Have just come back from the local supermarket and witnessed something which made me slack-jawed in amazement.
The person in front of me in the queue bought about 5 items, which he carefully placed in the freely provided single-use carrier bags (you know the ones, blight to the wildlife and marine life worldwide, been all over the press over the last year etc etc). He then carefully placed the full carrier bag inside the lovely nylon fold-up reusable bag he had with him...... Go figure! (as they say in the US)
Ah well, back to campaign to get the supermarkets to just remove them, as people are obviously too dumb to stop using them of their own accord :-)
x x
Friday, 30 January 2009
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Saving the world
In this time of new starts and new beginnings I have been thinking about why I am getting increasingly involved in the green movement.
The media (and other biased detractors like the obnoxious Jeremy Clarkson) always bang on about global warming being the reason for doing anything 'green' and then point out that global warming may not be as bad as we think, etc etc. It gives them a really easy stick to beat us with, so perhaps the time has come for a re-emphasis on the whys and wherefores.......
The way I see it, it's more about simple mathematics than complicated science. The earth has finite resources and a growing population, so it only stands to reason that the more we squander those resources the more problems we are creating. So perhaps its time to stop using global warming as the reason for doing anything and start treating everything from recycling to reducing material goods as a housekeeping exercise.
In simple terms, we do not have the right to have everything we think we want, all the consumer goods that we are bombarded with every day, all the food we can eat and then throw half of it away. Not only is it ridiculous to waste so much money and resource, but it's very disrespectful to those on our planet who have nothing.
My mother was the queen of 'make do and mend' (being a war baby) and we used to laugh at her thrifty ways, but she was right (as always!!) and the sooner we all catch on to these ideas the better.
We only have the one planet and the planet only has a finite amount of everything, so lets live within our global means.
Happy New Year!!
x x
The media (and other biased detractors like the obnoxious Jeremy Clarkson) always bang on about global warming being the reason for doing anything 'green' and then point out that global warming may not be as bad as we think, etc etc. It gives them a really easy stick to beat us with, so perhaps the time has come for a re-emphasis on the whys and wherefores.......
The way I see it, it's more about simple mathematics than complicated science. The earth has finite resources and a growing population, so it only stands to reason that the more we squander those resources the more problems we are creating. So perhaps its time to stop using global warming as the reason for doing anything and start treating everything from recycling to reducing material goods as a housekeeping exercise.
In simple terms, we do not have the right to have everything we think we want, all the consumer goods that we are bombarded with every day, all the food we can eat and then throw half of it away. Not only is it ridiculous to waste so much money and resource, but it's very disrespectful to those on our planet who have nothing.
My mother was the queen of 'make do and mend' (being a war baby) and we used to laugh at her thrifty ways, but she was right (as always!!) and the sooner we all catch on to these ideas the better.
We only have the one planet and the planet only has a finite amount of everything, so lets live within our global means.
Happy New Year!!
x x
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