PLEASE TAKE THE CLIMATE CRISIS SERIOUSLY

Written in 2006

Here is the deal - when it comes to global warming and climate change
PLEASE don't take a negative attitude or wait for the politicians or the mass media to decide what YOU should do to avoid the CRISIS that is about to hit us

Listen to the scientists today and do everything YOU can do NOW,
to prevent the end of humanity within YOUR life time.
And I mean ANYONE expecting another 30 years.

This is what I TRULY believe are the facts,
The environment of the planet is overheating CO2 is preventing the suns rays bouncing off our planet and leaving our atmosphere.
The icecaps are melting and our weather is changing.
Study of artic core samples show that CO2 levels and soil temperatures have fallen and risen over the long history of our planet in near perfect unison through sometimes uncomfortables extreemes.
BUT since the industrial revolution through to today they have both risen FAR higher than they have EVER been before and if CO2 emissions are not significantly reduced QUICKLY the predicted increase in tempreture WILL result in the majority of our country ( and many others ) being submerged under water.
Without significant change this will happen within just 50 years.

HOWEVER within only 30 years, we WILL see drinking water shortages and temperatures rise to deadly levels until, in the UKs case, the Gulf stream cools reducing our temperatures below freezing.

But FAR FAR WORSE I personally predict a breakdown in civilization within only 15 to 20 years as panic, fear, greed and survival instincts takes hold along the way.
Our economic infra structure will breakdown followed by our trade networks.
Yes the rich like David Beckam will provide for themselves, maybe buying a luxury yacht but this WILL, ( in time ), be ruthlessly taken away from them by someone brutal, bigger and better armed with weapons.

There is no point today expending one more ounce of energy struggling for ANYTHING
untill YOU have done all that you can to avert this crisis
If within our lifetime we are to live through the nightmare of a Mad Max / Waterworld scenario
or to be boiled, frozen or drowned to death along with everyone around us
WITHIN OUR CHILDRENS LIFE TIME

Halting the Climate Crisis must be your top priority today
as within 20 to 30 years
it will be your ONLY priority.

I TRULY believe that this is going to happen - UNLESS every one of us does the following things.

1. Read a good summary of the Nicholas Stern report today's 'Independent' newspaper has a very balanced report 31-10-06 a summary of the report is available from Reuters http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L28856878

2. Watch the movie documentary "An inconvenient Truth" it is out on DVD
THEN tell everyone you know about it and ask them to watch it too

3. Read the facts and advice on http://www.climatecrisis.net/ and follow the links

4. Read between the lines and look out for the hidden agendas as you hear more and more reports and statements from politicians and mass media on the subject.

5. Don't be fooled into thinking this is going to effect others in some third world and not you - we are all in this together

6. Some say it's a waste of effort for us in the UK doing anything while USA China and India's CO2 emission swamp any reduction we achieve. I say so WHO is going to do anything to save YOU can you afford to be THAT fatalistic. This is your ONLY and LAST opportunity.

7. Ignore the doubters ( they are self deluded, self interested and scared silly to believe) follow the convinced, what have you to lose???

8. Don't let this issue be drowned in politics ( if you do - NO one is going to WIN )

9. Be active and push and support proactive corporate and government decisions

10. Reduce your air flight travel

11. Do the little things NOW - turn off all the standby electricals and chargers, change to low energy light bulbs, turn down the heating, insulate your home, reduce your water usage (especially hot water)

12. Check and change your energy appliances to low energy models (boilers, washing machines, fridges etc)

13. Buy electricity from green suppliers if you can

14. Check and change your car as soon as possible for a low emission model and find ways of reducing your usage and check and adjust your tyre pressures. ( do your research i.e. a new BMW 318d is far more economical than a hybrid Toyota Prius)

15. Recycle - But more importantly avoid packaging and push for corporates to reduce packaging

16. Plant a tree - plant lots if you can

17. Only have one child and consider not having any (if half of us did that we would be heading back to a vastly more sustainable population) .

IF - EVERY ONE of us takes these small steps we can TOGETHER save this planet from catastrophe

What are Miss Lelly and I doing personaly ?

We are putting our money where our mouth is

We havn't had children

We are increasing the time we work from home and phone to reduce our traveling

We have built a super insulated energy efficient house

We are studying the potentiol of investing in a 5kw wind turbine or photvoltaic cells to power the house

We have drilled a bore hole for our water well

We have planted over 1000 trees

We are have stopped not traveling by air since 2005

We are making each and every day count making it as good a day as possible

We are trusting in you and everyone you talk to save us (and you) and those that live beyond our lifetime

www.greenlow.co.uk/bungalow.htm for the full build diary to date

PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR CHILDRENS FUTURE

Greenlow Kids our nieces and nephews

Jamie 16 ...................Matt 11 ...............Becky 10 .....................Eden 2 ...................Kas just a few months

Jamie in 30 years will be 46

Matt in 30 years will be 41

Becky in 30 years will be 40

Eden in 30 years will be 32

Kas in 30 years will be 30 and a bit

ME 52 in 30 years 82 (and I never expected to make it past 20)
but I have had an amazing life
and I want these kids (AND THE ALL THE OTHER KIDS THAT YOU AND I LOVE) to have an amazing life too