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Some Good News!

5/29/2018

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The hummingbird is a symbol of peace and love,  a symbol of accomplishing that which seems impossible through tireless energy and quick action.  Birds are also the bellwether of climate health. They are a symbol for mankind..."working hard to hopefully repair some of our past misdeeds and save our world".

It seems that everywhere one looks today the news is not good...but that is not true!  There are some wonderful things happening all over and this week I want to concentrate on some of those things.  I am an optimist and I believe that we should, can and will take care of our home, this earth.  Here are some of the good things going on around our world.  I don't have enough room to go into great depth here but any subject can be further researched on the Internet.

1. Do you know what a Mangrove swamp is?  A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that lives and flourishes in coastal brackish water . The term is also used for tropical coastal swamps.  A Mangrove teems with life and is extremely important to the earth's ecosystem.  A new worldwide partnership is protecting and restoring mangroves around the world.  Worldwide cooperative efforts are ongoing in areas as diverse as Malaysia, Pakistan, Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia and Madagascar among others.

2. The Ozone is repairing itself.  After scientists identified the atmosphere obliterating effect of aerosols containing chlororfourocarbons (CFCs) we banned them in 1987, we have made a big impact: the hole over the Antarctic shrank 1.7 million square miles from 2000 to 2015.

3.  The country of Chile set aside 11 million acres of land for national parks in Patagonia.  It was the largest-ever land donation from a private entity to a country. 

4. A provence in Pakistan announced it has planted one billion trees in two years, in an effort to control terrible flooding.  

5. Trees, of course give off the oxygen that humans need and countries are stepping up to a healthier ecosystem.  The Cameroon committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of forest in the Congo Basin and Brazil started a project to plant 73 million trees, the largest tropical reforestation project in history.  The U.S. has seen overall growth in forests to the point that today we have 820 million trees in our natural world.

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 Some simple things that we can do for the world:

1. Plant new trees or at least make sure that the ones that you have are not cut down unless they are diseased..

2. Save paper, reuse paper or don't use paper if you don't have to.  Or at least recycle what you do use.

3. Limit the use of air conditioners.  Try to live in the ambient climate if possible

4. Don't use aerosols, whether they are deodorants, household products or garden products.

5. Conserve electricity.  Turn off lights, televisions, air conditioners, fans or heaters when you leave the room.

6. Conserve water.  Turn off the faucet when not in use.  take "skinny" showers; flush the toilet on a minimal basis. Drive less; walk more or carpool

7. Don't use or severely limit the use of plastic; recycle or reuse what you do use.

The team in the Mangroves in Veracruz,Mexico hosted
​by a Mexican group developing eco tourism.
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