blog action day 2009 – my take on climate change
Today it’s blog action day, and this year, more important than ever, it’s about climate change.
It’s something I feel very passionate about, and someting that we know that we need to act upon now if the status quo of gaia needs to be maintained.
Also from my writings on Green Girls Global, I also figured out that you have to have a positive and creative outlook on this HUGE challenge otherwise it could really get you depressed. With this attitude towards climate changes I was ready to go explore – and there’s so many awesome things out there happening in this area to make the world a better place for the future generations. On the other hand, I get increasingly upset when I see that some people don’t really care – and why should they – I mean we probably won’t live to see the worst of it, But our kids will, and their kids, and their kids.
So I can get really sad when I walk into a house where all the lightbulbs aren’t energy efficient, when people don’t believe in ecology, when they can’t see what all these hyped things are good for, and they put me and my kids in some sort of generational dictatorship, where we decide the outcome of the world for the kids, but we’re to caught up in social media, business, life or whatever to care.
Why should you chose to put solarpanels on your house ? because it’s important that we redesign our energy consumption. why should you eat ecological foods? because it’s healthier, it’s better for the animals, and the ecological farmers are doing so much to try and bind the CO2 in the ground. Why should you eat more vegetables ? because it makes you look like a rockstar and if you eat more vegetables you won’t eat as much meat – and our global meat production is the no 1. cause to the climate changes.
We all know by now that the best thing you can do to affect the climate changes in a positive direction is to become vegetarian. I think that in 3 -5 years you will be looked down upon if you don’t do your share to battle this. You won’t see computers or phones that are using more energy than they are giving – everything will be based on the natural unlimited resources we have – and it could be that I come across as such a hippie – but this is bloody important.
Why should you blog about climate changes, because others might support you and write their thoughts, They might comment and participate in the discussion somewhere, or cut back energy consumption in their house because they start monitoring their overall electricity level. You should do it because you have a voice, and that voice matters..
There’s so many reasons to be a part of this movement. There’s so many ways we can change this for the better. We have all the tools to make it happen. I believe in you. I believe in us. I really think we can pull this off.
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Henriette
Hi Hendrik, thank you for your thoughts – there has been so many things said and done about green and what is best according to who – it’s a jungle to me – I don’t even know if what you state in your facts are true either, it changes day by day.
However we need to do this together… and we need everyone in there as well, oh and copenhagen is sooo happening no worries, I will keep them here until they reach agreement =)
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Hi Henriette,
nice post, though I’d like to set some facts right. The no 1. cause for climate change is the burning of fossil fuels according to the IPCC report, not he production of meat. Fluorescent lightbulbs might have a longer lifespan as conventional lightbulbs, but they contain poisonous chemicals which are bad for the environment – LEDs are best. Solarpanels are only feasible in some parts of the world, others can be better off with biomass, wind, etc.
Anyhow, its important to do something about climate change and keep a positive outlook, instead of talking it away and ignoring it! So creating awareness is good, and hoping that world leaders will decide to the benefit of future generations in Copenhagen in December!