<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Y'all <i>(spent just enough time in Pace, MS to get it!)</i><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">CLIMATE CHANGE—2nd Project</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I’ve found myself in despair about the way our US ‘consume-and-throw-away-society’ is influencing the entire world and the trend it has established and maintained and perpetuated in changing the climate.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I anticipate that the end result is Global Suicide! I think that our grandchildren’s future is in jeopardy, and suspect that our great-grandchildren will have a planet that is uninhabitable.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Some things that I am currently doing to counter the trend:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--using the lawn for garden vegetables</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--collecting solar electricity for house use</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--riding my bicycle for all in-town trips</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--re-cycling paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">But more needs to be done. I have at least 2 projects In mind.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">#2 The MARCH</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Friends of mine in Iowa are organizing something big and important. On March 1, 2014, 1,000 climate patriots will set-out from the west coast, walking across America to Washington, DC, inspiring and motivating the general public and elected officials to act now to address the climate crisis. This will be the largest coast-to-coast march in American history.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The idea was initiated by my friend, Ed Fallon, a former Iowa lawmaker who also ran for Governor and US Congress. He now hosts a talk show--</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,89,207)">Fallon Forum website</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">. Ed and his Team of people working on the March need as much help as possible using the grassroots and social media across the country to let people know of this opportunity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I would be willing to ask Ed to add your email address to a once-week email update the March organizers send out? Or you can get in touch with the project through the website. If you'd like to check out the March website, here's the link:<a href="http://climatemarch.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:rgb(0,89,207);text-decoration:none">http://climatemarch.org/</span></a>.</span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></i></div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)">David</span></i></div>
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