Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/22/2008 7:42:13 AM PDT by bamahead
So much for global warming. Earth Day festivities went ahead despite the blast of frigid weather yesterday.
Vendors and presenters from various eco-friendly groups, including Bullfrog Power, CO2 Reduction Edmonton and the local solar energy society, crammed into a lone tent in Hawrelak Park after a blizzard forced them to abandon their original locations.
Organizers crammed over 40 groups in a space that would normally be occupied by half that number. Presenters' booths were initially planned to have been spread out between at least five tents, with far larger displays.
A lemonade vendor towards the front might as well not have been there.
"Obviously we'll have fewer people than we would have liked, but to cancel an Earth Day event because of weather would kind of be the antithesis of what this is all about," said organizer Janice Boudreau.
(Excerpt) Read more at edmontonsun.com ...
It already is. The key word now is "Change". Global change encompasses all; warming, cooling, sleet, snow, heat, hurricanes, calm. Whatever the weather does is attributable to man!
Doesn't that give you a sense of Powah?
Global warming: creating a whole new generation of cynics.
My friend is a teacher. The school is forcing the kids to bring a “earth friendly lunch”. Unreal.
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