climate change and hunger

as someone who attempted to grow a garden in my backyard this past season, i can attest to how difficult it is to grow food when mother nature doesn’t work with you. i got pretty much bupkus for the season as it was very cool and very, very wet. not good. rotted roots, fungus and blight, and mildews thwarted my green thumb. and, so, we shrug it off and go to the grocery store content to believe that those shelves will always be stocked.

we should be very concerned. california and australia are two big global food exporters and both places experienced extreme drought this year. in fact, there is starvation and food rioting going on around the globe and shortages in major food items- rice, wheat, etc.. the united nations released a report detailing how global hunger is arguably the largest security risk on the planet. i would add water to the food shortages. it is a volatile mix because humans need both to survive and will do anything to get them- including taking from others by force.

there is no real dispute that our climate is changing. arguing about who caused what does not negate that our planet is getting warmer and because of that- the ice caps are melting which is causing the wet, cool weather here in upstate new york. it changes the jet streams and nino/nina patterns and affects rain and sun and everything else. our way of life on this planet was designed around a seasonal change- patterns to the growth and harvest of our food and that led to a global food chain. well, now, we are in real trouble with that. my bread is in the hands of the australians- who are the breadbasket of the world these days and rice in the hands of the southeast asians- whose people starve because they export their own rice to the western world.

food for thought.

This post is part of the Blog Action Day on Climate Change.

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green tips towards a better life- and planet

54 tips for green living

big pet peeve of mine- take- out styrofoam. it has effectively ended our take out.

15. To avoid use of “to-go” packaging, sit down, have your coffee at the coffee shop and ask them to use a mug instead of a paper cup. It will give you a nice break too!

and civic responsibility meets personal responsibility

10 really big things we can do to save the planet

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Whats wrong with this picture?

I am in California’s San Joaquin Valley. My son is currently living in central Oklahoma.

The temperature at my house @ 10am is a chilly 51 degrees.

My son is enjoying a balmy 74 degrees, at this very moment.

This ain’t right people..it just ain’t right.

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food for thought

i have been shaking my head quite a bit lately- i guess i don’t understand people. i am one of those people who don’t like change- one of the many reasons my path to nirvana will take more than several lifetimes i expect. that and my loathing of all things dick cheney- but i digress. i like order and quiet and routine, but whether i like it or not, my life has changed and will continue to change until i am pushing up dandelions.

recent reports state that 1) global climate change is irreversible for at least 1,000 years. i should be into a few lifetimes by then. so, what does that mean? well, it means that the weather patterns are changing and some places will experience extreme drought and others will flood beyond belief. australia is one of the world’s largest food producers- rice, wheat, etc. guess what? and the american west is drying out- and according to my farmer’s almanac, 2009 is poised to be hotter and drier than normal. whatever normal is these days.

2) water is drying up or being polluted so that it is non potable. what’s left is being used up by an exploding populous- 6 billion folks on the planet means a whole lotta water being used. we use fresh water for industry, agriculture, washing our clothes and dishes, cooking, flushing toilets, etc. think about that the next time you take a 30 minute shower. anyhoo, water isn’t free either. i pay for mine. and guess who is buying up water as fast as they can?

i realize that the economic crisis is a big deal- but you can live without shelter longer than you can without water and food. so, what are we to do? my thoughts are this- grow your own. yes, i said grow your own. and this is where i start shaking my head because this is where i usually start hearing myriad excuses. the truth is- most of us have room to put at least one square foot of vegetables. many of us have really lovely yards with shrubs and flowers and garden gnomes. if you have garden gnomes- you can plant your own food.

what? no garden gnomes? do you have a postage stamp yard? you can plant basics. do you have a sunny window or a small porch? you can plant basics. you can grow a corn stalk, a squash vine and bush beans in one square foot of garden. you can grow cherry tomatoes or regular tomatoes in a large flower pot- peppers, onions, etc. any of the basics. you can grow lettuce in window boxes. network with your neighbors and start a community garden on a vacant piece of land or start front yard gardens. urban gardening is on the rise with folks gardening on rooftops or within their own apartments or townhouses.

