Fire and Ice – sad news at both ends of the spectrum.

A couple of headlines today caught my attention.  Unimportant news to most of us, which probably won’t even make the TV version.  In the heat of Tibetan politics, two teenagers self-immolated in protest against repression, while in the chill of the Arctic there is less ice than ever before.

The stories might get some play because they offer good graphics and tragedy, but they appear to be so far from our lives that they do not affect us.  They should.  They are signs that we should change our behaviour – to love our fellow humans more and to stop burning the planet.

BBC:  Two Tibetan teenagers die in self-immolations

BBC: Arctic sea ice reaches record low, Nasa says