this saturday march 26 is EARTH HOUR!!!
at 20:30 (8:30pm) it would be ever so nice if you would turn your lights out for one hour. it's a small gesture but every long journey begins with a single step. some of us have already taken a few steps forward on this journey and sadly there are those of us that take a few steps backward every year. when i go past a local tim hortons, an incredibly popular coffee and donut operation, in the morning and see giant SUV's lined up all the way into the street to pick up a coffee from the drive thru i want to cry. it's bad enough that these people transport a few tons of iron and plastic around the city to pick up a coffee or pack of smokes but to sit for 20 minutes in a drive thru line up with their 6.0 litre hemi engines firing away is total insanity! would it kill them to park the beast and walk into the diner, exchange greetings with a few fellow human beings, smell the coffee and fresh donuts, place their order, pull out their plastic money and walk out with a cup of coffee? no, it's better to sit in their giant climate controlled beast and blab away on their iphone or text their little brains out on their crackberry.
if black history gets a month, women's history gets a month, poetry gets a month, asian pacific american heritage gets a month, hispanic heritage gets a month and american indian heritage gets a month; why does the earth only get a lousy hour???
how about black history hour and earth month?
a lousy month! let's give our planet a feckin decade or maybe a century or better yet, let's honor our planet every day!
does honoring the earth over blacks, asians, indians and hispanics make me a racist?
i love you sons of bitches.
oh yeah, did you hear bill maher's palin joke that has a few people annoyed?
"Did you hear this – Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she’s demanding that we invade 'Tsunami.' I mean she said, 'These 'Tsunamians' will not get away with this.’ Oh speaking of dumb twats, did you..." Maher said.
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Even better than that would be to replace all your light bulbs with energy efficient ones, which would do more for the Earth than one hour of darkness.
gb - i replaced all of our bulbs several years ago. 13 watts vs 60 watts = $$. it's nice to save money whilst reducing your carbon footprint.
Like you and I agreed on, on my blog, earlier, most people won't listen or act selflessly during these times. Your story about the gas guzzling SUVs is disheartening. I know what you mean. Not only are they and many like them are polluting the air we breathe without abandon but they're not doing themselves any favors, either.
They can go inside quicker and get their coffee and donuts and be out in a lot less time than sitting through the friggin' drive thru. They're morons.
And no, I don't think you're being racist... reasonable, yes. In our apartment, we turn everything off that we're not using, plus use the energy saving bulbs, as well. Every little bit helps. Imagine if we were all that considerate. sorry for the rambling here. Happens to be a topic I'm passionate about. And that's another damn thing, whatever happened to being passionate about something? It's almost like everyone is afraid to take a stand for what's right. Too many emotionless droids out there, for my taste.
Okay... done now. :-)
Oh yes, I'll turn the lights off for longer than an hour. Light some candles... yes, yes. Very good idea. ;)
(I love Fr. Ted. Not in the candle kind of way.)
I often wrestle with this one; I am supposed to sacrifice while the self-indulgent dolts carry on wasting energy, water... hell the list goes on.
I recall back when conservation policies of the Carter administration were enacted in earnest. The result was that Southern California Con Edison RAISED their rates because their revenue was down due to conservation being so successful. Part of me just doesn't want to be viewed as a sucker.
I live in the city and depend on public transportation to get around. I'm fortunate because Boston has a good subway system and bus system, and I'm no more than 10 to 20 minutes by foot to get to rail transportation or the "T" or water taxi to the airport.
If I need to travel where public transportation can't get me, I can rent a Zip Car.
I have the efficient light bulbs in every lamp, but actually prefer candles in the evening when having supper--better atmosphere.
Heat is turned down to 60 degrees every night.
I don't care if my small little gestures mean nothing to the overconsumers, I do this because I agree with what Chief Seattle once said:
"All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth."
~Chief Seattle, Suqwamish and Duwamish~
Lights will be turned off.
Here in the States, we want to make our habit of guzzling gas while texting and talking into a set of rights protected by the "founding fathers."
And, I can't speak for my sisters, but, for my money, if they'll give Earth it's own century, I'll settle for a mere Women's Year.
kelly - i was just looking for an excuse to post a clip of my favorite priest. fathers jack and doogal are pretty good too.
jayne - now i'll think of father ted when i here candle in the wind. i like that.
robert - raising rates is probably a good idea. higher prices are one of the few things that work with us humans.
shaw - you put most of us to shame. maybe chief seattle should be quoted on currency. e pluribus unum is getting a little old.
nance - if the founding fathers were around today would they word things a little differently?
Bill Maher is great, wish I could watch him more.
If I can't get through a drive through at Wendy's in three minutes, forget it.
My lights use zilch for energy, but you already know that.
And these assholes with SUV's wonder why they get burned up at times.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (pictured) government falls after failing a vote of non-confidence.
I'm not sure what that means to the rest of us but would the last person leaving all the government buildings please turn out the lights?
billy - it means we are going to have a federal election in may. the assholes will all be promising to give us stuff that we have to pay for ourselves but the pricks make out like they're doing us a favor.
wake me when it's over.
I read my book for an hour by candle light..Dexter thinks I'm nuts.
Kelly sent me. It appears you and I have at LEAST one thing in common!
I'm glad I stopped by....
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