By now almost everyone knows that the condition of the environment can affect health. No one today would choose to live right next door to obvious hazards such as toxic waste dumps or nuclear power plants. Our awareness of these threats comes largely from Hollywood films or media exposees. However, other, even larger environmental situations exist that are either NOT being reported by the mainstream press or which are being distorted or left incomplete. Some of these will affect every human being on earth, and you have the right to know about them and to seek solutions. Here are some situations as reported by alternative press or other sources, along with solutions we are aware of. If you happen to know of other solutions, please share this information with us.
IRAQ: Many tons of spent uranium were used in “bunker-buster” bombs and anti-tank artillary shells against that country in the two Gulf Wars. This is the radiation equivalent of literally thousands of Hiroshima- or Nagasaki-type bombs. For details on the effects of this environmental disaster on our troops and millions of civilians, see this link: http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml
This is a very tough issue to solve. For people who do not live in the Middle East but who WILL be affected by higher average global radiation levels, the wisest course of action is to do everything possible to live a healthful lifestyle, eat well, minimize toxins and boost the immune system. Survival for those who do live in the Middle East may well depend upon heroic measures that a concerned world may find itself obliged to support, including medical radiation detox programs for those affected, and probable evacuation of large tracts of land pending decontamination procedures.
CLIMATE CHANGE: “Global Warming” has been a hotly debated topic for years. However, most of us know, and have been told, only PART of the story. It turns out that global warming is a misleading term. According to scientist John Hamaker, author of the book “The Survival of Civilization”, global warming is in fact EQUATORIAL warming, combined with COOLING of the higher latitudes (temperate zones and the arctic areas). The results include an increase of hurricanes in the warmer latitudes, droughts in places that do not normally experience them, high winds, strong storms and tornadoes plus very cold snowy winters and flooding in the temperate zones. These changes can dramatically affect world food supplies and economies.
One interesting fact about global warming is that it is not a man-made process at all, according to Hamaker. It’s actually part of a natural process that has taken place in 100,000 year cycles for millions of years. Man’s activities in burning fossil fuels may have speeded up the current cycle a bit but are apparently not the prime cause of the phenomenon (volcanic activity produces vastly more carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases” than does Man).
For a good review of what’s happening, see this link: http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/orgfarm/remineralization/remineralization .selected-writings
Suggested solutions may be found here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/changing8_prog3.shtml http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=568
The solutions links regarding climate change provide very good reading. We recommend you look them over, then consider working with your neighbors to develop ways and means to grow some of your own food in preparation for a time when food may become less conveniently obtained. Techniques for creating efficient, apartment-scale gardens make food production practical for nearly anyone.
The side-benefits of doing your own agriculture are many: More nutritious food, fewer toxins, improved health and immune function. (There’s also the spritual benefit of re-connecting with Nature, something we in our modern world need to work on.)
There are plenty of challenges to living on Earth in these times, but if we approach these problems with a positive certainty that something CAN be done and apply our ingenuity, we can solve them and make a safer planet for future generations.
Love,
Evan