Global Change
The wettest February followed by the sunniest May
As the Indian Ocean fuels the jet stream.
We’re going too slowly, with feet of clay;
We’re moving as if in a dream.
The bleaching of the coral reef.
The clearance of the forest tree.
Defies the psychology of disbelief
As levels of carbon rise upon the breeze.
The rising of the oceans,
The changing patterns of weather
Should focus all our notions.
We need to act all together!
Opher – 5.6.2020
This is all the wondrous life that is being destroyed by climate change, big business and corrupt politicians.
Being a zoologist who just loves animals having the opportunity to go to Australia was paradise. I was able to see a whole range of Australian animals before the politicians in cahoots with big business kills them all off.
I saw some spectacular wildlife. A big thank you to Pete and Trudy who made that possible. I’m forever in your debt!
Today the sun is shining but I’m feeling a bit jaded still, so I wanted something appropriate to my mood!
I settled for the Eels!!
a friend of mine called Dave introduced me to the Eels many moons ago. It was in the days of Novocaine for the Soul. That pretty much sums up how I feel about this lousy destructive, greed-ridden society we’ve constructed.
So today I will be blasting out a bit of Eels!!
Something’s Gotta Change
Two swallows chuntering on the wire.
Five swifts screeching in the sky.
Once so many, now so few.
Remnants – for us to question why.
When insects were plentiful
They fed their hungry brood.
Now the times are tough
There’s a shortage of food.
One thing cascades into another
As we spray with insecticide,
Fill in ponds and streams.
Populations tumble while we decide.
Something has got to change
If we are to stop the rot.
Unless we want a sterile world
With a temperature far too hot.
Opher – 22.5.2020
As the world population soars towards a projected 10 Billion.
As the world’s mammals have been decimated to 44% of what they were 40 years ago!
As the world’s invertebrate population has crashed by nearly half in the last forty years!
As the elephant and lion now join the tiger, rhino and jaguar on the endangered list!
Are we approaching a day when the natural world will be nothing more than a footnote in the history books?
Will we be showing our children and grandchildren the remnants of our wild-life in zoos?
Will we be pollinating our flowers by hand?
Does anybody actually care?
You can read about my own observations and feelings about this in my book:
Please give it a read and pass it round to all your friends. It is time we did something about it. We can alter the zeitgeist!