i hate to frequent dollar stores- but you can get pots and potting soil really cheap there to get started- or if you have a yard- a shovel. but what about seeds? look into seed exchanges or seed societies. many times, they are free as they are exchanged between members. i am an heirloom snob because if i am going to put in the sweat and the labor to grow my own- i don’t want monsanto’s genetically modified seeds. they are partially responsible for the decline in natural pollinators and combined with the chemical fertilizers- they have cut honeybee populations by more than half. they can keep their seeds.

ask around your own areas- many families save seeds from year to year and pass them down (hence heirloom) but don’t necessarily belong to a seed exchange. as for making compost- that one is the easiest. i started out with a rubber maid tub with holes poked in the bottom and in the lid- and voila! i put paper products and vegetable scraps in the tub and let them work their magic. i had a small amount of compost and minimal smell. believe it or not. i used it on the rose bush in front of the apartment where i used to live with a postage stamp yard.

the biggest excuse i hear is- it’s too much work. too much work? because you are so busy doing what exactly? give me a break. what are you going to do when the farmers who supply the farmers’ markets can’t grow food anymore? when they either get driven out of business or can’t grow the monsanto seeds? monsanto is forcing farmers all over the world to use its seeds with disastrous results:

argentina

india

iraq

and they are making inroads into africa. they are forcing north american farmers to use their soybeans, corn and most recently- sugar beets. think of the implications of that.

at any rate, if you aren’t convinced- read this and this.

think about ‘emergency’ stock in a grocery store- how much inventory does one typically have when everyone runs in to get bread, milk and batteries during a storm? bottled water? they only keep enough on hand for a few days. if the food supply dries up- where are they going to get the food to stock the shelves? one of my blog buddies has a friend who works in the industry- this is an email i got from her:

“I spent this afternoon talking to someone about how grocery stores are extremely vulnerable in this economy, not so much of the shipping issues, but because of the way food marketing is structured.

This individual, who had worked in the industry for several decades, felt that it is extremely likely that grocery stores will stop functioning long before the food runs out if only a few major food producers experience any sort of problem along the supply chain.

I’m going to pass along what I learned, but realize that I’m no way an expert on this subject. I feel like this information was very important to understand because the empty spots on the shelves signal a big problem for major food retailers. Literally, they are unable to switch gears and to carry most locally produced foods. You will NOT be shopping there in the future.

Big food companies practice something called vertical or horizontal monopolies market control. They either control one key ingredient to the success of the product, such as being a pizza company and controlling all the mozzarella production (horizontal market control); or they control their entire process (vertical), such as owning every step in the process, from growing the wheat for the dough, the tomatoes for the sauce, distribution, etc.

So say we have a fictitious company called Acme Crackers and it is a vertical company. It controls everything along the way in its products from growing the ingredients to stocking the shelves. Acme negotiates with all the grocery store chains to sell its crackers, buying six inches of prime shelf space in the cookie aisle. This is a very big deal and may not seem like much, until you realize it’s a contract for that six inches in every store.

Realize that almost every product in the store is handled this way. Shelf space is contracted like real estate, suppliers get a guaranteed specific amount of space which has a specific location. This applies to bread, dairy, soft drinks, soups, boxed pastries, etc.

Because of these contracts, you cannot put Progresso Soup in the Campbell’s area, even if Campbell’s is out of a specific type of soup. It’s legally binding.

Individuals and companies distribute Acme Crackers to the grocery stores in a franchise operation. They stock the shelves, make sure the contract space is where it’s supposed to be, etc. Acme Crackers bills the main headquarters of all the Big Chain grocery stores for one big check, then cuts individual checks to the distributors for their share of the money.

Okay, here’s where it gets doomerish.

If anywhere along that supply chain, there is a problem — like no wheat for flour to make the crackers, the factory making the boxes shuts down, or the distributor goes out of business, there’s no product on the shelf.

That section of shelf sits empty.

More importantly, the grocery store is not making any money because it doesn’t have any products to sell. Because of these marketing practices, it is extremely difficult for a very small company to compete, so most grocery stores carry the products of very few suppliers. It might be that 90% of a store’s inventory is really supplied by 10 or 20 food mega corporations, because so many of them make a huge number of products.

If a company like Kraft went under, you would see 150 less BRANDS in the store, which could represent as much as half of the store’s items.

