http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q--CAtG6r9o&annotation_id=annotation_263007&feature=iv    

Watch this video on Youtube if you can...It is a talk video from Q TV in Canada with David Suzuki and Al Gore discussing what's happened to global warming--why has it lost steam? It's worth watching...

Cathy

Become a student yourself...

This information was given to me by my environmental studies professor at Marylhurst University. I think it is good advice so I include here as a resource for your own continuing education:

How much science you need to get into, again, also depends upon you, but I like to bring up the difference between science and common sense. People often rely on common sense - if there are record snow storms in 10 cities in one part of the country, then some will think that common sense says that there is no global warming. Unfortunately common sense is often wrong. It was common sense that the earth was flat, that the sun moved around the earth, that people couldn't affect the earth's climate. Science is the best way to test common sense. Look at the kind of information that scientists look at with satellite images and map information. Some of these are just NASA images but some are websites that students should be able to learn how to navigate.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42260

http://climate.nasa.gov/

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42392

http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html

In the end, scientists try to determine global warming by creating computer models - lots of mathematics and billions of pieces of data - and most people will never be able to get a real feel for how scientists try to "prove" global warming, but the above website can give you an idea of what scientists look at...

Thanks Greg Dardis

An Invitation...

Hi, I am Cathy and I am very happy you have found my blog. It tells me you have an interest about what I am trying to say. Good! I invite you to watch the video by Greg Craven, a science teacher from Corvallis, Oregon who presents a unique way to think about global warming without having to be a scientist. We live in scary times with crises building, but it is important to remember that fear feeds on fear. Armed with knowledge, one can chart an informed course. Please! Leave a comment after you've seen the video. Let's try and talk about all of this. I am very interested in what you feel and want to hear what you have to say...This is an invitation to participate in something really big...Changing the world one person at a time...please join me.