Food for thought

[ciroccoj]

Two interesting links I came across today.

• Logging boreal forest could detonate massive 'carbon bomb,' says report
  Excerpt: Canada's boreal forest is a ticking "carbon bomb" and its continued logging could trigger a massive release of greenhouse gases, says a new report.
  
  Because, you know, Canada just isn't doing enough to help global warming. And no, I don't mean help fight global warming.
  
  
• Pearls Before Breakfast
  Excerpt: Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.
  
  This article was not exactly a bucket of cheer either, but there was one part that made me smile: There was no ethnic or demographic pattern to distinguish the people who stayed to watch Bell, or the ones who gave money, from that vast majority who hurried on past, unheeding. Whites, blacks and Asians, young and old, men and women, were represented in all three groups. But the behavior of one demographic remained absolutely consistent. Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away.
  
  See, this is why I love kids. And also why I want to be a good mom. I want to be the parent who stopped to listen to Joshua Bell with my kid.

Comments

[daf9.livejournal.com]

Haven't had a chance to read the first link yet but I just wanted to thank you for posting the second. That was a fascinating article.

[owens-mom.livejournal.com]

wow - I like this line: "What's the moral mathematics of the moment?"

and yeah, I need to let my kids lead me toward appreciating more beauty. :)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

wow - I like this line: "What's the moral mathematics of the moment?"
:) :)

and yeah, I need to let my kids lead me toward appreciating more beauty. :)
One of the best things about kids, IMHO. They so often make us see the wonders of the world around us, and they're so often wonders that we would never see on our own because we've learned how to filter them out and focus on what's "important."

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it? I kept telling myself OK, this is too long, I'll finish reading it later... and just kept on reading :)

[batita.livejournal.com]

Let's make it a given that I'm feeling my emotions on my sleeve lately. Even given that, the article on Joshua Bell made me almost cry. Just the thought of all those people walking by all that beauty - what are they excluding from their lives? Am I doing that? I hope not. Thanks for the link.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Just the thought of all those people walking by all that beauty - what are they excluding from their lives? Am I doing that? I hope not.
Yeah, that had me thinking for a long, long time. I think I would've been one of the people who stopped, but that's because I love music. What other beautiful things am I completely missing, in my drive to keep myself focussed on what's "important"?