Earth Day 2013 - A Message from DE Senator Carper

Earth Day 2013 is largely focused on Climate Change, but also very justifiably on reductions in air and water pollution since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Today, we have an excellent perspective on Earth Day from Senator Carper .

US Cities Underwater - a dramatic visual simulation

I found an msnNOW article titled: "See Underwater Cities Climate Change Could Create". My visual image was of cities we start building underwater to adapt to rising sea levels. Wrong! My visual may still be a good idea, but it was the wrong visual for this msn article. The images in it are very effective creations by artist Nikolay Lamm.

What can WE do to fight global warming?

The WE in the title is for us, on a personal level. So WE can:
- Install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on our roof.
- Install a solar water heater on our roof.
- Install a geothermal heat pump.
Now these are all choices that benefit us directly, and the rest of the world indirectly by limiting our generation of greenhouse gases.

But how about donating to organizations that use solar PV or equivalent to provide electricity to remote off-grid people who desperately need electricity, if only for illumination for kids to study at night. I truly believe that smarter kids will most definitely benefit our World.

So that is where I plan to target my dollar support efforts. I will let you know what avenues I find that seem to be most reliable to achieve that goal. And please let me know if you are aware of other good avenues.