Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day to all! Last year I let you all know what we're doing in our little corner of the world to help save the earth. We continue to improve on our list. We've added another compost bin to the yard and traded in our gas-powered mower for a battery operated one. It's pretty cool, not nearly as loud as our old mower and zero emmissions.

This year I'm sending a shout out to everyone on the climate crisis. A day doesn't go by where we don't see a message, a news story or magazine article addressing the iminent climate crisis. We keep hearing that we need clean energy to slow climate change and the potential devastation that comes with it. We also hear the naysayers (i.e. big oil supporters) who claim that there's no proof that our activities play a role.

To those conservatives out there who argue against the human impact on climate and discount the need for clean energy, I ask you this:

Global warming aside, how do you feel about the pollution from oil/gas/coal consumption being forced into you childrens' small, developing bodies (check this article)? Would you blow cigarette smoke into your child's face? No? Then why do you support continued spewing of poisons into our air that are proven to cause cancer, asthma and other ailments?

It shocks me that this aspect of dirty energy isn't highlighted more often in the media - perhaps if it were, some of the naysayers would understand this isn't just a climate issue but a human health issue and would start to back clean energy technology.