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Blog Action Day is coming up once again and this time the topic is Climate Change.

First of all for you n00bs, “What is Blog Action Day?”

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

Last year on Blog Action Day the topic was poverty. At the time, I found myself injured and stuck in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in the middle of political turmoil relating to a combination of politics (internal and foreign relations) as well as the initial impact of the global financial crisis. I walked through the streets, I saw both sides of the story there, I read the statistics and the world and internal news (and I assure you they were very different) and had my eyes opened to many things. It was such a valuable personal experience for me, made more powerful by being in the midst of it all.

This year, the topic is Climate Change. Now there are so many ways you could approach this… you could be passionate about global environmental policy and its movement into the future, its faults at present. You may have an opinion on what your country or state or community is doing well or badly. You could may want to shed light on activities in your area or you may even want to discuss the science behind it and whether global warming is real or not. The idea of the day is to provoke discussion and debate, and raise awareness.

This is an opportunity for you to be involved in a genuine discussion amongst the global community. Share your opinion. In the words of Kimya Dawson, “Your thoughts and words are powerful”. Think about it.

As for me, I have the seeds of a few ideas floating around already – at the moment they are likely to make for quite a disjoint post. I’ll see how those seeds grow between now and then, but you will certainly find a post here on the day

See you then!

Read more on the Blog Action Day website.