Have you ever hit the point of feeling completely overwhelmed?

Last week I spoke with five separate people who have been personally affected by cancer. Then last night I opened the National Geographic to unwind and learned that black rhinos are being poached to the point of extinction, mostly for their horns’ use in medicinal powders, including a “cure” for cancer.

Then there’s fracking in Appalachia, lifeless rivers in China, elections poisoned by dirty energy dollars, and as Annie said in a recent interview (LILIPOH, Winter 2012, pp. 15-20), “Many scientists say we have less than 10 years to take serious action on the climate if we want life to continue on this planet as we know it. “

Whoa.

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