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[Guest blog from Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries]

It’s a pity it’s come to this, but it’s a fact. It’s amazing that all these musicians have come together to help influence the human race to put a stop to the destruction.

As an individual, I have 4 kids and I can tell you as a mother that our kids are growing up with a different awarness than we did. They spend hours in school learning about the melting ice caps and holes in the ozone layer. It’s amazing that recycling is second nature to them.

It would be good if the government was more strict about reducing aerosol and carbon emissions. I’ve seen cars in third world countries emitting black, black fumes. It adds up. If countries completely omitted aerosol, it would make such a difference. There are alternatives, like roll-on deodorant.

I think Canada is one of the leading countries in making change, and it’s good to see my country has made a lot of changes in the past few years. The see through bags have hit the shores of Ireland, and even in the countryside you can see improvements.

Tolerance should be as near to zero as possible when it comes to damaging the environment. If you don’t become involved, things are going to continue to get worse.

It’s sad to see how global warming is affecting the Antarctic; melting ice caps and the animals could soon have no habitat. The polar bears’ homes are melting and they have to swim more and more – soon they won’t be able to swim anymore, and they’ll drown. The whole idea of polar bears becoming extinct, elephants becoming extinct in other continents…it’s going to happen unless we do something. We’re seriously affecting the globe.

Where will we go?

-Dolores

Posted on Saturday, July 7th, 2007 at 1:26 pm by Wendy and is filed under Live Earth.

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