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Blog Action Day 2009, Climate Change , Industrial Damage

Thursday, 15. October 2009, 10:19:00

it is a fact that the human race living in the "Industrial period" in the US and the rest of the World,

IS fully responsible for the destruction of the planet.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/in_pictures/suffolk_from_the_air/gallery/4.htm
Suffolk from the air
Photographs copyright Suffolk County Council Education Department.
Photographs taken by Chris Garnett. Additional photos by Clive Cartmel.

It is unfortunate to say the least,

that many times we humans are not in touch with our conscience, and we either do not see the problem we create,

or we do not wish to see the reality!
The reality is,

the destruction is not only local but Universal.

The question here will be,

are our human mistakes ever going to be controlled?

or will they be fatal in 1000 years from now?

What if "man" faces the annihilation as a result of these mistakes?

Local flooding at Carolina Beach, NC, due to this summer's elevated sea level anomaly on the East Coast.
High resolution (Credit: Island Gazette Newspaper)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090831_tides.html




It is sad to hear that in many International meetings the reduction of the carbon dioxide is set to 20-30% ,

when many European countries

allow the industries to emit as much as carbon dioxide they wish without economical taxes or penalties.

Also a fact: 99.9% of the time no officials even participate in the environmental meetings!

Why are our International laws so weak?

Our bad treatment of our planet had a result of

a.The Greenhouse gases at their highest level in the 420,000 year of our planet existence,

b.The average level of the sea elevated by 10 inches in the 20th century,

and

c.the temperature increased by close to 7F.

As a result the sea level will increase by another 24 inches at the end of the 21st century ...

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1016-amazon.html

Throughout September 2007, intense fires burned across South America, and the skies were frequently thick with smoke. Carbon monoxide is one of several gases released by burning vegetation. Because of its relatively long lifetime in the atmosphere, carbon monoxide is a good tracer of smoke-related pollution.

Just imagine our temperatures reaching 130F

at the end of this century alone;

we will pretty much reach the temperatures of Venus ..



Unless we learn in time what we are really doing

and what we are going to end up with,

we'll simply continue to destroy our planet

and enter the road to no return!

LET'S NOT FORGET THIS PLANET DOES NOT BELONG TO US,

WE INHERITED IT FROM OUR ANCESTORS AND WE HAVE BORROWED IT FROM OUR KIDS!

Pool Tricks by Pavel PolednoNew York Botanical Garden a Week ago...

Comments

Charles Schloss 15. October 2009, 04:25

Does it seem like Florida has the sinking feeling?

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 04:31

yes,
and part of Manhattan Island for that matter...
I was actually tempted to add a picture of statistics on Florida sinking,
but the visuals I ended up were more that I anticipated...

Darko 15. October 2009, 04:40

There are too many of us. And we need more. There is some truth in what Agent Smith said:

"Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure."

:lol:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 04:43

Originally posted by gdare:

You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area




:up: very true ,and if we only were happy staying on earth :D somehow we attack the moon now days...

Dacotah 15. October 2009, 05:06

Great post Angeliki.
I think we have reach the point of no return. :frown:

Darko 15. October 2009, 05:13

Today Moon, tomorrow Mars and in few decades some moon around Jupiter.....

Kiran 15. October 2009, 08:45

Nice post. :up:
We need a global effort to stop the global warming. Developing countries should adopt the environment friendly technologies from the beginning.

I Say Thee Nay! 15. October 2009, 10:36

Excellent post, Angeliki!

There is hope, and, as usual, it has nothing to do with politicians. It has more to do with local communities doing their bit. A good showcase of this is a program I've started watching recently called Costa's Garden Odyssey. Each week, he looks at different parts of Australia as they participate in community gardening, composting, water saving techniques, cooking and the more spiritual aspects of gardening.

You might like it. :smile:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 11:02

Originally posted by gdare:

Jupiter.



hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm somehow I have a feeling we are toooooo ambitious here! :heart:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 11:04

Originally posted by Dacotah:

I think we have reach the point of no return.




I am always thinking positive , I have hope of th new talks with China that Barack started... I still believe thas we "yes, we can " :smile:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 11:04

Originally posted by KYren:

Developing countries should adopt the environment friendly technologies from the beginning.



or be enforced to do so.... :up:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 11:07

Originally posted by clean:

Each week, he looks at different parts of Australia as they participate in community gardening, composting, water saving techniques, cooking and the more spiritual aspects of gardening.



What a wonderful program it seems!!! :yes: :hat: :up:

actually as an extension of this my next post will be with pics from the New York Botanical Garden we took last week. Bee hives, and vegetation that give the visitor the urge to change things around...
:o:: :heart: thanks for the link

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 11:49

Nice post, I have just finished mine too.

