Comments on: Baghdad’s First Snows Bring Peace http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Joyous http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53893 Mark Joyous Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:12:01 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53893 Great job Gavin! A wonderful weaving of perspectives on much needed focus for both peace & global climate change. This is a good piece to forward to our Earthseeds networks. As a former park ranger, I'm always looking for ways to get kids and all our Crewmembers of Spaceship Earth to see the bigger picture. I wonder how many people think about the way mother nature had impact in the past; forcing peaceful reflections & halting wars like Washington at Valley Forge or Battle of the Bulge? We're working with schools around the globe to build bridges and get our future leaders thinking about our common ground with the Planet in Every Classroom project & more. We work with Shaping Youth, Roots & Shoots & many others - so again thanks for a great POV! Mark J & Earthseeds teams Great job Gavin! A wonderful weaving of perspectives on much needed focus for both peace & global climate change. This is a good piece to forward to our Earthseeds networks. As a former park ranger, I’m always looking for ways to get kids and all our Crewmembers of Spaceship Earth to see the bigger picture.
I wonder how many people think about the way mother nature had impact in the past; forcing peaceful reflections & halting wars like Washington at Valley Forge or Battle of the Bulge? We’re working with schools around the globe to build bridges and get our future leaders thinking about our common ground with the Planet in Every Classroom project & more. We work with Shaping Youth, Roots & Shoots & many others – so again thanks for a great POV!
Mark J & Earthseeds teams

]]> By: Gavin Hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53894 Gavin Hudson Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:29:41 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53894 Thank you, Amy, for your very kind words. I wish the best for you and your dear friends. I would like to know more about Shaping Youth, the thought leaders, and the Women Leaders for the World delegates. I will come back to the Shaping Youth website to learn more. At the Jane Goodall Institute, I worked with some amazing youth leaders. There are some extraordinarily gifted people working for peace and environmental protection. I feel fortunate that people such as yourself are among them. Kind regards, Gavin Thank you, Amy, for your very kind words. I wish the best for you and your dear friends.

I would like to know more about Shaping Youth, the thought leaders, and the Women Leaders for the World delegates. I will come back to the Shaping Youth website to learn more.

At the Jane Goodall Institute, I worked with some amazing youth leaders. There are some extraordinarily gifted people working for peace and environmental protection.

I feel fortunate that people such as yourself are among them.

Kind regards,

Gavin

]]> By: Shaping Youth http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53895 Shaping Youth Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:23:25 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53895 Gavin, I just sent this to our Women Leaders for the World delegates from multiple nations. It's simply beautiful, and has a wisdom and poignancy that supersedes analysis. Ever since the summer summit where I was honored to represent the U.S. as one of the thought leaders making change, I can safely say some of my DEAREST friends now reside amidst the mayhem of Pakistan as well as Kenya, and beyond...all struggling for peace. This eco-peek at mother nature's blissful purity, even if for a blinding second, serves to renew hope for us all and remind us (even JOLT us!) into a vision of where we need to be as people. I thank you profusely for your insights and eloquence. Warmly, Amy Gavin, I just sent this to our Women Leaders for the World delegates from multiple nations. It’s simply beautiful, and has a wisdom and poignancy that supersedes analysis.

Ever since the summer summit where I was honored to represent the U.S. as one of the thought leaders making change, I can safely say some of my DEAREST friends now reside amidst the mayhem of Pakistan as well as Kenya, and beyond…all struggling for peace.

This eco-peek at mother nature’s blissful purity, even if for a blinding second, serves to renew hope for us all and remind us (even JOLT us!) into a vision of where we need to be as people.

I thank you profusely for your insights and eloquence. Warmly, Amy

]]> By: Baghdad’s First Snows Bring Peace | Daily Impact On http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53896 Baghdad’s First Snows Bring Peace | Daily Impact On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:29:31 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53896 [...] ecolocalizer.com - The first snows in memory drifted softly through the eastern part of Baghdad this Friday, falling on Shiite as well as Sunni houses. For these hours of snowfall, no violence was reported and no mortar shells flew. Baghdad was blanketed in a wintry peace. [...] [...] ecolocalizer.com – The first snows in memory drifted softly through the eastern part of Baghdad this Friday, falling on Shiite as well as Sunni houses. For these hours of snowfall, no violence was reported and no mortar shells flew. Baghdad was blanketed in a wintry peace. [...]

]]> By: Pem Charnley http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53897 Pem Charnley Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:31:41 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53897 Beautifully written with a positive message. Thanks for that Gavin. Beautifully written with a positive message. Thanks for that Gavin.

]]> By: Gavin Hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53899 Gavin Hudson Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:32:45 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53899 Hi Mike, Thanks for your feedback. This brings up an issue that many people may not know about, so I'm glad you've raised it. As the Earth warms, it creates local climactic variances. Although the global temperature is rising, it may either be warmer or colder than usual in a local area. Many people think that global warming means that everywhere in the world will become hotter. This is not the case. Some places are getting hotter while others are getting colder. The CBC has one interesting article on this at http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2003/03/12/winter030312.html One such example is Northern Europe: there is concern that as melting ice caps drain fresh water into the Atlantic, the Trans Atlantic currents that bring warm water to Norther Europe will slow or stop. This could make Northern Europe a lot colder. I should clarify, though, that it is beyond the scope of this article to attribute a cause to the snow in Baghdad. That this event was related to climate change is a supposition on my part based on the extremely bizarre nature of the event and the knowledge that as global weather patterns change, they affect all local weather patterns as well. Thank you again for your readership and response. Hi Mike,

Thanks for your feedback. This brings up an issue that many people may not know about, so I’m glad you’ve raised it.

As the Earth warms, it creates local climactic variances. Although the global temperature is rising, it may either be warmer or colder than usual in a local area. Many people think that global warming means that everywhere in the world will become hotter. This is not the case.

Some places are getting hotter while others are getting colder. The CBC has one interesting article on this at http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2003/03/12/winter030312.html

One such example is Northern Europe: there is concern that as melting ice caps drain fresh water into the Atlantic, the Trans Atlantic currents that bring warm water to Norther Europe will slow or stop. This could make Northern Europe a lot colder.

I should clarify, though, that it is beyond the scope of this article to attribute a cause to the snow in Baghdad. That this event was related to climate change is a supposition on my part based on the extremely bizarre nature of the event and the knowledge that as global weather patterns change, they affect all local weather patterns as well.

Thank you again for your readership and response.

]]> By: Mike http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-53898 Mike Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:20:27 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/12/first-snows-ever-bring-peace-to-baghdad/#comment-53898 It's snowing and you're blaming global WARMING???!?!?!?!?!?!?! It’s snowing and you’re blaming global WARMING???!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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