Hey, people of the earth,
This is just a quick post to say Earth Hour is this Saturday! Hope everyone's going to be turning their lights off for an hour at 8:30pm to help fight against climate change!
Arrivederci,
SavingTheWorldFromMyKitchen
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Saving The World From My... Study?
Hello, people of the earth,
Sorry I've been away for so long. I... had a pretty bad case of the hiccups.
Anyway, so how's the climate change fighting going? I'm really glad at some of the positive responses we've had so far!
As a teenager, I have a dream.
I am a member of the "Problem Generation", also known in eco-warrior terms (i.e, I made this up myself) as the "Victim Generation". This includes citizens of the who, despite many inventive obscenities used to describe us, are commonly known as "teenagers".
Okay, back to my original blog topic. Do you like lemons?
Of course, the best way to combat global warming is cancelling the cause- stop emitting as much CO2. You all know how to do it- turn off your lights! This brings me nicely on to my last topic of this blog, Earth Hour. If this is your first time on my blog, check out my last blog post for more info on this inspirational project- DON'T miss out on it! I'm fully conscious that today's blog is the length of an essay (ironic, considering as I came on the computer to write an essay for homework) so you're really going to have to check out my last blog to find out about Earth Hour. I can't emphasise how great a project it is, so I'm relying on you to help me help you, and take a few more minutes to read my last blog, and take one hour on March 31st to help, with millions of others worldwide, to turn off your lights for one hour and fight global warming for everything it's worth.
Sorry I've been away for so long. I... had a pretty bad case of the hiccups.
Anyway, so how's the climate change fighting going? I'm really glad at some of the positive responses we've had so far!
I'm not in the kitchen today, as you can see from my title. I'm actually in the study on a *gasps" desktop computer. Yes, I know. Apparently, desktop PCs use almost seven times more power than a laptop. Shoot me. (don't take me literally on that one). BUT, anyway, in relation to my display name and general blog, I've got you a tip on how you can actually save the world from your kitchen.
But first, it's high time I introduced myself further.
As a teenager, I have a dream.
Not for a new iPad or computer (despite the awful wireless range of my poor laptop) or a new bike (saying that, one of those electric bikes WOULD be pretty cool), or even a list of exemplar dreams to write about that aren't RIDICULOUS overused cliches.
My dream is to save the world.
Not in a superman fashion, a doctor who fashion, or even ... SHUT UP WITH THESE LONG BORING CLICHE LISTS, OKAY?
I think I'll just cut to the chase and say I want to prevent climate change.
In fact, scratch that.
Because saving the world isn't just about global warming. It's about making the world a better place in every way we can. Sure, the "be nice to everyone" angle for making the world a better place isn't exactly my forte, but it shouldn't be overlooked.
I am a member of the "Problem Generation", also known in eco-warrior terms (i.e, I made this up myself) as the "Victim Generation". This includes citizens of the who, despite many inventive obscenities used to describe us, are commonly known as "teenagers".
The reasons that we are known as a "Problem Generation" are as follows:
- We're mostly lazy, whinging, internet-obsessed little arses.
- In eco points of view, corresponding with the above point, our internet obsession is contributing to climate change (many hours of writing pointless blogs uses a lot of juice) and the laziness factor means we are too lazy to do anything about this and instead sit writing more pointless blogs whinging about it.
- Either way, from our point of view, we're more worried that in fifty years time we'll be struggling with morbid obesity than we worry about what state the world around us is going to be in.
The reasons why we *cough... only me* classify our generation as a "Victim Generation" are as follows:
- We're all unfairly stereotyped as being lazy, whinging, internet-obsessed little arses.
- We're going to be the ones to feel the effects of climate change when (not even if) it really starts to become a problem, even though despite my above point, we are not the sole contributors to global warming.
- Hence, we're going to have to be the ones to do something about it.
And if you're not a teenager and you're reading this, YOU DON'T ESCAPE from having to sort this world out with us. We're roping you in, too.
Okay, back to my original blog topic. Do you like lemons?
Hmm... I know it sounds like a completely random question (the "I'm just that random and quirky" persona seems to be in vogue with the teenage social scene at the moment, and for the record, my disapproval for the whole in-vogue persona thing is outstripped only by my disapproval for CLIMATE CHANGE).
But for me, the answer to this whole crisis is lemons. "What aspect of lemons?" I hear you cry. Well, it's the eco-warrior's favourite response, "trees".
But for me, the answer to this whole crisis is lemons. "What aspect of lemons?" I hear you cry. Well, it's the eco-warrior's favourite response, "trees".
Trees are what I call the lazy escape from global warming. One of the key causes of global warming is deforestation, because, as I'm sure you know, trees take carbon dioxide out of the air and replace it with oxygen. What you might not know is that when a tree gets cut down by, let's say, McDonalds, to make space for their cows, (why, hello, 99p beefburger. I will not question why you are so absurdly cheap, I will just eat you), not only have they taken away one of the only ways to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, they have also ADDED even more to global warming by burning the trees to make room, thus releasing all the CO2 that the good old trees had stored.
