Hello Everyone
I was a bit taken aback during the week. I was walking along enjoying the beautiful warm autumn day with my friend Chris when another friend caught up to us and said ‘Great weather, isn’t it?’
Chris replied ‘Yes we can all be grateful to global warming for this!’ I detected a strong note of sarcasm and frustration in Chris’s voice. Chris went on to say that every time someone commented on the warm weather then the reply offered would be along the lines of ‘ let’s be thankful to global warming’. This was Chris’s one person’s crusade to wake people up to what is happening on the planet.
Yes the weather is beautifully warm and there are consequences.
According to Professor David Chapple of Monash University many people are not aware of the high extinction rates occurring right now.
About 130 species become extinct each day. This is up to 1000 times greater than the natural extinction rate. Those under threat according to the United Nations are 12% of birds; 21% of mammals; 28% of reptiles; 30% of amphibians; 35% of invertebrates; 37% of freshwater fish and 70% of plants.
In our own ‘backyard’, 20% of the lizard species are at high risk of extinction. On the one hand you might think that we could live without these cute little reptiles but what we may not be able to live without is their importance in the food chain and their interconnectedness with other species. Lizards are important food for birds and snakes and the lizards themselves eat insects.
The importance and interconnectedness of all life forms is one of the key principles developed in permaculture. Perhaps you might like to take up the challenge and learn how you can live more sustainably with permaculture principles.
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