So when Acme Crackers starts having problems with getting product shipped from it’s warehouse to the distributors, the grocery store cannot fill the void with a local product. It must leave the shelf empty.

If you had an across the board shipping problem, and say it affected even one of the mega corporations brands, it would bankrupt all the grocery stores in no time flat, because all of the major chains have this same contract and can’t put a different product on the shelf.

You should also realize that these mega corporations control food beyond the grocery stores. They are heavily invested in fast food restaurants, commercial food service, cookware, appliances, dairies, batteries, etc. That’s why you see weird stuff in the grocery store, because the corporations control a lot of diverse consumer goods.

If one of these mega corporations went down, it would scarcely be believable the impact would be so enormous.

In order for us to shift from a national food model to a locally produced one, we will have to see either a complete revamping the way food is marketed and sold (highly unlikely) or a new way to sell food, which will have to completely restructure everything. Likely, we will return to specialty markets, where there is a butcher, a baker, dairies, etc. and the public accesses the producers direct.”

i googled and googled to find out a link but i guess these sorts of things are industry trade secrets or something. anyway, i hope that this is food for thought. no pun intended

update:

another blog buddy sent me this story about california agriculture

“The loss of California’s crops would stun not only US, but world markets as well. The state exports to almost 150 countries and had exported $8 billion worth of agricultural products in 2004. In 2006 (latest figures available), that export total had grown to $9.8 billion and the state is ranked the fifth largest agricultural producer in the world (pdf), the country’s only major producer of many fruit, vegetable and nut crops, with a total production of $31.4 billion in agricultural outputs.”

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shifting gears

global climate change is very real and it’s here to stay. we talk much about peace in our time and ending the wars we started in the middle east over oil- and i agree that we should. war is one of the biggest polluters on the planet and is never talked about as such. but there will never be peace in our time unless we address the issues that are going to come up as a result of global warming.

i don’t know much about the rest of the world’s issues with climate change- i do know that oceans are rising and acidifying- and ecosystems from fish, to bees to bats are crashing. i know that china’s gobi desert is growing at an alarming rate- swallowing up arable land faster than anyone anticipated and australia is still in a horrible drought. here in north america, canada’s ice roads melt earlier than ever and in the american west- there are wildfires all year round now. and folks seem to be oblivious.

our way of life is not sustainable and we have marginal coping skills as a nation- at best. many in this country don’t realize what it takes to feed a typical family of four- they just know that they go to the grocery store and buy food and take it home and cook it. or they sit down to take out or go to a chain restaurant. welcome to the new america. around the globe, there have been ongoing food riots that americans know little about due to our corporate owned filtered media. we do recognize that food prices here have seemed to skyrocket along with everything else. well, it is no surprise. there have been wheat and other grain shortages around the globe due to blight and ethanol production and let’s face it- foods don’t grow the way they are supposed to if the climate isn’t right.

there are two basic necessities human beings need to sustain life- water first and then food. global climate change and human pollution and expansion threaten both. the reality is- there are 6 billion people sharing this planet. we have expanded, and polluted ourselves to the real possiblity of extinction within a hundred years. at the very least- billions are going to die. there will not be peace in our time with billions starving or thirsting. and we are not safe from it here. we are in big time denial, however, and prefer to put our heads in the sand and pretend that things will work themselves out. and they won’t.

barack obama and the democratic party are not the panacea- they are a step in the right direction but until we, the people, get serious about grasping the serious nature of this problem- we are at risk. america is rich in resources and when other parts of the world start to fail- in this technological age it won’t take much for those folks to look to us. we already are not well liked globally- and we are seen as resource hogs. it’s a real threat- unlike al quaeda and the other presumed terrorists. those folks have been sharing the same patch of the planet for millenia- and they are already poor. they are not a threat. russia and china- well…….

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new ad from al gore and the ‘we’ campaign

you can go to the website to contribute to the we campaign.  it’s as good a cause as any-

“We’re stuck with dirty, expensive energy because the oil and coal lobbies are spending hundreds of millions to block real change.

To help shift the debate, we’re airing this ad on national cable TV. And with your support, we can also put it on 60 Minutes and 20/20. Will you donate today and be a voice for real solutions? “

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global climate change

The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history.

Startling satellite pictures taken three days ago show that melting ice has opened up the fabled North-West and North-East Passages – making it possible to sail around the Arctic ice cap.

