changes at home and school

Climate Change has effected almost every aspect of my life, in the classroom, as I am a science teacher, and at home with my family.  I guess the big idea I try to act upon is whether what I am doing is sustainable or not for our Earth.  I have a huge vegetable garden, I have changed the light bulbs, I buy locally grown food when I can, I buy organic foods, I recycle, I try to use ecologically sound cleaning products.  I try to do what I can.  We walk, we take the train, although we drive as our suburban lifestyle demands. 

The weather has been "strange" at times.  Just this past month, with the warm weather, my vegetable garden is still producing veggies!  I also have noticed certain flowers are blooming earlier.  The severity of storms, and amount of rainfall per storm seems to have increased-it just seems we have had many intense rain storms? 

In school, I run the recycling program, as well as teach the kids about climate change.  I run the environment club for the high school kids-S.A.F.E. (Sustainable Actions for the Earth), and we try to promote sustainability.  The funny thing about this is I remember sitting in my high school classes worrying about the possibility of this occurring, and what could be done to prevent it, and now it has.