First off I just want to say thank you to all of you that have read my first two posts. The response has been very encouraging and I will try and continue to keep your interest.
So I don't drive a Hummer. That must mean that I am not the C.E.O. of Exxon when it comes to the environment...I mean I recycle, mostly. I walk to work in the morning, and yeah I take the Microsoft shuttle car back at night but it's one of those little small white cars that get a ton of miles to the gallon. I burn Java logs in the fire place, I have an energy efficient light bulb in my room. Yeah my T.V. is always on even when I'm not home but the cats like to watch animal planet. Besides it's only a nineteen inch so it doesn't really draw that much power. I gave up eating beef and I've read that cattle farming is one of the worst environmental offenders. So I must be doing alright...and I should pat myself on the back. Better yet I could get Al Gore to pat me on the back. I'm mean I watched his movie, and I have responded. I think I even signed a petition that said I care about the environment. My environmental karma is sound and intact...right?
Wrong! I'm a lazy turd and I'm coming back as a bug. Which is fine because by the time I do come back the only thing that will be-able to live on this planet are bugs, and bacteria. There are a lot of things I can improve on that will help. Little things like unplugging my play-station I rarely use, turning off the water while I'm brushing and flossing my teeth. (twice a day!) I can buy a bike and use it to go to Starbucks, stop buying plastic bottles of water everywhere I go and instead bring a reusable bottle. Stop taking thirty minute showers when I'm hungover and instead take a couple of aspirin, or better yet just have a couple of less shots. BUY LOCAL whenever possible. Remember to use the cloth bags when I go to Safe-Way instead of the ten plastic bags they love to throw at me. Plant a tree, or donate a couple to a local school. Tell the cats to read a book, T.V. will rot their tiny brains anyway. I could take a couple of hours on a Saturday and pick up trash in my neighborhood. So what if people will think I'm a jailbird...hmmm I wonder if I own anything that's blaze orange?
Now as I look over this list of small changes I can make I realize that none of these things make my life that much different. A small amount of foresight, some exercise, and a willingness to try to make an impact is really all I need. Now the most important thing I can do is get involved on a political level. That doesn't mean I have to run for office,( way to many skeletons in that closet!) it means VOTE, email my congress person, or even join a environmental action group. The next election will be critical if we are to have a chance to make substitutive changes in our environmental policies.
The point is that environment is like a toothache...wishing the problem would go away isn't going to solve it. Now recycling isn't as fun as going to see my hot dentist but when I think about it...it's great karma to save the planet in my lifetime. Then we could be the greatest generation, the generation that saved the world and maybe if I do my part, I won't have to come back as a bug.
-The industrial system has to be reinvented. For every truck load of product that has lasting value, 32 truckloads of waste are produced- Ray Anderson, Founder Interface Inc.
Hurricane Katrina was only a Category Three when it made landfall, the scale goes up to five.
2008 is geared up to be the worst tornado season in the United States on record, 655 so far.
How many more signs do we need?
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