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everyday people

i was very much surprised at the innovative ways people are thinking about changing their lives to help combat global climate change.  i know that in the grander scheme of things, we are like drops from a bucket compared to the polluters of industry- but these are people who are changing simply because it’s the right thing to do.  take a moment and glance through some of the strategies- and add your own if you are so inclined:

20 energy solutions from real people

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hard to wrap my mind around

there are many things in this world i doubt i will ever understand. they don’t make sense to me- and no amount of explaining away makes it clearer to me. wars and deliberate hierarchies of haves and have nots- are a couple of examples. the biggest one that i can’t wrap my mind around is the denial of global climate change. or perhaps ‘willful ignoring’ is a better term- i borrowed that from a buddhist author in the book i am reading. how else to explain this?

amazon rainforest threatened by new oil and gas exploration

riches in the arctic: the new oil race

i think it’s fantastic that most nations of the world pay lip service to global climate change and the effects oil, coal, gas and other pollutants have on it– and that’s all it is. ‘blah, blah, blah, corn based ethanol, blah, blah, blah’- and then it’s on to more oil and gas drilling.

is this why the neocons are working so hard to destroy the planet? perhaps they don’t want it to be left to non caucasians? guess that explains ‘quiverfull’ projects, gated communities and megachurches.

this is why i don’t ever think i will be a buddhist. it is difficult to work through the loathing, disgust, and hatred i feel at people like this.

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i am not sure where i belong

but i am seriously beginning to doubt it’s this century and in this country. yep, you over there, you guessed it- i went shopping today. now, anyone who reads here regularly pretty much knows i would rather stab myself repeatedly in both eyes with a soup spoon than go to the grocery store- or wal-mart- and well, today, i did both. and i cursed. repeatedly. now, most readers here know that i hail from upstate new york and we generally speaking- have seasons. this is the first week in august and so we have approximately 2 full months of summer left since global climate change. no, not being snarky- for about the last 10 years at least we have had summer like weather well into october. i wore a short sleeved wedding gown when i married my dear husband and it was warm.

but i digress.

so, being that it is pretty much the high point of summer, and being that i just bought a house with a deck and lawn chairs, i thought that i would happen on over to the wall of mart to get some of those nifty cheap plastic outdoor end tables so that folks could set their beer and soda somewhere other than the warped deck (good thing i didn’t put any effort into thinking about leveling them out). imagine my surprise when i go and find that the lawn and garden section is being emptied out to make room for— snow shovels and rock salt. jesus christ in a sidecar. it hasn’t snowed much before january in the last 5 years. i am surprised that they didn’t have goddamned snow blowers out front instead of lawn mowers. i mean god forbid you want summer wear or outdoor furniture. annoyed is an understatement.

grocery shopping is another ill conceived idea- i mean who enjoys herding into a big food warehouse with skinny aisles and large carts attempting to find the best ‘deal’ amongst the overpriced, overprocessed, overpackaged crap that passes for food? plus, since i moved on up ala weezie jefferson, i get to shop with folks who really firmly believe that they are god’s chosen and that the sun only shines on them. that goes over like a lead balloon too. i make sure i wear my beat up old tie dyed tshirt and i don’t shave my legs when i go grocery shopping. that way, if i go with my sister to our old stomping grounds- i blend in. if i go in my new neighborhood- i stand out i have decided that since most of my entertaining is behind me this year- i am going to devote my time to finding alternative food sources because it is getting to be more than i can take.

on slightly more positive note- monsanto is giving up its dairy hormone business. probably to be outsourced to a private contractor under a different name. but, it is a small victory for now

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nation of lemmings indeed

reason number 5,980 why the rest of the world is dissing us

“No. Buying a Prius is not taking action. Neither is upgrading the insulation on your house or buying carbon offsets when you fly. We need, as a nation, to commit to seriously ending our addiction to fossil fuels, to rapacious development and the concomitant destruction of forests and wetlands. We need to end our nation’s imperialist policies and to instead devote the trillion dollars a year spent on war to saving the planet from ourselves.

A good start would be seeing that people “get it.” That would mean communities starting to organize around improving mass transit, arranging for carpooling, and demanding climate-saving action from our political leaders.

