A glacier and a group of polar bears - those are the two remaining images on my sheet of "Permanent" postage stamps.
The irony is not lost on me.
The glacier stamp will travel with my registration for an event at the Calling Lakes Centre, almost 125 miles away. When we travel by car (1996 Geo Metro) to that event and back, the car will release about 100 pounds of carbon dioxide. It will release water vapour, too, but the carbon dioxide is more important as a greenhouse gas. The reason? Water condenses out of the atmosphere as rain or snow, whereas carbon dioxide is a more permanent addition, building up and driving change.
The event is an Enneagram workshop at the Calling Lakes Centre. Perhaps I will learn how to transform my preoccupation with environmental information into real action (or non-action - staying home with even greater resolve than I do now). Perhaps Garth will gain some insight into his frustration with all that.
Will the 100 pounds of carbon dioxide from our travel to this event be offset by future changes in our lives?
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solstice letter
2 days ago
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Wow. That is ironic. And the post office is often about the speed of a sprinting glacier. :}
Heehee - yes, I wonder if I could just walk there, and arrive ahead of my registration. I do wonder about walking there, sometimes, especially when I hear about people walking twelve days just to see Bhutto's return to Pakistan.
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