{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "worst-could-happen-ten-plagues-coming-soon-if-we-fail-curb-global-climate-change", "title": "The Worst That Could Happen: Ten Plagues, Coming Soon, If We Fail To Curb Global Climate Change", "author": "Jessie J", "author_handle": "roaminghomemaker", "author_initials": "JJ", "covertext": "1. Pollution everywhere, and not a drop to drink (blood in rivers)2. Ecosystems going \"out of whack\" (affecting frogs, a...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><span>1. Pollution everywhere, and not a drop to drink (blood in rivers)</span></p><p>2. Ecosystems going \"out of whack\" (affecting frogs, and other living things)</p><p>3. Huge dislocations in daily life (think lice, but much much worse)</p><p>4. Species extinction (beasts no more)</p><p>5. Loss of reliable food supply (cattle plague)</p><p>6. Spread of tropical diseases (boils and other globalizing ailments)</p><p>7. Changes in weather patterns (hail being just one example)</p><p>8. Crop failure (locusts and other agricultural nightmares)</p><p>9. Rising sea levels pushing whole islands underwater (darkness)</p><p>10. Millions of environmental refugees fueling unrest (killing of firstborn) </p><p><span>Ten Things You Can Do To Help Avoid These Plagues:</span></p><p><span>1. Drive less</span></p><p><span>2. Drive smarter (better mileage car, fully-inflated tires, tune-ups)</span></p><p><span>3. Turn your thermostat down (in winter) and up (in summer)</span></p><p><span>4. Turn off lights and appliances when you’re not using them</span></p><p><span>5. Install timers and light-detectors for your lighting needs</span></p><p><span>6. Buy Energy Star, ultra-efficient appliances and electronics</span></p><p><span>7. Switch to green power where possible; install wind &amp; solar units</span></p><p><span>8. Organize!</span></p><p><span>9. Educate!</span></p><p><span>10. 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Unless parents hand on their memories and ideals to the next generation - the story of how they won their freedom and the battles they had to fight along the way - the long journey falters and we lose our way.</p><p>What is fascinating, though, is the way the Torah emphasizes the fact that children must  <em>ask questions</em>. Two of the three passages in our parsha speak of this:</p><p> <em>And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' </em> then tell them, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'\" (Ex. 12:26-27)</p><p>In days to come,  <em>when your son asks you</em>, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. (Ex. 13:14)</p><p>There is another passage later in the Torah that also speaks of question asked by a child:</p><p>In the future,  <em>when your son asks you</em>, \"What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?\" tell him: \"We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. (Deut. 6:20-21)</p><p>The other passage in [Parshat Bo], the only one that does not mention a question, is:</p><p>On that day tell your son, 'I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.' (Ex. 13:8)</p><p>These four passages have become famous because of their appearance in Haggadah on Pesach. They are the four children: one wise, one wicked or rebellious, one simple and \"one who does not know how to ask.\" Reading them together the sages came to the conclusion that 1) children should ask questions, 2) the Pesach narrative must be constructed in response to, and begin with, questions asked by a child, 3) it is the duty of a parent to encourage his or her children to ask questions, and the child who does not yet know how to ask should be taught to ask.</p><p>There is nothing natural about this at all. To the contrary, it goes dramatically against the grain of history. Most traditional cultures see it as the task of a parent or teacher to instruct, guide or command. The task of the child is to obey. \"Children should be seen, not heard,\" goes the old English proverb. \"Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord,\" says a famous Christian text. 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