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Last post for 2012
Read aguanomics http://www.aguanomics.com/ for the world’s best analysis of the politics and economics of water Aguanomics is on vacation until 2 Jan, but consider this…
’twas the night before Christmas
And all round the world
Fewer creatures were stirring
In diminished habitats
Forests were disappearing
Turned into Ikea settees
Wetlands were drained
Developed behind levees
The people in big cheap houses
Sat in extra wide chairs
Their children were fat
From eating palm oil eclairs
Flora and fauna everywhere ran
As their homes turned in garbage cans
The businessmen were pleased to see profits grow
Due to royalties set far too low
Politicians rubbed their job making hands
Taking bribes to give away other people’s lands
They only looked one election ahead
They will retire before we’re all dead
But nature is neither free nor endless
Our burdens on it retard our progress
The profits of some increase burdens for all
That’s what we mean by unsustainable
So remember this season to spare a thought
For losses from our environment too cheaply bought
Then write down an action for twenty thirteen
To stop politicians from selling our collective dream
We all share responsibility
To stop corruption and destruction that robs humanity
But we cannot look to our neighbors to act
We must take the lead to turn dream into fact
So do it for creatures great and small
So do it for me and you and those pushed to the wall
But do it mostly because this is the only earth we’ve got
There’s nothing to enjoy if rainbows turn to rot.
2012-12-24 05:51:01
Source: http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/12/last-post-for-2012.html
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