The ONE Blog was just one of thousands of blogs all over the world participating in Blog Action Day ’09 today. As you know, this year’s common theme was climate change.
Here are a few other posts I came across. I’m sure I missed quite a few, so please feel free to share your favorites in the comments thread!
International Rescue Committee: Ethiopia: The cutting edge of change
UNICEF USA: How climate change impacts children
Oxfam America: Why climate change matters, right now (by Thao Nguyen)
UN Dispatch: Promise of Copenhagen
ChildFund International: Daily Struggles Due to Kenyan Drought
October 16, 2009 at 11:41 pm
In the grocery store nearby our house, they will give you an option to purchase their “save the earth” green colored cloth bag and that’s where they will place your purchased products. And then every time you buy anything from the store and you bring the “save the earth” bag with you, you get to have discounts. This is their way of sharing their contribution to save the earth from global warming. About three weeks ago, we were hit by two very strong storms. We never had that in decades. They left our country with still so many flooded areas, a lot were homeless and lost so many loved ones. Until now, we are still sweeping the streets from mud and tons of ruined appliances drowned from the flood. The effects of those twin storm were devastating. It’s not wet season for us here, but we we were informed that we are still expecting four more storms on this last quarter of the year. And just this morning, local news says, weeks from now, we are expecting a strong earthquake to hit the metro city including the nearby provinces. This is the same Metro city hit by the twin storms. And the news says its all because of global warming/climate change. I’m blithely about the issue before, but when the twin storm hit us plus all the bad news, I thought, I must do something too. To solve the global warming problem, it must be stormed at the national and international levels.But the total success is built upon the action of every individual, regardless of nationality, to conserve energy and live in a greener, cleaner community.
Happy BLoG AcTioN DaY!