Climate Change & Environment for 2017

Environment and climate change events continue to make the daily news in 2016. After reviewing Caramel and Parsley tweets on Climate Change and our environment it became obvious that this topic is of ever-increasing importance to the many tens of thousands of you who visited my Twitter and blog during the past year. Subjects ranged from the birds and bees to trees and global weather with hopefully a positive, learning slant on what we can do to change ourselves. There is no shortage of dramatic news on the daily media from freakish weather to changes in the acidity and rising temperature of our own Pacific Northwest oceans. Here is a brief recap of the top climate tweets which you found the most interesting and engaging in 2016 beginning with the devastating wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta:

Ft McMurrary wildfire Spring, 2016, Alberta — Ft McMurray wildfire Spring, 2016, Alberta

Top Viewed Environment Tweets in 2016

Ft McMurray wildfire continues with high winds and dry weather
Health Canada to ban neonics pesticides in 2018
Are we changing? The Case for Optimism on Climate Change Al Gore, a TED Talk
Species Everywhere are on the Move
Why are bees in Decline?
Impact of climate change on USA ecosystems water & bird migration
Study on importance of wild bees and pollination
Massive wildfire aka "The Beast" is still burning - now in Saskatchewan
The top viewed CAP blog article tweeted was How to Grow your Own Strawberry Plants without added chemicals

As Caramel and Parsley enters another year; writing and tweeting about our environment, climate change and global warming will continue in #Climate2017

“Do we care so little about the Earth on which we live that we don’t wish to protect
one of its greatest wonders,

from the consequences of our behavior.”

~ Sir David Attenborough

Great Barrier Reef (BBC documentary 2015)

Turtle on bleached coral Heron Is. Credit XL Catlin Seaview Survey. — Turtle on bleached coral Heron Is. Photo courtesy of XL Catlin

Hopefully the information tweeted helps us all to a greater understanding of what is happening, how it affects us and the rest of the world, what we can do. I hope you are encouraged to get involved with the urgency of acting on climate change issues. It can be as simple as starting a compost, growing a pesticide free garden, mulching your garden or planting flowers and shrubs for the birds, insects and bees.

The first Climate#2017 tweets for this year were:

Thank you for your continued support and take care.

Best wishes for a happy & successful 2017

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/health-canada-imidacloprid-neonicotinoid-1.3864450 — Health Canada proposes ban of neonicotinoid pesticide

Think about the consequences of what you do every day.
What you eat, what you buy, where does it come from.
Learn a bit more about all these things
~ Dr Jane Goodall