There is plenty of scientific evidence that the carbon emissions we release into the earth everyday are impacting the earth negatively, and that our unsustainable way of living is... unsustainable. But this information is not new, and the subject of climate change has been "talked over" before, remember Kyoto? Since 1997 the earth's environment has continued to be trashed further, with the polluting of our water, air and land. Hey, what have we gained sine Kyoto? How about a giant island of plastic garbage floating in the Pacific... Maybe if the United States had actually signed the Kyoto Protocol things would be different now, but I doubt it.
Not only do we have the challenge of reducing our own emissions as a country, but the greater challenge can be found in the developing countries and the newly industrialized powers, especially China and India. With rapid population growth, the necessity and consumption for all things is only going to grow exponentially.
Climate change and global warming are tough issues to discuss. There are many different factors and sides to all of these issues, and hey, it's not going to be easy for anyone to change. I honestly think we are going to need a miracle to change everyone on this planet's mind about how they live with the earth.
I guess all we can do right now is live the best way we can individually and do our best to stay informed and help educate others. Living sustainably is a lot easier that some people think, we just need to shake ourselves out of the mindset of the consumer culture that so many of us were raised in. We are going to have to change the way we live no matter what, resources are only dwindling and the planet is changing. Might as well have some fun with it and live creatively... after all we are human and capable of magnificent invention and great intellectual thought.
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