My neighborhood, East Atlanta, has a one day per week farmer’s
market which is open from mid April through mid December. Tonight, in honor of the upcoming Earth Day,
the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market will be holding a lantern parade.
Let me get this straight: in honor of Earth Day people are
going to be burning fires releasing more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere
as a show of, what, our disdain for mother earth? Aside from being a greenhouse gas, carbon
dioxide is a principal cause of acid rain.
But, it’s not only atmospheric water that’s absorbing the excess carbon
dioxide. Our oceans are taking the brunt
of this excess. This is leading to the acidification
of our oceans and endangering the oceanic ecosystem: the foundation of the
planet’s ecosystem as a whole.
Way to think this one all the way through, hippies!
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