Do something, already

It’s not just me. Apparently Canadians in general think too much.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference started today in Montreal. It doesn’t surprise me that that Canada is hosting these talks when, according to a report released last month by the David Suzuki Foundation, Canadians have very strong environmental values. But there is a certain irony considering the same report placed us among the worst environmental performers in the industrialized world.

Not that I think that means we shouldn’t host the talks, or participate in the Kyoto Protocol. I do. (Consider that we placed ahead of the U.S., which, in 2001, backed out of its commitment to the protocol.) I just hope that instead of just talking (and thinking) about climate change, we’ll DO something.