Even though awareness of the current climate situation reaches many years back, very few things has been done to prevent it. The problem escalates as we speak, and the time to take action is now. What we really have to think about is how it became this way. Why have we put ourselves in this intolerable situation, when something could have been done far earlier to prevent it?
The first thing I would like to point out as a contributing cause is our outrageous overconsumption. We buy new clothes, things, cars and technical devices all the time. What we forget when we replace our fully functioning TV-set with a new one, just because of its looks, is that the old TV has to be put somewhere, probably on a garbage dump far away from us, at the same time as the new TV already has polluted the environment all through the process of manufacturing and transporting it home to you.
The second cause would be our ignorance. We are very good at looking away from things we don’t like. When the topics on the news get awkward we turn our backs at them or just switch channel to something more pleasant. Even the politicians have ignored the evidences of pollution and rising temperatures. Speaking of politicians, many times there has to be a really critical situation before they take action. Environment issues weren’t on anyone’s agenda until they became actual, serious threats against Earth as well as mankind.
The final cause I would like to bring up to the surface is greediness. The desire to earn money increases by the hour. Companies move their production sites to countries situated on the other side of the Globe, just in order to make more money. Most of the clothes we buy are actually manufactured in Asia. It’s a fact that it is actually cheaper to ship Norwegian fish to Asia for packaging and then back to Scandinavia again, than to handle the production here, is outrageous. Just the thought of all those unnecessary transports makes me sick.
If we truly want to turn the situation over we have to revaluate our needs and lifestyle. What do we need, and which things can we actually give up, due to saving our environment? It’s easy to think that the small actions, like sorting your garbage, are meaningless. But if we all work together we can actually get to a point where we are spared from news regarding dying polar bears and flooded cities. This might be a cliché, but in this case it’s very suitable:
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something!
onsdag 6 maj 2009
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Dear Emma,
SvaraRaderaToday I meant to make my second comment on your texts, but unfortunately you haven't published the fourth blog assignment. That means that you won't get any more comments from me, I'm afraid. What you could do is to have a look at my comments on other people's blogs and see if you can learn something from them!
Best,
Marika
Hi Emma. I think you write very well. It is easy to follow your text and line of thoughts. You stick to the one thought one paragraph nicely making it easy to read.
SvaraRaderaI also agree in what you write, it is true. About your text I only found one small thing to comment on. In the line "It’s a fact that it is actually cheaper to ship Norwegian fish to Asia for packaging and then back to Scandinavia again, than to handle the production here, is outrageous."
it would had been better if you had written "The fact that it is actually cheaper to ship Norwegian fish to Asia for packaging and then back to Scandinavia again, than to handle the production here, is outrageous.
I know i'm picky, but it wasn't easy to find anything to give pointers for..
keep up the good work!