I’m not optimistic.”

we are spoiled and selfish- i can’t speak to other countries or other cultures because- i live here.

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summertime

as i drove home after dropping hubby off with a buddy for a night of frivolity (aka having a beer or two downtown), i started smelling summer. it’s funny how very much memory is made up of smells- but i am very in tune with odors so i guess that’s why many of my memories are triggered by smells. freshly mowed yards; fragrant flowers; the heat rising up off the asphalt into the night air- and the sounds of crickets. in the morning, it’s birds- but in the evening- crickets. and for a moment, in spite of myself, i enjoyed the moment.

reality has an ugly way of creeping into life’s lovely moments- and it brings me around to what i am trying to teach myself- the four noble truths. which, of course, led me around to the dalai lama’s visit here in the states:

“Things are not black and white. Things are relative. Things are interdependent. When we look at a situation we have to consider all the factors. … “You cannot look in one direction. In order to see reality, (you) have to see in three or four or seven dimensions” and that this applies in the economical field, political field and international relations.”

which of course led me to al gore’s speech and on and on….

which was only part of this post. we are all interconnected. and i think many are feeling this but not realizing it. i believe it is why bush still has a 28% approval rating and congress a 9%. most of the people of america listen to what al gore has to say- and they watch the ice melt and the oceans die- and they see the prices at the pump– and they know it’s wrong; terribly wrong. but they don’t know what to do.

i recently read the terrific book ‘creating true peace‘ by thich nhat hanh (thanks to bz at intrepid flame for turning me on to that) and it is a simple book with a simple message- peace starts within. we have to be the change we seek. engaged buddhism is simply that- engaging with fellow human beings regardless of politics, race, religion, etc. on a basic human level. yeah. there’s always a catch he told me in the book- that i cannot isolate myself but must engage with the community at large- because we are all interdependent on each other as part of the human species. yep. no divisions as human beings. that’s tough for me. he explains it’s tough for westerners because of our culture of division and exclusion. so, i am living in the moment. life is in a state of flux and life is suffering. but we can overcome that and work together in peace to make the planet a better place for everyone. not just the haves.

not exactly the divisive message that the hard right christians and jews are preaching as they seek to divide and conquer the middle east. and there’s no hidden agenda like getting to heaven because life doesn’t really end. and that makes sense to me because i know matter doesn’t die. and that’s comforting to me as face my parents’ mortality and the end of my country as i knew it. life constantly changes- nothing is permanent and much of our suffering comes from our attachment to things- whether they be ideas, people, material stuff, power, etc. the attachment to my mom is a tough one. but she, herself, has told my sister and i that we must let her go when she goes as she will be at peace.

so, the smells and sounds and textures of summer brought many thoughts to my mind.

i know i haven’t given up on politics per se. i don’t believe that we can afford to at this time in history. i just can’t approach it in the same way anymore. i don’t believe in the system. i don’t believe in this current world government nor america’s. i don’t believe in any of the candidates for president and i cannot justify voting for someone i don’t believe has the right view for the direction our country needs to head in. as barack obama heads for the center- he is already too far away from it. he needed to stand up for democracy and for changing the way we do things in america. would he have won? i can’t say but i can say that i won’t vote for him. i can’t. he is just as much a part of the system as hillary clinton and just as disinterested in changing the status quo. al gore forcefully spoke about change. it has to happen. it will happen whether we like it or not. i just wish america would have led the way.

letting go and opening up are concepts that do not come easily for me but i need to find inner peace. i need to find a better way. and i think this buddha guy has something here.

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destroying our home

how will humans survive if we kill off other species? even the msm occasionally prints about collapsing ecosystems here and around the world. many of the species with population declines or large decimations in population are our pollinators. we depend on insects to grow our food and to feed other wildlife that is beneficial to our needs. many nations around the world depend on seafood and the oceans for sources of protein for food and fertilizers- what will they do when the dead zones are the oceans?

you don’t have to believe in climate change to be responsible and to give a shit about taking care of the planet. hell, even the pope is weighing in. it makes common sense not to pollute or destroy the home you live in. you can live a comfortable life without destroying the planet and it’s other species. we do not live in a vacuum. taking in the big picture:

ocean dead zones growing

bee vanishing act baffles keepers

why are thousands of bats dying in new york?

