Commit to stopping climate change in 2011 & onwards

Another year ends, another one begins, the year of the Rabbit, my chinese zodiac sign. This year like I've been doing since I was 8 years old I write down in a new page of a notebook backed up by a digital copy ( its the 21st century after all) the endless possibilities open to me as another brand new year begins. I love new beginnings. I am committed to stopping climate change. My friends & I with the Edgar Cayce Study group have been monitoring earth changes since the late 1980's as contained in Cayce's readings supplemented by the earth changes reportage of Gordon Michael Scallion. We've shared the readings, the future maps & what can one do about it, with others outside of the study group, have talked about it on radio programs, and given power point presentations of global warming tied up to the spiritual, to groups that have invited us. I'm supporting as a volunteer, member and/or donor Greenpeace Philippines, Partido Kalikasan, the emerging green party of the Philippines and M.I.S.S.I.O.N the environmental networking group that Nicanor Perlas and his followers set up to cascade to society & implement the political platform he espoused when he ran for president in 2010. In the last quarter of 2010 I started broadening my green and wellness advocacy by proactively helping people shift their paradigm from the usage of chemicals to going natural.

In the book "The Buddhist Response to Climate Change" edited by John Stanley, David R.Lory and Dorje Guyure ( available at National Bookstore Shangrila Mall for P819), one of my favorite people 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote "Eminent scientests have said that global warming is dangerous for our future as nuclear war. We have entered the uncharted territory of a global emergency where, "business as usual cannot continue". We might  must take the initiative to repair and protect this world, ensuring a safe climate future for all people and all species. It is now urgent that we take corrective action to ensure a safe  climate future for coming generations of human beings and other species."

David de Rothschild in his book "The Live Earth-Global Warming Survival Handbook" (P669 at National Bookstore Shangrila Mall) offers 77 essential skills to stop climate change and live through it. Here are ten easy steps plus some more to jumpstart our  committment to stopping climate change and global warming. For starters, take a baby step, just do one and stick to it.

COMMIT! Do something ! Just do it!

Say  no to plastic bags. Bring your own bag (BYOB) when you go shopping, to the grocery, to the mall, to the market. Bags from organic and natural materials as well as nylons and non-woven materials or made from recycled materials are now available in all shapes and colors, some small enough to fit in one's purse.

Shop locally. Less fuel is used because products do not have to be transported long distances.

Change a lightbulb to the energy saving ones, they also last longer.

Simple lang. Unplug. Stop appliances from stand-by modes, that silently eat up energy.

 

Bring your own mug. Ask that take out food not be stored in styrofoam.

Go public. Yes, take the LRT, MRT or the bus or jeep. Car pool.

Walk or bike. 

Take shorter showers or better yet with someone.

Plant a tree. More oxygen, more shade, more roots to stop erosion.

Use organic, natural, biodegradable cleaning solutions, laundry detergent that contain no chemicals.

Discover the world of wellness in natural, organic remedies.

and yes you've heard it, you've read it but its on repeat

Reduce 

Reuse 

Recyle

Renew

Have a happy, healthy, harmonious and prosperous New Year and every year!

Love and light to all.