The Sea of Change.

I’m glad Copenhagen did happen; though I hoped it could have produced more credible results in terms of reversing the negative effects of climate change in the near future. We need more "teamwork cooperation" in this. But what I pray for most is the continuation of the international cooperation that climate change is bringing about.

You have to admit, that we have succumbed to the old adage that “adversity makes strange bed fellows.” It seems to work for every creature on earth like wildebeests, or the wild dogs of Africa. Their kind of African cooperation seems to attract the world more to Africa than the African cooperation of member nations itself. It’s like some Supreme Being is trying to tell us something here! These animals must have differences too but when it comes to hunting, or surviving the dry spell, they surely work together as a team.

So as humans—aka Superior creatures on earth—wouldn’t it better turn out if we united before the adverse events happened? I’m talking about avoiding things like climate change in the first place; like a really smart creature would!

It’s all about living up to our ranking in the animal—and plant—kingdom you know! And that, I must say we still seem poor at understanding. In as much as we work as teams in our families, social groups or even at our work places, we must appreciate that the world is becoming a global village if it hasn’t already. That’s why European cooperation is a done deal. Asia cooperation is coming up strongly. Latin American cooperation is clawing in too. And this is all leading to better international cooperation at the apex.

For example, the fiber optic lines under the sea are so expensive to install and does cut across international sea lines. If one country, along the way, decided to sabotage that cable in the future, then many companies and countries on a global scale will be greatly affected. It is like the river Nile which happens to be so sensitive to the Egyptian economy. It is so much so that Egypt blatantly declared war on any country that carries out activities along the Nile that adversely affects the flow of that river to their lands. This issue is so prickly that a treaty signed by the British, during the colonial days, is yet to be updated despite complaints over the use of the water by countries surrounding the source of the Nile. But some talk about it is on-going.

Due to continuous Global integration, many more similar treaties are being made yearly. And with the global recession of 2008-2009 spanning across global economies, it is not difficult to understand the hows and whys. So doubt not that we need to get smarter and work harder at improving our "teamwork cooperation" on certain major issues. One good example is climate change. We need to sort this out; even if we differ greatly on our individual objectives.

And all this will all depend on our degree of tolerance to each other's ideologies. It starts from there, then spreads like a cancer. At the moment religion is one major cause of our differences. That’s why I knocked my brains about and come up with the book "The End.” Now it’s up to you to get out of your various comfort zones created by years and years of religious hammering and embrace international cooperation and harmony. The ash from Iceland’s volcano affected everyone, didn’t it!

On my part, I expect great opposition to my ideas. But the truth of the matter is that a good idea ought to always lead to a better idea and it eventually does with time. This reminds me of my grandmother. She says because she came from the school of enlightened people, they didn’t have to be beaten by the British colonialists to start taking "sugared" tea like most other people in the nearby villages had to. And please, please! It is not I that said she hails from Kogelo village. Right from the heart of it, by the way!

Anyway the main point is we need more international cooperation! Muslim, Christian, Hindu etc; we are all in the same team!We just need a really good beating to realise that! And I'm afraid it's coming unless we smarten up soon.