Jeffrey Allen

It\'s really too bad He became a prisoner of his own past... It\'s really no good He\'s moving on before he understood He shot the future in the foot with every step he took From the places that he\'s been because he forgot to look He better staple it together and call it bad weather ...If the weather gets better we should get together ...And if we get together we\'d be twice as clever So staple it together and call it bad weather

It is time to serve our old mother earth!!

if we want human society to continue on the planet we need to do whatever we can to slow down climate change. But do we have enough commitment for that long term goal to make the changes we need in the short term? I can do my part with help, and knowing others are too.

We have to F*cking stop it. Read about how we are stopping it, at It's Getting Hot in Here - dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement. www.itsgettinghotinhere.org

whenever i see those obscene SUV\'s dropping off children at my sons preschool, i am close to losing my temper! i hope even the ignorant folk will at some point realize we are all on the same planet as are THEIR children! in the meantime i am trying to be a good role model.

I accept that global warming is occurring and is accelerating because of the carbon compounds humankind is pumping into the atmosphere. Being a geologist by training and accustomed to timescales of millions of years, I see this acceleration as vastly more rapid than the natural carbon cycle can cope with. The system is already overwhelmed. I agree with James Lovelock that our present reasonably agreeable climate is probably in the process of 'flipping' into another stable state which will be highly disagreeable to humans and much other life. I have grandchildren and I tremble for their futures but I see nothing changing as the express train of industrialisation and consumerism races towards the unbridged precipice. How often do we read: "We must do something and do it now!"? And nothing changes. I hope OneClimate may precipitate some real changes which help, not just for my children and grandchildren, but also for the billions of poor who are already suffering and who will take the brunt of calamities to come. I am a very practical farmer/geologist and blog my ideas for solutions at It's the Planet, Stupid! and offer some practical suggestions at Mur Crusto eco-farm blog.

Cooling Gaia as fast as we can is the most important thing to do

We must all do our best to live as sustainably as possible. Our government is taking too long so the people must lead by example, market pressure and peaceful but direct action.

I believe it is the greatest challenge facing humanity and one already affecting people especially in Africa. But it is also presents a wonderful opportunity to create a more just and saner world.