Submit your letters to Brad Wassink, at brad@cpj.ca or 309 Cooper Street, #501, Ottawa, ON K2P 0G5.
300,000 in New York
In “2015: A Big Year for the Climate,” Joe Gunn mentions that 300,000 people marched through the city of New York.
Judging from the tone of the article, the 300,000 who attended, probably most if not all, used a horse and buggy to travel to New York?
E. Koolma
Etobicoke, ON
Global Climate Change Policies
I am very supportive of policies that work towards cleaner air and more efficient engines that burn cleaner fuels. I also support other energy sources for creating electricity, like wind and solar energy. However, we haven’t paid nearly enough attention to a very practical form of transportation for distances of two miles or less. I dare you to survey how many of those attending this policy event [COP 20] in Peru, especially those of Canadian and American origins, actually practice what we promote by riding their bicycles when they travel within a two mile radius.
I live in a town of 10,000 people. There is nowhere in the town proper that is too far for me to ride my bike to. If it’s true for me, it’s true for at least 60 per cent of residents. Many of the congregants of our church live within six blocks of church, but seldom walk the distance. (No one wants the wind to mess up their hair on the way to church.) We all love the convenience of a vehicle even for the shortest runs. So while we pray for big government to make stewardly-wise decisions, what about motivating us to quit the excuses and actually do something ourselves to burn less gas?
Pastor Ken Vanderploeg
Le Mars, Iowa
