By Sara Cohn, Community Conservation Associate –
Islands disappearing? Is that possible? Over eons and millennia, islands have been slowly formed by tectonic bursts and are slowly swallowed by the unmerciful ocean.
It is possible that within this century some of those islands will disappear – Islands like Fiji, Tuvalu, and the Maldives. The President of Maldives, sworn in yesterday, is taking action to prepare his people for global warming and plans to raise funds to find a future home the citizens of the Maldives Islands.
Here in Idaho, we have the luxury of knowing our homes will not be swallowed by salt water within the next century. We will see lots of changes in our forests, our wildife, our water supply, and our energy availability due to climate change– but we will not need to leave our homes to an onrushing ocean.
A scary thought. Here is what you can do:
• Recycle
• Talk to your elected officials about providing funding transportation alternatives in Idaho – reduce greenhouse gases in our backyards
• Buy products from responsible companies
• Talk to your friends, help them make decisions that benefit the only home we will ever know – the Earth
