Fear

So, What's stopping more of us from doing something "more" for our planet. Is it inertia? Indifference? Greed? Selfishness? Short-sightedness? Probably all of the above. And yet, another factor, I think, is fear. Why have I skimmed by the many books in our library that deal with global warming? Plain old fear. If you don't know about something, then there is nothing to be scared of, right? And ignoring problems really helps deal with them? Right? Of course these are weak arguments but some of us use them without thinking them through.

Some of them me. It's very scary to think about our planet 50 years from now if we go on as we are going. It's very scary to drive even down to Pickering on a smoggy day and you can't see the sunshine for the smog. But if we ignore the problem, the horror - and I mean horror - will be upon us and it will be too late.

So its time for me to get over my fear and get off my ...... I already do "some" things, like walk a lot rather than drive. But I need to do all I can, for the sake of my beautiful little girl who is going to be alive 50 years from now.

Wake up, Carol Anne. Wake up.