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| Check out my new song maybe? http://www.purevolume.com/mattleblanc (Carry Me Down)
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| Obama is quite the rock-star. Anyone see his Berlin speech? Several THOUSAND Europeans poured into square in front of the Brandenburg Gate to watch as the US Senator (and presidential hopeful) addressed the "citizens of the world". I know in many ways he's probably just another politician, yet I can't help but dream that he might capture the energy of enough people world wide to finally make some much needed change (and God knows we need a better image in Europe). To all you nay sayers, well, I guess time will tell if he's just going to flop on his face, but until then, he's my man.
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| Well. Are we screwed? There's probably a higher potential of our demise than there was yesterday anyways. The newest info shows that the ice is about to be gone from the North Pole, meaning for the first time in history our lovely little planet is going to be topless, which i feel is threat of immodesty that should be a cause of concern for all the religious right ( The National Geographic Magazine)... I wonder if there are doubters proclaiming global warming as a hoax now? Probably out there still- driving solo in their Suburbans at 80 mph with the windows rolled down while displaying an increasingly smug facial expression as they look around for those damn liberals driving twenty feet below in their hybrids.
I know I'm doomed to be a negative person for the rest of my life, but it is hard to be positive when you get news that your town barely passed a bill to put up a wind turbine because neighbors think it might be a little noisy- not to mention nearby districts voted against it because they won't get the benefits of cheaper electricity so they don't see the point. So while I am quite happy Templeton is getting a new turbine, at the same time I have to question the mindset of the people who don't understand that the world is going downhill quite quickly. And then you look at the election. How can you vote against clean energy? How can Christians vote consistently against abortion, yet ignore other ethical questions? Ok, thats a side tangent that i don't really want to address... The real point i'm trying to make is that while there is a growing constituency on earth of people concerned with the environment, there is an equal amount who won't do a fucking thing unless it directly affects them now.
Nobody seems to care very much. And the ones who do don't really want to change their lives to bandaid the problem. If we could save lives by shutting off our air conditioners or not using cars or limiting our consumption, would we? Nope.
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| Well, this is a really good article of why we need to cut down our consumption of meat in the United States... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html . Lately i've been really worried about my carbon footprint, mostly because as individuals its our biggest influence we can have on the world. Not only are we hurting people in less developed countries through our insane use of resources (especially oil), but we also are causing pollution throughout the globe and causing destruction of forests, particularly the rainforests in Brazil, to keep up with our consumption of meats. If through our eating meat or buying cheap products we cause a family in Eastern Europe to freeze in the winter because they can't afford oil or if we cause a farmer in Brazil to abandon crops in order to cut down trees for cattle ranching, or if we cause a African child to die because of lack of water, etc... then how can we pride ourselves as being civilized moral beings? I think the problem with our current society is that we are so complacent, becoming uninterested in trying to change anything unless we see a direct result. Katrina and the Tsunami automatically drew people's attention because they saw devastation, but once the pictures weren't flashed anymore, we gladly put the whole event in the back of our mind so we could move on and care about more important things, such as the itouch or guitar hero. I'm going to a sustainability conference out in Michigan in a couple days, and i guess its been on my mind more. But even if everyone in America decided to cut red meat out of their diet for three days of the week, or if they decided to have several "all veggie days", it'd probably make a difference. But how many people do you think would hear the suggestion of "cut out meat" as a threat to their American identity of self centeredness? We don't need Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers everyday, in fact we'd be much happier if we didn't have them (whether we realize it or not), and having eaten very little meat in the last few months i can tell you that I feel much healthier because of it. I'm just afraid it'll take a disaster that will dwarf the tsunami and katrina to make us realize that our carbon footprint does not stop with us, we live in a global world, and if we want to be a "Christian" nation, we'd better start acting like it. | | |
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Sarah LeBlanc eats a baby
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