Good shoes can make us feel better, fashionable and offer support in a world gone negative.
My feet hurt after last night's dancing (in Portland), so today I shopped at Nordstrom's at Pioneer Square and got a new pair of ASICS running shoes.
I threw in a workout top when I realized there's no sales tax in Oregon. Money goes further here.
The soft cushioning helped my feet recover from dancing and those high-heels I frequently favor.
Meanwhile, I received more grim global warming news.
In Elizabeth's Kolbert's article in the June 29, 2009 issue of The New Yorker she quotes father of climatology, James Hansen, who said that his own predictions about devastation from climate change under-estimated how dire earth's situation is. He says we need to shut down all the world's coal-fired power plants in the next twenty years in order to have a shot at turning the tables to keep life as we know it alive and well. To read her article, click here.
If that weren't enough, I present you...
...with a group of scientists from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, U.S. government agencies NOAA and EPA, along with a Dupont scientist who published a study today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that shows refrigerant chemicals are a more dangerous global warming threat than previously predicted. And they say these chemicals may cancel out strides in clean energy and energy efficiency.
So in my opinion we must make better energy and refrigeration choices (eat raw?) and take a trip, and enjoy ourselves.
Enjoy yourself as much as possible. Apparently, according to experts we're doomed. Have you considered new shoes? How about a mellow glass of wine?
Have a good day.
