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Pastel Sunset 20 Sept 19 – Photo: L. Weikel

Is There Oxygen In Here?

Asking for the room. I’m also asking for the planet.

Nothing, it seems, can happen in the world anymore without yet another scandal involving DT sucking all the oxygen out of the room.

Yet millions of people took a stand for Mother Earth today, walking out of offices and schools, gathering together in streets and parks and public squares, to demand that we all stop what we’re doing and realize our planet is on fire, and soon none of us may be able to breathe anymore.

We are living the crisis.

If You Didn’t Strike Today

If you weren’t able to participate in the Global Climate Strike today, there are still many opportunities to demand that our governments (and fellow citizens) begin taking seriously the threat to our planet’s existence.

For instance, if you live anywhere within striking distance of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, youth and other climate activists intend to march in the county seat of Doylestown from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. The march will organize in the parking lot of Central Bucks West High School and culminate at the Bucks County Courthouse.

If You’re Just Getting Up to Speed

There are so many life and conscience-threatening issues and sources of disruption in our lives every single day, it seems, that it’s hard to keep up with them all.

All of these strikes are taking place in lead-up to United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday, September 23^rdin New York City. Here is a link to the main strike site that explains the point behind these so-called Climate Strikes.

The Power of One

What’s pretty astounding is that this world-wide movement literally began with one then-15 year old Swedish girl sitting outside Parliament in Stockholm, protesting that no one in the world seemed to be paying attention to the crisis facing all of us.

So this particular movement to gain the attention of the world to the existential threat of our time began looking this:

And has resulted in this in the span of one year :

Never Underestimate the Power of YOU

In the meantime, tonight’s sky was a study in pastels. I feel so deeply grateful for our planet, for the beauty and abundance she provides us every single day, and for the fury she displays and the destructive force she wields when she gets out of balance.

Just like any good mother, she continues to teach us, through her own example, no matter how old we get. Let us express our fury in healthy, peaceful, and effective ways, so we can minimize the destruction that’s already taking place on our watch, and that awaits us all if we don’t wake up – now.

(T-798)

Climate Strike

This will be a quickie post. It’s actually more of a PSA (public service announcement).

Just in case you haven’t been paying attention to the many news stories that have been circulating recently, a Swedish teenager, Greta Thunberg, has inspired students around the world to participate in a “Climate Strike” tomorrow, Friday, March 15, 2019.

Greta herself, a sixteen year old, has been striking from school every Friday for months. She’s attained world-wide notoriety, even addressing the uber-wealthy and powerful at the Davos Forum in Switzerland this year, calling them out on their inaction regarding this most dire of emergencies facing our planet.

She’s even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of her astonishingly successful advocacy and activism.

I’m sure I would be thinking about this much more consciously if my sons were still in school. That’s not to say that I don’t fully support this action, because I absolutely do! In fact, I intend to show my support for the protest locally, in body and voice. I’m just saying that, had my kids still been at home (and undoubtedly participating tomorrow), I almost certainly would have written about this sooner because we would have been discussing it here at home every night.

Which is also another reason why I want to post about this tonight. If you don’t have a youngster in your household (now or ever), it’s possible this may have escaped your attention. It happens. It’s hard to keep up – so we have to stick together in this and make sure we don’t miss the big stuff.

In order to give just a little bit of a different perspective to this effort, I am providing a link to a post about this event that was just recently sent out by an organization that has a most unique approach to nature: Perelandra.

PSAs – Two for One!

I figure I’m providing two PSAs in one by writing this post on the Climate Strike. Not only am I alerting you to the fact that the youth of the world are taking part in this monumental and historic mass protest demanding immediate action on climate change, but I’m also connecting you with an amazing organization that I’ve worked with for decades.

The essences and other products of Perelandra, similar but definitely different from Bach Flower Remedies, can improve your health and bring you into balance (internally and externally) with Nature. Even better, though, is the opportunity Perelandra affords us to learn how to speak directly with Nature and work with it consciously to heal Mother Earth (and as a result, ourselves). I’ve been a fan of Machaelle Wright (the founder of Perelandra) and her products for decades.

And in spite of how that paragraph you just read sounded so much like a damn info-mercial, I have no financial interest or stake in whether you buy anything from Perelandra.

I’m simply providing a link to Perelandra’s post on tomorrow’s Climate Strike because they put together a really great compilation of resources and alternatives you can participate in if you don’t get a chance to support the strike tomorrow.

I am moved and motivated by the incredible passion and commitment these young people are showing. Sadly, they know it’s up to them. My generation has failed and continues to fail them repeatedly, a turn of events that boggles my mind.

Let’s turn this thing around. Let’s get our country on the right path – joining the rest of the world in the battle of our life. We must not give in, give up, or lose sight of the fact that not only are we humans all ‘connected.’ We are actually all one world and one people.

I know we can do this.

(T-988)