It's Not About Facts, I'ts About Agenda

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The debate is over? 30,000 scientists/ 9,000 PhD's disagree

A Primer on Global Warming: Dispelling CO2 Myths

The Primer


http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/

Does it take a rocket scientist to discount the logic of ethanol?

Nope. Just high schoolers that can do math.

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After you've read a few books about Earth Day you can give your kids a bag and ask them to clean up the trash in the yard, toys too. For some reason, my kids are finding this to be a fun Earth Day activity rather than a chore today. See if it workds for you too!

Earth Day Question

If it takes plastic bags 200 years to breakdown in landfills, then what do you line your trash cans with? It seems like getting cloth bags for grocery shopping is all the rage now, and I wouldn't mind doing that at all, but I reuse those plastic shopping bags in my trash cans. And with little kids, I don't have to tell you how nasty the cans would be without them. Is scrubbing out every trash can in the house every day the only eco-friendly solution or do you all have a better way? Because if that's the only way, I'm afraid I'm going to have to find other ways to reduce my "human footprint". :^)

Earth Day for Kids

1. Plant some seeds in an empty egg carton
2. Christian Preschool Printables has a Genesis 1:1 coloring page of the earth
3. And their sister site, Little Blots of Faith, has a Creation lapbook
4. Get cool handwriting paper from PrimaryGames or abcteach.
5. Make a coffee filter earth craft from the Idea Box
6. Older kids can recycle CDs into a disco ball at National Geographic Kids
7. While you're there, play the online game, Recycle Round-Up
8. Learn how to grow a green garden and do a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Worksheet from Time for Kids.
9. Make rice krispy treat "earths"(alternate method here.)
10. Get a headstart on next year by ordering these Creation Globes

Easy and Fun

Earth Day for Grown-Ups

1. For information on climate change visit ICECAP.


2. If you haven't tried it yet, take the 10 question Global Warming Test.


3. Coolest way to reuse and recycle ever? a Paper Bag Floor


4. "Greener than thou" from World magazine


5. An essay at Answers in Genesis that explores two questions: “Can an evolutionist celebrate Earth Day?” and “Can a creationist celebrate Earth Day?”

Happy Creation Day!

Psalm 104, ESV

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. 3He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; 4he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.

5He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. 6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. 9You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

10You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; 11they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. 13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate,that he may bring forth food from the earth 15and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

16The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. 18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about. 21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

24O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

27These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. 28When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 29When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, 32who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! 33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. 35Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

What is Global Warming?

Earth Day Myths

In Genesis 1:28 it says, "And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

As Earth Day approaches, I believe that we need to take a balanced view of our planet and how we should dominate, subdue, and care for it. Sometimes it's easy to take the information we hear around us at face value and not consider where it's coming from. So today I'm offering you "the other side of the story" for popular environmental concerns courtesy of The Heartland Institute. I want to be careful to teach my children to appreciate and care for what God has blessed us with without giving them false or misleading information.

The general idea:

Common-Sense Environmentalism
"For people sincerely committed to the goals of a cleaner and safer environment, these are truly the best of times. The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat are all safer than at any previous time in our lives. Wilderness areas in the United States are expanding, wildlife is flourishing, and once-endangered species have been saved.
We now know that prosperity, private property rights, and freedom from an overly intrusive government, all values that we share, need not be sacrificed to save the environment. We can have them all, but it requires a new approach to environmentalism that relies more on science and less on hype."

Recycling:

Mandatory Recycling Wastes Resources, Harms Environment
"Recycling is a productive part of the market system. Informed, voluntary recycling conserves resources. In sharp contrast, mandatory recycling wastes resources--and Seattle’s latest political action misleads the public into supporting such wastefulness."

Global Warming:

Global Warming Outlook Far from Alarming
"It would be nice if my colleagues would actually level with politicians about various “solutions” for climate change. The Kyoto Protocol, if fulfilled by every signatory, would reduce global warming by 0.07 degrees Celsius per half-century. That’s too small to measure, because the Earth’s temperature varies by more than that from year to year."

Polar Bears:

ESA Listing Not Needed for Polar Bears
"The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has written on the threats allegedly posed to polar bears from global warming. According to the WWF, there are approximately 22,000 polar bears in about 20 distinct populations worldwide. Only two bear populations--accounting for about 16.4 percent of the total number of bears--are decreasing, and they are in areas where air temperatures have actually fallen, such as the Baffin Bay region."

It's important to get both sides of the story in order to make informed decisions. For more information on environmental issues go to the Heartland Institute's Environment section.