congressional hearings discuss declining bird populations

arctic ice melt faster despite colder winter

scientists warn of overlooked moth decline

orangutan populations decline sharply

“Human activity is wiping out close to one per cent of every other species on Earth every year, a global environmental report said Friday.”- cbc news report

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al gore

“There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger. In such moments, we are called upon to move quickly and boldly to shake off complacency, throw aside old habits and rise, clear-eyed and alert, to the necessity of big changes. Those who, for whatever reason, refuse to do their part must either be persuaded to join the effort or asked to step aside. This is such a moment. The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more – if more should be required – the future of human civilization is at stake.”

read and/or listen to rest here

well said mr. gore

picture and story here

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words

there are rare times when i am at a loss for them. at this time in my life, i think i have outblogged my words. i have reached my quota i have been looking at the world very differently this year- and i truly believe that my start in blogging has reached its apex with my current line of thinking. yes, i know that at this point in my post you have not clue one what the hell i am babbling about. i hope to clarify- using words i read quite a bit- or i try to anyway when i have time- and years ago i set out to read ‘the classics’ such as anything by hemingway, steinbeck, shakespeare, twain and on… and i have read quite a bit. there is something about reading well crafted literature that, ironically, leaves me at a loss for words. ironically indescribable. words are power and they move us- the written word used to be especially powerful back before the age of television. so, i am meandering around the point- much of what i read anymore is just words. i scan the headlines and browse the internet with my morning cuppa to stay ‘in the know’ but they are just meaningless words on a screen. they mean nothing. much of what passes for truth and meaning is just propaganda and the other percentage is simply distracted people bloviating on about crap they aren’t willing to change.

there are a few writers out there who just take the words and make them electric. they speak the truth and they do it well. and you know it when you read it. i often highlight people and posts who in my opinion- do just that. you can feel the truth oozing out of the screen and into your psyche- and you feel it deeply. chris hedges is one of those people for me. his essays are generally spot on- and i don’t always agree with him about religion- but you feel the truth of his words:

“I survive the degradation that has become America — a land that exalts itself as a bastion of freedom and liberty while it tortures human beings, stripped of their rights, in offshore penal colonies, a land that wages wars defined under international law as criminal wars of aggression, a land that turns its back on its poor, its weak, its mentally ill, in a relentless drive to embrace totalitarian capitalism — because I read books. I have 5,000 of them. They line every wall of my house. And I do not own a television.”

jim kunstler is another:

“Every time I saw a car towing a motorboat this holiday weekend, I wondered what was going through the head of the towee. Did they have a sense that darkness was falling on their careers in motor sports? Did they have an inkling that an oil-and-gas crisis is upon us and just not give a shit? Or were they just going through the motions, following some implacable rote programming induced by, say, forty-odd years of TV addiction and a diet based on corn-syrup byproducts?”

admin at survival acres is another:

“Therefore, since we are still going to insist on Herr Fuhrer’s decree of the non-negotiable way of life, here is what we can all plan on doing in the near future:

Parking our cars (forever) to walk to bread lines (where they exist), or scouring the forest and fields for morsels of food. There won’t be any money, so you can leave your gold and silver at home or better yet, melt it all down for use as sinkers on your fishing lines (or silver bullets) as you desperately hope for a bite (be sure to check whatever you might catch for toxic poisoning).”

there was a time when i would have fought to the end of the earth for my country and my countrymen- but now, i can’t in all honesty say that i would. i will continue to help people as best i can because it is the buddhist philosophy that i should. i will continue to speak the truth and be as honest and real as i can be- because it is the right thing to do. i hold no illusions as to what the fate of the planet is- ecosystems and species are dying out daily and we keep chopping down forests and people for profit. we keep killing people for easy solutions instead of taking the harder road that would benefit all. and, we have destroyed our planet out of greed.

i cannot feign enthusiasm for an election that will be meaningless in all but a few regards. if obama gives some folks the will to keep going, then i say that’s ok. i hold no illusions that anything meaningful will change. obama’s face may be new in the white house, but the rest of the corporate political machine is still only interested in profit over all and the complete control of all of the remaining resources on the planet- which means food, water and transportation. i am living each day as fully as i can trying to experience as much as i can. i guess that’s all we can really do.

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