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| Youth brave cold to protest global warning |
| 2009-12-13 |
| About 40 Racine youths braved the cold weather Saturday night in an effort to raise awareness about climate change. Standing near the corner of Main and Sixth streets, the youths and a few adults held candles and posters in their gloved hands as part of a rally and vigil to raise awareness about climate issues. The event was held in part to support the United Nations international climate change conference in Copenhagen, which began Monday and lasts two weeks, said Joe McNutt, 15, a Walden High School sophomore who organized the event. McNutt said the event was also held to give hope to countries that will be hurt first by climate change that results in rising waters, droughts and hot temperatures that kill crops. "I just care about the environment," he said. "I don't want to see species dying out. I want to try to better the world for everybody and this might help." People driving by honked horns at the students and many rolled down their windows to ask the students about their cause and the number 350, which was printed on students' posters. The number shows the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide that is needed to sustain life. Right now the atmospheric concentration for carbon dioxide is 387, McNutt said. "We keep explaining it (to passersby)," said Pierce McVeigh, a 14-year-old freshman at Walden, 1012 Center St. Pierce said the rally and vigil seemed to generate interest about climate change while also getting the word out about acceptable carbon dioxide levels. "We think it's important for future generations," added Kaylah Cruz, a 15-year-old sophomore at Horlick High School, 2119 Rapids Drive, who went to the vigil with some friends. "It's global. Everybody can support it, young and old." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 sorry, wrong thread. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2009-12-13 16:35 |
| #6 Is that fur she is wearing? |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2009-12-13 16:33 |
| #5 Down with Global Warming! Bring the glaciers back to Wisconsin! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-12-13 16:30 |
| #4 Come on, it's a Global Warming protest. Where are the bikinis? And the bikini clad giant puppets? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-13 11:58 |
| #3 #2 “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” —Thucydides, Greek historian Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-13 05:54 Thanks, Besoeker. I vaguely remembered the quote but drew a blank on the author. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-12-13 10:47 |
| #2 “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” —Thucydides, Greek historian |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-13 05:54 |
| #1 binkered fools. public schools have abandoned critical reasoning and are simply indoctrination centers producing third rate intellects. our country is doomed. there is no seed corn |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-12-13 01:52 |