Gore in Bali, Winter in Canada

Guys, this is seriously mandatory knowledge. Please go here and watch this short speech by Gore upon the topic of the ice caps and the price of burying your head in the sand. This stuff isn't just the next generations problem!

You can read more about it here (and here) and perhaps take a dark kind of joy in seeing Gore take his own country to task while gently reminding delegates from the rest of the world that there isn't much time left in office for that guy and that they should plan under the assumption that the next president will be more on board with dealing with climate change. Canada didn't go unscathed either, nor should it when you look at Harper's awful approach.
Meanwhile, I appreciate that a lot of Canadians are looking at how our winter has been thus far and the way it's shaping up for the rest of the season...then figuring this means things are getting better or that the weather even constitutes a kind of rebuttal to the issue. But just because you see this out the window, it doesn't mean that climate change is over or that "it's just cyclical". As always, if the big news stories leave you feeling overwhelmed and impotent - you can find all sorts of sites with ways for the individual to do their part and even save money along the way (even make money). If you want you know why you should bother, this article is a decent stepping stone towards the answer.

Addendum: Check out this video with Gore outlining 15 ways for the individual to help out and also display the great sense of humor I suspect he had surgically implanted about three years ago.