To those of us who know
To those of us who care
To those of us who grieve
For those of us who often can see nothing but black ahead
We must keep hope. We must!

But how?

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 6:03 pm To those of us who know
To those of us who care
To those of us who grieve
For those of us who often can see nothing but black ahead
We must keep hope. We must!

But how?

You started by asking the right question.

We can do a few small things to make this world a better place.

Most of us are not going to make any big changes which will affect the future of the planet.

Many of us wont live long enough to see the worst of it.

A smart thing to do is not have any (more) children.

You can always hope there is a God.

If any of you were in Cambodia during the war, one thing which would probably come to your mind is: Why dont they stop having children? Why bring children into such a terrible situation? But they think the opposite. They had children to look after them in their old age.

Think about it from another perspective. The worst will occur after our lifetime. So do those things you want to do. Live life to the full.

The situation is becoming serious. The End of the World is Nigh.

Scotch on the rocks: distilleries fear climate crisis will endanger whisky production

Scotland’s whisky-makers reveal they had to halt production in 2018 heatwave because they ran out of water

Sun 2 Jun 2019 07.00 BST
Scotland’s nature conservation agency last week painted an apocalyptic vision of a country devastated by the climate crisis, from polluted rivers to eroded peatlands and forests devoid of birds. Now comes a warning about another part of Scottish culture which could, it is feared, also be hit by global heating: whisky.

Scottish distilleries have revealed that during last year’s blistering heatwave, they had to halt production because they ran out of water. In a summer marked by high temperatures and little rainfall, water levels in springs and rivers fell so low that in the Scottish Highlands some whisky makers missed up to a month’s production.


“We lost the whole of September,” said Callum Fraser of the family-run Glenfarclas distillery on the River Spey. While some whisky makers take their water from the river, Glenfarclas – which means “valley of the green grass” – has its own private water supply. “It’s a natural spring, and it was dry,” said Fraser.

The month’s pause saw Glenfarclas production down by up to 300,000 litres, he added. Rumours abound of other distilleries seeing similar problems. “We weren’t the only one, just the most vocal,” he added.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... production

USA cereal crops remain largely unplanted this year due to massive flooding in the grain belt
500 year floods

Chin up everybody, we GOTTA keep hope!
And keep trying.
for the kids.

The facts is bad - but also, fact is, we can make a difference.
Go see Prek Toal, one of the all-time great conservation success stories
and largely the results of one man's effort. (initially)

Hats off to Fred Goes, Cambodia's greatest living national conservation treasure. (in my book anyway)

Typhoons, floods worsening in Cambodia
By KHMER TIMES
June 03, 2019
Natural disasters that hit Cambodia this 2019 have destroyed about 7,000 houses and buildings for the first five months, suggesting an increase by three folds compared to the same period last year. The update was shared by Keo Vy, advisor to the National Committee for Disaster Management, recently to the local media. Lightning during the same period claimed 46 lives and caused severe and minor injuries to 44 other people, added Vy.
https://www.manilatimes.net/typhoons-fl ... ia/563786/