It is sad to hear that in many International meetings the reduction of the carbon dioxide is set to 20-30% , when many European countries allow the industries to emit as much as carbon dioxide they wish without economical taxes or penalties.


You're right, but I also think many European countries are ahead with many environmental laws and economical taxes and penalties.
It's not without reason a lot of industries are moving out of Europe to the the east were there are hardly any rules.

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 12:10

Originally posted by jekav:

You're right, but I also think many European countries are ahead with many environmental laws and economical taxes and penalties.




I was reading the laws on it in the Greek language,
I was surprised to see that Greece is not enforcing any at all and never sends representatives to the meetings :cry:


Originally posted by jekav:

It's not without reason a lot of industries are moving out of Europe to the the east were there are hardly any rules.




very true!
I wonder if Dubai has any... I am still thinking of the jobs I turned down in Dubai, somehow I get an urge to accept the next time around (if it ever comes...:D )

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 12:12


PS


Originally posted by jekav:

Nice post, I have just finished mine too.




I love your post Jurjen!
you put us all to shame with your visuals and writing,
proud of you BIG TIME! :up: :hat::headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :idea:

Kiran 15. October 2009, 12:52

:D O, hallo, Angeliki, enforce? So how many weapon factories do you intend to build to make this enforcement work? Remember I am from a developing country.
I think knowledge and awareness is the only way to do it. Let people know that they are shooting into their own feet by not taking care of the nature.

Dacotah 15. October 2009, 13:19

:smile:

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 14:10

Originally posted by ellinidata:

I was surprised to see that Greece is not enforcing any at all and never sends representatives to the meetings


There is still a lot to do. I think many eastern europe countries lack environmental rules as well. Western countries can force countries through the EU, which does kind of work.

I think western countries need to make the example, we cannot point to big industry countries like china or india. We started polluting, we became rich from it, now it's time to take action.

I don't think Dubai has many environmental rules. I don't think it makes such a great place to live neither....

Originally posted by ellinidata:

you put us all to shame with your visuals and writing,

Thanks :o:, but please don't feel ashamed! Yours is just as wonderful! :up:

Kyren, I agree, but you'll need some force, without it there will always be people that think they can pollute a bit more (just your 'small' amount of pollution doesn't make a difference on a global scale) and have economic advantage to those that don't pollute. Fact is, almost everyone would think this way, which means no improvement. People are egoistic from nature, we just can't do it without rules :frown:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 16:03

Originally posted by KYren:

Remember I am from a developing country.



yes I do remember that KYren, and I also know about the waste lands in India...:frown:

no guns in my thinking or effort , never guns...

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 16:11

Originally posted by jekav:

I think western countries need to make the example, we cannot point to big industry countries like china or india. We started polluting, we became rich from it, now it's time to take action.




I believe the above mentioned countries,
were eager to use any left over materials from computers ,phones, cars,
as a result they became the dumpster of the world,.
In addition the low wages made many industries move to these countries ,
and they ended up dealing with situations that did not see coming...

It is sad to see kids working in tho fields of used materials,
finding what ever can be used again,
when their small bodies absorb chemicals that will eventually make them VERY VERY sick :frown:


PainterWoman 15. October 2009, 16:14

Great post Angeliki. The only thing I can do is my small part. Because styrafoam does NOT biograde, I try to remember to bring a small container and a piece of aluminum foil with me whenever I go out to eat. I can never finish the big portions given and always have to take them home.

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 16:19

Originally posted by PainterWoman:

The only thing I can do is my small part. Because styrafoam does NOT biograde, I try to remember to bring a small container and a piece of aluminum foil with me whenever I go out to eat.




every single thing counts!

turning off the lights in rooms that are not used, reporting water leaks, donating old cell phones to a fire/police dept for proper disposal, planting a tree...it all makes a difference...or educating others! we all can make a difference!

Originally posted by PainterWoman:

Great post Angeliki.




:o: thanks Pam

starree 15. October 2009, 16:27

some people here in florida have sinking insurance actually :frown: (my mom told me that)

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 16:28

Originally posted by ellinidata:

It is sad to see kids working in tho fields of used materials,
finding what ever can be used again,


mmm, yes, this just made me think of something.
You have this brand that makes bags out of small pieces of plastics the very poor people in, I think Inda, find in scrapyards. It is supposed to be a very noble initiative, because it recycles the plastic, and it gives income to the poorest of poorest. But on the other hand, it also invites those people to walk around scrapyards all day, which is very unhealthy.... :frown:
I can't really make up my mind whether this initiative is good of not...

edit: here is the link of the company: http://www.ragbag.eu/index.php

Kiran 15. October 2009, 16:49

Jekav, yes, rules might help, but change of the mindset is the way to bring a change properly. We have many laws against many evils, eg. female foeticide, child labouring, discrimination. But majority doesn't know about them(illiteracy), and the ones who know them help people break them by taking bribes. Ultimately, change of the mentality is the answer to a lot of problems we have. Our idiot news media will show the faces of our politicians, filmstars and even astrologers 24/7 but it doesn't have even 30 mins a day to spread awareness about these issues. Awareness, change of heart and fast spread of knowledge was/is the 'key to the Renaissance'.
I always have this strange utopian world view where there's always a scope for the good things. I have written in my blog the things you have mentioned, read it please, I'd complete the posts by the end of this month.

