for government is pointless, we need to change our lifestyles
For mere words without action are crippling
Materialism is just buying into their hands, we need to repair, reuse, recycle
Lip service just isn’t enough
We the individual need to adapt our lifestyles to echo what our heart knows
Put your words and thoughts into action
Farmers and food need temperate climates and regular rainfall
Our actions need to match our tune
First nation people survived many climate changes over sixty thousand years
Learn from them for they are our seers
my favourite Jane Basil environmental poem
dVerse, Climate Crisis, Anmol
aroused 
I keep encountering too many who don’t think we are in trouble, I’m concerned we are not yet making a dent in the human psyche. As several observers have commented in recent years, we will act when it becomes a personal crisis.
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then it will be far too late … it will become a survival of the fittest once again!
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I fear so, we as a species prefer routine and comfort rather than reality and sacrifice.
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not I!
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No, but there some that are wedded to it, sadly 😦
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Well said. WE all need to work together. 😉
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we should at least try 🙂
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You say it so well — lip service indeed is not enough. This form of acknowledgment has become significant and it is required of us to stand together and make these changes and force our lawmakers to initiate radical practices to curb this crisis.
Very well penned!
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When I was a child, my favorite thing we studied in Social Studies/ History was the American Indians. I loved the way they lived. They hunted, but nothing was wasted. They moved place to place and honored each place with a reverence for the earth. This planet is a gift from God. In this intensely hot summer, I thank God for the trees…for their shade, for their beauty. We are so blessed, and there are no material goods more beautiful than the things we find in nature. All through the year, I bring the ‘outside things’ in. I make wreaths from my dried hydrangeas. I bring in pinecones and put them in baskets. It may sound silly, but people sometimes ask where I got them. I tie red ribbons on the pinecones, and I make the things myself. Using the gifts of nature, I can decorate for the seasons without buying ‘seasonal stuff’. Anyway, I have gone off on a tangent! I guess the point I am trying to make is that each one of us contributes in our own way. I shop in thrift stores and donate back to thrift stores; so many goods can be reused and are like new. We can pass our treasures on to friends and family when we no longer need those items.Everything counts.
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Little things, but little things add up when we practice them every day. And we can each keep adding new items to our lists…ways to impact the world, one step at a time.
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The final two lines speak loud and clear.
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It will absolutely take all of us working together to make a difference. That’s what worries me about the situation….we can change our own habits (and we certainly should) but unless everyone changes, I’m afraid it won’t be enough.
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This is something that bothers me all the time and materialism isn’t the way go go but it’s so often how it’s being sold to us.
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that’s always the package they push while numbing our brains with too much screen time … we need to choose well both for ourselves and our planet!
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I’m totally with you… I think it’s shocking the lifetime they give ot these devices just so they can sell more.
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I’m quite sure they could make devices that need never break down or be replaced, just keep updating data and system … but they prefer to milk us thus trashing our finite resources 😦
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I totally agree with you, they would break down over time but we’re not even trying to make them last at the moment.
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they give them an average life expectancy of one year 😦
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Absolutely true and I agree totally with your lovely and true words, Kate. To save our Mother Earth is everyone’s responsibility and it is very important today if we all have to survive. Great post.
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Very truly said. It is the time to act but speak.
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Some countries are trying to do better but live on earth with the heathens, and others are trying to weaponize it like a virus. We need to fix the bad conditions everywhere. It won’t happen in today’s world. We’ll have to explore the stars or just kill ourselves.
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An important message Kate and one I totally agree with. We can all do our small bit to help the environment, today and every day. 💚🙏
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Yes, if change is to occur, if lives are to be touched in positive ways, etc…it all begins within us…as individuals…and we can make a huge difference! And we must care about future generations who will “inherit” the world from us.
Excellent poem! 🙂
(((HUGS)))
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Precisely so! In this matter, as in many others, it’s up to us to build the future, without waiting for “them” (officials, whomever) to act.
Ultimate responsibility rests with those who have the ultimate power – us, the voters. Much as it always has been fashionable to disparage politicians (other people’s politicians; the ones I support are great), they behave as they do only because they chase our support.
A thriving republic, and improvements toward that ideal, definitely needs an engaged, thoughtful public.
Off the soapbox now, growing your own makes economic sense too, and gives you produce better and healthier than what the market offers.
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yes growing our own fruit and veg is a great start, less waste, more public transport ….
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Each individual can make a difference!
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yes it takes many drops of water to make a gushing waterfall and we can all contribute 🙂
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Many First Nations People and Natives of many places often moved or migrated to where they could live when ‘overcrowding’ of their resources or weather changed their life style.
At the moment with all the population – there isn’t really many alternatives.
Some are growing gardens on the sides of parking garages, others are making their own ‘Victory Gardens’ and other do support local farm markets. But all of us need to work together so that everyone has a future.
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So much truth in your words! All of us can do at least one thing to conserve and protect our environment. Also, thanks for sharing your favorite environmental poem. I loved it as well!
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You’re so right. It is way past the time but still people are in a stupor.
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I do think we have the consciousness but there is a disconnect between that and actual action …
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The ecology is the affair of everyone . This is sure.
Love ❤
Michel
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Wonderful reminder Kate.
Let’s begin from ourselves.
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Indeed! We keep blaming the government but never do things that we can on individual and community level. Thanks for being our conscience keeper. ❤️
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I just pray that one person listens and makes more effort Punam 🙂
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Now a days I’m also seeing that there are no chirping of sparrows in the morning.. Once it would be chirping in the morning when I was a little baby … Now it all seems like the earth is losing its Originality
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You’re right . The place where I live has no greenery .. Everytime when I wake up and go the balcony I wish if it was trees everywhere… It would be awesom and we get the real refreshment we have ever got.
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