So, back to the lemons. Just over a month ago, I was using some lemons in the kitchen (making a lemon posset. It was delicious), and came across the seeds, which I was about to throw away. But, as I hate waste, I decided to plant them and see what happens. Although it required watering every day, within about two weeks all the seeds had sprouted above the surface of the soil, and after two months the seedlings are around three inches tall! Not bad, considering those seeds were about to go for a holiday in the trash can. Now those saplings are literally like my children. Too much love for seeds.
Trees are a great friend to us. If you REALLY can't be bothered to turn a couple of lights out *flashes you a look of immense disapproval*, then the lazy people among us should plant a couple of trees. If you do it from a seed, you're being productive (if you just buy a sapling, you're not really being productive as that sapling will probably be planted by someone else eventually anyway). And you know, they're pretty effective. They'll take a while to take in a lot of CO2, and one tree alone isn't going to make you carbon neutral, but it's a start. And with the state the world's looking like it'll end up in, every start, even by the most lazy among us, really counts.
Of course, the best way to combat global warming is cancelling the cause- stop emitting as much CO2. You all know how to do it- turn off your lights! This brings me nicely on to my last topic of this blog, Earth Hour. If this is your first time on my blog, check out my last blog post for more info on this inspirational project- DON'T miss out on it! I'm fully conscious that today's blog is the length of an essay (ironic, considering as I came on the computer to write an essay for homework) so you're really going to have to check out my last blog to find out about Earth Hour. I can't emphasise how great a project it is, so I'm relying on you to help me help you, and take a few more minutes to read my last blog, and take one hour on March 31st to help, with millions of others worldwide, to turn off your lights for one hour and fight global warming for everything it's worth.
Here's a link to the Earth Hour site: http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/
"It's not about an hour of darkness, it's about a brighter future."
Oh, and if you don't mind, sharing the link to this blog to your friends would really help me out :)
http://savingtheworldfrommykitchen.blogspot.com/
Arrivederci!
- SavingTheWorldFromMyKitchen
Oh, and if you don't mind, sharing the link to this blog to your friends would really help me out :)
http://savingtheworldfrommykitchen.blogspot.com/
Arrivederci!
- SavingTheWorldFromMyKitchen
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Saving The World From My Kitchen
Hello, people of the earth,
Whilst many of you will have read my display name or blog title and immediately assumed that the subject of this blog is how to make compost out of your apple cores or leftover fruit loops or whatever, but gladly this is not the case. The reason for my blog title is not that I have an abnormal interest in fruit-loop-shmear, though I'm sure fruit-loop-shmear is very precious to some. The reason for the kitchen location is just that my laptop's wireless range is so bad that it only connects to the internet when it's in the same room as the modem...how anticlimactic. But as I hunch over the kitchen counter, trying not to get distracted by the box of donuts on the worktop, in the remainder of my brain that is not dominated by pastry-based snacks, I actually have a more important subject in mind.
Guessed it yet?
Yeah, it's saving the world.
(Did I waste enough of your time telling you about my kitchen-based antics there? I think so)
Now that I'm actually on the subject I'd originally intended to talk about, I'll just get down to business.
I'm not going to bore you by telling you about how climate change is going to devastate this planet in just a few short years, nor am I going to tell you about how "IT'S ALL OUR FAUUULLLTT!" or "THE END IS COMING!!!" because I think that constantly hearing this drivel, although perfectly valid and true, actually puts people in defiance mode, dating back to the distant times when our parents told us to clean our room. Despite being told "it's for your own good" and "you'll love the benefits of having a bedroom floor that you can actually walk on", us as children knew that our parents were liars, deceiving us with empty promises in order to gain a bit of free slave labour.
Sounds familiar with the current situation on global warming? I think so.
Like many of you, I don't enjoy being told to tidy my room. I don't enjoy actually tidying my room. I don't even really like the finished product, if I were to continue the analogy. But my messy room has never threatened to kill me with extreme weather conditions, crop failures, floods, species extinction (it disrupts the whole food chain), hurricanes and forest fires.
Our messy planet can threaten these.
And it won't stop at just that.
Look, I'm just saying, our world is a pretty nice place to be at the moment. You might not know this; you probably don't even think about it very often, but it supports life, often a hell of a lot of life- people these days can live to a hundred or more! That's more than can be said for the other planets in our solar system. But it's precarious. Yet we're completely dependent on it if we want any hope at all of basic survival.
Why throw it all away for leaving all the lights on just because you can?
"So, what do we do?" I hear you cry. (Well, I don't 'hear' you, but...)
Well, this morning, whilst browsing my WWF magazine (if you don't support WWF you're really missing out, it's amazing and really inspirational - check out www.wwf.org ; you won't regret it) I spotted a feature at the back about Earth Hour.
If you haven't already heard of Earth Hour, it's basically a way of saving the planet that isn't hard- well, as the name suggests, it only takes an hour. But one hour around the globe can have a massive effect, this time in beneficialness, that one person alone cannot hope to achieve. Earth hour wants you to do one simple thing: turn off all your lights for one hour.