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 16:54

I agree with you!

I have to say that over here awareness to the issue is spread by politicians, media and environmental organizations. I see around me these things really starting to work. People are wanting cleaner stuff now. :smile: Still there is a long way to travel :smile:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 21:25

Originally posted by starree:

some people here in florida have sinking insurance actually :frown:



yes, it is true! sad but true! not that they will needed any time soon but the property will be insured in case a sudden over floating happens

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 21:30

Originally posted by jekav:

because it recycles the plastic, and it gives income to the poorest of poorest.


sweat shops do the same... give jobs, if we keep our kids , and by *our* I mean the kids of the world safe, and we invest in their education, their poverty level will change... I have a link in my sidebar that shows how much we spend a day in war... if only those moneys went to the right direction... and you can call me a dreamer,
but I want to hope.... if I lose hope I will be questioning life on earth and that will be sad :frown:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 21:34

Originally posted by KYren:

Our idiot news media will show the faces of our politicians, filmstars and even astrologers 24/7 but it doesn't have even 30 mins a day to spread awareness about these issues.



I hate to say that the people elect the politicians...

Awareness is a must and not only in India but around the world...

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 21:35

Originally posted by jekav:

I see around me these things really starting to work. People are wanting cleaner stuff now.




that's what I call "hope" :yes:

Dr. John v. Kampen 15. October 2009, 21:40

Nice post.... and so provocative! Haha. No comment.

:zip:


p:

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 21:45

Originally posted by ellinidata:

I hate to say that the people elect the politicians...


Yes and people elect people that tell them what they want to hear, not what they should hear. That's the weakness of democracy...

Originally posted by ellinidata:

I lose hope I will be questioning life on earth and that will be sad

When I start reasoning it often makes me sad... wonder why that is :worried:

Still there is always hope and in the end everything will be fine I think :smile:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 22:22

Originally posted by nepmak2000:

Nice post.... and so provocative! Haha. No comment.



stinker p: + :heart:

PS
I was just talking about your posts at Jurjens'..
he did an amazing post on the subject ....

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 22:23

Originally posted by jekav:

I think



I love your way of thinking :up:

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 22:30

Just don't ask me what I consider 'in the end' :lol:

Angeliki 15. October 2009, 23:06

:lol: I won't , and if I do simply do not answer...
I think we should start adding visual with people reducing clothing due to Global Warming... I mean the day is over for most of the European countries to start with... message given,
post done,
time for some visuals!




Angeliki 15. October 2009, 23:09

Homer: Doh! both visuals above did not appear! some pictures are hard to share!

Jurjen 15. October 2009, 23:25

Well never mind I retrieved them :smile:


(click to enlarge)

Originally posted by ellinidata:

I mean the day is over for most of the European countries to start with... message given,post done,time for some visuals!

Yes, I'm closing down now too, great ending of the day! Thanks :up: :smile:

PS. You've got them from the Sweaty Women Thread didn't you? p:
(thank Mr. Google for me)

scott cumming 15. October 2009, 23:45

that says it all my love. :love: well done. :up:
these are very hard truths and i am afraid that the status quo
just doesn't want to believe it. :mad:

Angeliki 16. October 2009, 03:48

Originally posted by jekav:

(thank Mr. Google for me)



ROFL :lol: :lol: :lol: no sweaty girl has a chance around you! you sure tracked them down!!! :yes:

Angeliki 16. October 2009, 03:50

Originally posted by I_ArtMan:

well done.



:o: :heart: thanks meli

Originally posted by I_ArtMan:

these are very hard truths


we did touch these subjects in the past... I know you care deeply and I love you for it :smile:

scott cumming 16. October 2009, 04:10

i do. i always have cared about the whole world. i feel sorry for everyone. but i still have high hopes that the good that men do, and women of course, will turn the tide. it just takes time. :happy:

Kimberly 17. October 2009, 19:17

great post

Angeliki 17. October 2009, 23:41

:o: :heart: thank you

The Apprentice. 22. November 2009, 19:24

Excelente artículo. Me ha costado encontrar sitio para poner este comentario. Saludos.
---
Excellent article. I struggled to find space to put this comment. Greetings.:up:

Angeliki 22. November 2009, 19:30

:o: :heart: thank you Antonio for your kind comment :smile:

The Apprentice. 22. November 2009, 19:36

... no se merecen. :wink:

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