Carbon Nation


"Man Walking Down Dirt Road as Sky Fills with Dark Clouds From a Carbon Black Plant"
by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Carbon is one of the major components
Of Life - and nonliving matter
Composed from what was once alive.

Odd that it should also be the element,
That when burned to excess
Is one of the main components
Likely to snuff Life out... in its current form.

Maybe we actually can do something about it
Before stating about how so and so
Isn't doing things correctly.

What's your piece of the pie
When it's all ate up?
Or hers?
Or his?
Or mine?

I wish I could embed the
Following website in this post,
But I haven't figured out how
Thus, the link:

http://www.carbonfund.org/

For true due diligence -
I haven't done anything with this
Though I heard about these type
Of initiates for nearly a decade.

Though there are relatively
Few resources in my income
I am now going to see what I can do,
As even a little is better than none.

I'll keep monitoring it
Keep some awareness about it.

One person cannot be
The only icon responsible
For such a large footprint
As we have managed to make.

So many people are out there
Trying to do something
Now,
Because they feel a shift in
The wind.

I want to be one of them.

Feeling crass and lowly
For 'preaching' with hypocrisy;
At least it feels that way...

But I want to come clean,
Be honest,
And maybe turn two people's
Heads at least... including mine.
3 responses
you are hyporitcal, Ms. Self. Get on with it... and not so much with the preaching!
It's just that I do so much to entertain or percolate about my own issues - granted they are more general than just me - and try to be creative for creation sake alone; shouldn't I do something to be of service?
Yeah - you should. Balance is key though.