Last night, Diana and I attended a lecture by Alexandra Cousteau (Jacque's granddaughter) sponsored by the Nature Conservancy local chapter in celebration of 25 years. Alexandra was inspiring - for me, primarily by redefining our relationship with water. What she pointed out was that we humans have interrupted the water cycle that we learn as 5th graders, and interrupted it so significantly that the consequences are just now being perceived. Also, from her travels around the world, she noted that people outside America have a better perception of and knowledge of the climate change that is occurring, mostly because many of them live a lot closer to nature than we do. As Americans we have isolated ourselves more and more from Nature and do not see the small changes that are occurring. Her father and grandfather told her she had to go see for herself, and that is not something most Americans do - rather they let TV see for them.
Enough ranting -if you have interest take a look at http://www.alexandracousteau.org/home.
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It's a topic over-due to serious thinking about.....and to be aware
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