This hour will take place on Saturday 31 March at 8:30pm.
Ideas for stuff to do for the hour in the dark-
- Play murder in the dark
- Actually murder people in the dark (not recommended)
- Have a candlelit dinner (ooh, romantic. Considering today is Valentine's day... ouch, sorry, touchy subject for internet geeks, I know.)
- Tell ghost stories (-_-)
- Reflect (my personal favourite)
- Think of new ideas to save the world! (DEFINITELY recommended... ouch, enthusiasm overload. I apologize for that.)
"It's not just about an hour of darkness; it's about a brighter future"
I think Earth Hour is a brilliant idea. I'm saying this seriously now. Get involved- for your own good. "Suffer" without light for one hour this March- or suffer without hope for generations to come.
Find out more on www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour
OR... find out more in my future blogs-to-come.
I'm going to shut up now, but don't forget the message. Pass it on! Save the world!
To the probably about three people who've bothered to get to the end of this, you've been a wonderful audience.
"It's not just about an hour of darkness; it's about a brighter future"
Deep.
Whilst many of you will have read my display name or blog title and immediately assumed that the subject of this blog is how to make compost out of your apple cores or leftover fruit loops or whatever, but gladly this is not the case. The reason for my blog title is not that I have an abnormal interest in fruit-loop-shmear, though I'm sure fruit-loop-shmear is very precious to some. The reason for the kitchen location is just that my laptop's wireless range is so bad that it only connects to the internet when it's in the same room as the modem...how anticlimactic. But as I hunch over the kitchen counter, trying not to get distracted by the box of donuts on the worktop, in the remainder of my brain that is not dominated by pastry-based snacks, I actually have a more important subject in mind.
Guessed it yet?
Yeah, it's saving the world.
(Did I waste enough of your time telling you about my kitchen-based antics there? I think so)
Now that I'm actually on the subject I'd originally intended to talk about, I'll just get down to business.
I'm not going to bore you by telling you about how climate change is going to devastate this planet in just a few short years, nor am I going to tell you about how "IT'S ALL OUR FAUUULLLTT!" or "THE END IS COMING!!!" because I think that constantly hearing this drivel, although perfectly valid and true, actually puts people in defiance mode, dating back to the distant times when our parents told us to clean our room. Despite being told "it's for your own good" and "you'll love the benefits of having a bedroom floor that you can actually walk on", us as children knew that our parents were liars, deceiving us with empty promises in order to gain a bit of free slave labour.
Sounds familiar with the current situation on global warming? I think so.
Like many of you, I don't enjoy being told to tidy my room. I don't enjoy actually tidying my room. I don't even really like the finished product, if I were to continue the analogy. But my messy room has never threatened to kill me with extreme weather conditions, crop failures, floods, species extinction (it disrupts the whole food chain), hurricanes and forest fires.
Our messy planet can threaten these.
And it won't stop at just that.
Look, I'm just saying, our world is a pretty nice place to be at the moment. You might not know this; you probably don't even think about it very often, but it supports life, often a hell of a lot of life- people these days can live to a hundred or more! That's more than can be said for the other planets in our solar system. But it's precarious. Yet we're completely dependent on it if we want any hope at all of basic survival.
Why throw it all away for leaving all the lights on just because you can?
"So, what do we do?" I hear you cry. (Well, I don't 'hear' you, but...)
Well, this morning, whilst browsing my WWF magazine (if you don't support WWF you're really missing out, it's amazing and really inspirational - check out www.wwf.org ; you won't regret it) I spotted a feature at the back about Earth Hour.
If you haven't already heard of Earth Hour, it's basically a way of saving the planet that isn't hard- well, as the name suggests, it only takes an hour. But one hour around the globe can have a massive effect, this time in beneficialness, that one person alone cannot hope to achieve. Earth hour wants you to do one simple thing: turn off all your lights for one hour.
This hour will take place on Saturday 31 March at 8:30pm.
Ideas for stuff to do for the hour in the dark-
- Play murder in the dark
- Actually murder people in the dark (not recommended)
- Have a candlelit dinner (ooh, romantic. Considering today is Valentine's day... ouch, sorry, touchy subject for internet geeks, I know.)
- Tell ghost stories (-_-)
- Reflect (my personal favourite)
- Think of new ideas to save the world! (DEFINITELY recommended... ouch, enthusiasm overload. I apologize for that.)
"It's not just about an hour of darkness; it's about a brighter future"
I think Earth Hour is a brilliant idea. I'm saying this seriously now. Get involved- for your own good. "Suffer" without light for one hour this March- or suffer without hope for generations to come.
Find out more on www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour
OR... find out more in my future blogs-to-come.
I'm going to shut up now, but don't forget the message. Pass it on! Save the world!
To the probably about three people who've bothered to get to the end of this, you've been a wonderful audience.
"It's not just about an hour of darkness; it's about a brighter future"
Deep.
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