Sunday afternoon we all attended our first climate rally. Folks from Harrisonburg gathered to sign a postcard and send a message to the world leaders meeting in Paris this week for the worldwide climate summit.
As you can see on the postcard above, the message was to adopt 100% renewable sources of energy. Several hundred people from the community gathered to sign the postcard and participate in the rally.
As the other big event for the rally, a miniature Eiffel tower was lit to send a message of solidarity with Paris. Earl Martin and his granddaughter lit the tower, him with an oil lamp passing off to her with a solar lamp, representing the change from a world powered by fossil fuels to one powered without the use of carbon.
It was a neat event, and I'm glad that we were able to be part of it as a family and each sign our names to the giant postcard. This is an important issue for the future of our nation, our world, and the human race. I'm proud to be a participant and demonstrate for our daughters what it means to be responsible global and kingdom citizens.
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