David Sassoon writes:

“With this e-mail, I want to introduce myself and bring you a most important story from Bali, Indonesia that is not being reported in the US media.

It comes from an eyewitness who tells the dramatic tale of how the nations of the world, assembled there to make progress on climate change, overcame the singular obstruction of the Bush delegation.

“Then occurred one of the most remarkable sounds that has perhaps ever been heard in the annals of international diplomacy–like a collective global groan–descending then to a murmer, then increasing in volume to a full-throated expression of rage and anger and booing and jeering, lasting for a full minute, so that finally the Minister had to call the meeting back to order.”

It brought tears to my eyes. Please read it. The link is here:

Of course, I would like everyone in America to read this story, so please amplify it in every way possible.

I hope you find the story of interest, and will also take a minute to look around and get acquainted with my blog called SolveClimate.”

Thanks, Dave.

And now a note about ‘real’ Christmas trees. Don’t buy one. During the first years of a tree’s life they are carbon-negative due to the carbon released during planting, fertilization and their size. Christmas trees represent a worst case scenario because they provide no benefit and are typically mulched after use, releasing their carbon into the environment.

Tell your friends- this is tradition that has to stop. Get one of the silver fake ones with the rotating colored light machine 

I buy organic fair trade coffee because it tastes a lot better and regular coffee is one of the most polluted food products we consume- most of it is grown in third world countries with virtually no regulations on the use of pesticides.

While shopping at my local natural food store for coffee I realized I needed milk so I picked up some organic milk. When I got home (Rochester, NY), I looked at the carton and found that this milk was either from Wisconsin or Oregon- it wasn’t clear. This is crazy. We ship a commodity like milk thousands of miles? Don’t the organic food people realize what the carbon cost of this is?

I think if we’re going certify things like Fair Trade and Organic we should add a third food label: Estimated Carbon Cost or ECC. It would a shocker to know that the supposedly environmentally friendly products we’re buying are actually much worse for the planet than those that are local.