Signs - the writing is everywhere

I recently moved to the Yukon from Toronto for the summer. I packed up my guitar, laptop and a few clothes and headed north for the long drive. The highway took me there - the signs were good. Along the way I saw many types of signs - city signs, check odometer signs, town name signs, exit signs, watch for animal signs...but there were some signs that most of us don't see. These signs disturbed me! Mother Nature was offering warning signs and I noticed some of them on the way. In northern Ontario, I spotted no less than 20 dead crows and even saw a few that seemed weak and dying. This is not usual, birds usually get out of the way of moving vehicles. This was a sign that West Nile Virus is still alive and well...yet for several years no one has mentioned a word about it.

There are other signs we should be aware of. Almost a century ago the founder of Waldorf predicted that the bees were a sign and that numbers were beginning to dwindle. Other animals have dwindled, some to extinction, while some have shot back up to acceptable numbers. But we are overlooking an aspect of nature that effects us more directly - bees pollinate over 70 percent of the fruits and flowers on the planet. Some are consumed by animals but a great deal of plant life is used for human consumption. If the bees disappear, so does many of our main food sources. This is not something to be overlooked. Can you imagine a flurry of humans running around with cue tips pollinating trees and plants? A funny image - maybe but there is nothing funny about it.

There are some solutions to be considered, but clearly more concern for our planet is the over all course of action we must take. The owner of Earth Vision, Josef Graf, recently high-lighted some sources and has been monitoring the situation for quite some time. Spend a moment reviewing his articles and sources or discussing the dilemma with Josef through his blog or via email. You may also want to talk with people in your eco-community to see what you can do to make changes sooner rather than later.