Categories: Ramblings

Well the day’s finally here. Blog Action Day has finally come. A day where bloggers worldwide come together to sound off about the environment. And I’m involved. So this will be a socially responsible post. But don’t worry, it won’t be as boring as you think.

As we all know, the world’s getting warmer, another symptom of man’s boundless greed. Greenhouse gas emissions and the depletion of the ozone layer has contributed to this, resulting in increased frequency of natural disasters, rising sea levels and numerous species threatened by extinction. But most of us know about that. But how many of us know what to do, and, a more important question, how many of us are willing to do something about it?

We are doing little things yes, like recycling, using ethanol and other alternative sources of power, hybrid vehicles and the like. But it’s not enough. I watched Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” and it really opened up my eyes to how bad the global warming situation is. It was a bit dramatic, but what good movie isn’t? Natural disasters as recent as Katrina were caused by global warming. And the whole thing about cities being underwater. Yeah. That’s gonna happen sooner than you think. A lot sooner. And with all this happening, I still can’t believe that there are people out there that think global warming is a myth.

But why are we so slow to react? Because we’re too comfortable, too complacent in our dominion over this world. We only pay attention to the environment only when there is a natural disaster or some other “disruption” from Mother Nature, or when it is beyond repair. Plus there’s the big oil companies and all the other power brokers who would sooner see the earth destroyed than see a penny leave their pockets. I hope we pull up our socks and take this thing seriously. You may not have the power to pass a bill or stand on a podium and address the world, but you can be more environmentally conscious. You can make a difference. We can’t afford for the next generation to look back at us and say “what fools they were.” Let’s put a stop to this while there’s still time.