Climate change or not what we do still matters!

**This is a post I wrote quite some time ago and for some reason it did not get published. By the sound of it I was mad and probably did not hit the publish button**


I am so sick of all the haters out there. I happen to feel that climate change is real and is certainly influenced by humans. I can respect the fact that there are people do not believe this, but why are they so mean? I cannot understand those people who think it is some kind of liberal gibberish. This is not and should not be a political issue! Unfortunately I live in Virginia (wow, I never though I would feel bad about where I live), where our AG has decided to sue the EPA. How insane is that? We have much more important things to worry about than suing the EPA.

I do not care if you believe in climate change or not, whether you believe it is man made or not, the point should be why wouldn't we do all the things that many think will curb climate change. I for one do not want to be dependent on fossil fuels as we are now. I see no problem with trying to reduce the amount of pollution we spew into the air, ground, and water. We should recycle and reuse as much as we can because it is just the responsible thing to do. Not to mention doing much of this will save us money!

For all those people out there who espouse Christian beliefs and do not try to care for the world around them...shame on you! Creation care is a part of what we are suppose to do. God made this wonderful world for us and I dare say did not want us to remove mountain tops to get to the coal inside or to throw away so much plastic that it now is swirling around in the ocean in massive toxic fields. Being responsible for our impact on the environment is part our faith and it is a social justice issue. Taking of the environment means taking care of people too! Being a good steward of the environment means having a cleaner, healthier world for all.

Fifty years from now we may find that all our worries about climate change were unfounded, but I would rather do the right thing and treat the world around me with respect and do all I can to conserve and protect our resources. I will never understand why anyone wouldn't want to do that. It is just common sense. End rant

Life gets in the way...

Well so much for those goals I set for myself in January. They are unraveling, but I am not completely surprised. The biggest one is my goal of finishing school by August. I hate doing it, but I must accept that I will most likely not be able to complete my thesis and defend it by August. So I will graduate in December. Still I hope to be finished with everything well before then. The process is much more complicated that it was for my last thesis and there are too many points where I could get held up by other people. I am disappointed though.

As for my other goals, I have yet to write my grandmother, but I did send her flowers yesterday for her birthday. That is almost as good, but I will still write her. I have yet to lose any significant amount of weight, start running, or even post to my blog as often as I said I would. On that last point however I have been posting to blogs, just not this one. I have another blog I have to post on for a class and I also did a blog post for the Virginia Historical Society. In an odd way I am sort of doing better than anticipated for that goal.

It is good to have goals and I will still do my best to accomplish these. I just need to remember that sometimes life gets in the way I may have to make a few detours before I arrive at my destination. Overall things are good and for that I am glad.