Dear Editor,
Over the past years and more noticeably recently, the world has witnessed calamities of a catastrophic nature. From the tsunami in Indonesia to the Myanmar cyclone, the flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes in the US; the hurricanes and flooding in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos; and earthquakes elsewhere − if ever I was in doubt before about global warming, I am more than convinced now that this is not divine but our own doing. The ice caps are melting and the ozone layer is being destroyed. Too much has been attributed to Bible prophecy − which is not wrong − but we are the architects of what is happening in the world today. As I write I have just seen on TV the effects of the flooding in Bangladesh, which the news says if it continues would threaten the country with extinction, and in India there is also severe flooding.
We in Guyana need to re-educate ourselves on global warming and it effects. Take a sample (excluding our rain forest) by asking the average schoolboy what it is all about, and I doubt whether he would provide an educated answer. To sit on our laurels and accept the Bible theory that it’s an indication of the end of the world is inaction that we would pay the price for later. We have been fortunate so far, but we must also show empathy with our neighbours and with countries further away, especially Haiti and Cuba. I have not read one sympathetic comment in the local media about these Caribbean countries.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address
provided)
Dear Editor,
Over the past years and more noticeably recently, the world has witnessed calamities of a catastrophic nature. From the tsunami in Indonesia to the Myanmar cyclone, the flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes in the US; the hurricanes and flooding in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos; and earthquakes elsewhere − if ever I was in doubt before about global warming, I am more than convinced now that this is not divine but our own doing. The ice caps are melting and the ozone layer is being destroyed. Too much has been attributed to Bible prophecy − which is not wrong − but we are the architects of what is happening in the world today. As I write I have just seen on TV the effects of the flooding in Bangladesh, which the news says if it continues would threaten the country with extinction, and in India there is also severe flooding.
We in Guyana need to re-educate ourselves on global warming and it effects. Take a sample (excluding our rain forest) by asking the average schoolboy what it is all about, and I doubt whether he would provide an educated answer. To sit on our laurels and accept the Bible theory that it’s an indication of the end of the world is inaction that we would pay the price for later. We have been fortunate so far, but we must also show empathy with our neighbours and with countries further away, especially Haiti and Cuba. I have not read one sympathetic comment in the local media about these Caribbean countries.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address
provided)
