Earth Day 2010--April 22, 2010

April 22, 2010 is Earth Day 2010.  Disney has timed its release of the Oceans movie in theaters for this date and the Avatar movie is released in DVD and Blue Ray as of today.

The earth is experiencing lots of changes at its depths, on its surface, and in its atmosphere.  We hear of earthquakes and volcanoes, global climate change, holes in the ozone layer, and much more.

Yesterday someone I know mentioned a belief from a previous generation that traveling outside of the earth's atmosphere--to the moon--would cause problems on the planet.

While I don't see the cause and effect relationship of our moon walk to current earth changes, it is a good time for many of the people on this planet to hold a focus for healing the planet.  I don't know what the healing would look like--I leave that to Spirit.  I do believe that we can hold a focus (or put out a prayer) for healing of our planet and everything connected with it as a contribution for Earth Day and beyond.

The images of our "blue marble" planet sent from space are beautiful.  With all that beauty it is amazing to be aware of the conflict and crime and pollution that are still taking place here.  Earth Day is traditionally (since 1970) a time to focus on reducing, reusing, and recycling materials to preserve our planet.  We may also want to be doing that within our own thought systems.

Changing Weather Patterns in Florida--Absolute Zero Movie

A strawberry grower in Florida was interviewed on ABC Good Morning America Weekend on Saturday, 1/9/2010, concerning the impact of freezing temperatures on his plants.  He reported that he has seen colder weather in Florida for the past three years.  I grew up in South Florida and am very familiar with weather conditions there.  A friend of mine is thinking about purchasing a town house in Key Largo, Florida, and I was reminded of the Absolute Zero movie which talks about a polar shift where the ice caps melt at both the North and South Poles and Miami becomes buried in ice--overnight.

We are all aware of the global climate changes we are experiencing.  Whether or not these changes are being brought about by global warming or some other mechanism, the results are the same.  Ice is melting at the poles and many parts of the world are experiencing significantly different weather patterns.

How do we prepare for such changes?  For a polar shift, I really don't know.  (I don't think anyone does.)  That would be catastrophic for the entire planet.  Has it happened before?  Probably.  It could also be linked to the Bible story of Noah and the flood.  Could that be what wiped out the dinosaurs?  Perhaps?  Could a polar shift be caused by an interplanetary impact (a large meteor, for example)?  Possibly.

In any event, movies can give us food for thought along with entertainment.