As Valentine’s Day approaches I think of my loved ones. Advertisers are encouraging us to give them gifts.

If you truly love them you will give them the greatest gift of all - a happy and healthy future.

How can you do this you ask? You can learn about global warming and how it is changing the climate. In simple terms, we are polluting the planet beyond its ability to cope. Check www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas.

So what can an individual do?

Firstly remain hopeful.

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