Environmentalism I: Because I’m Cool!!
Is it not about time that we did something about our environment? Although Bahrain has a couple of organizations that are concerned with the environment, one finds the local majority completely ignorant about issues like energy conservation, recycling, global warming and climate change.
Perhaps I would be criticized for claiming the ignorance of the majority here, and so I shall take up the challenge and bet the majority to prove me wrong on this one, for I’d be glad to lose this time.
The facts do remain though. Many people still litter, and many others leave their lights on unnecessarily, think that stand-by modes are energy efficient, crank up air conditioning to freezing levels, and cannot properly spell the word “recycle” (or any positively associated word with the prefix “re-”).
During the previous bloggers meeting, and thanks to a wiseman and a star, we had achieved the “blogger’s prophecy” (which requires the common presence of three or more bloggers at any one time and place) and an epiphany was bestowed upon us.
It was to do something “cool”; to become (following eMoodian fractionalogy) half blogger, half prophet, and half tree-hugger.
Prophecies don’t lie, and thus I found myself googling environmentalism and stumbled upon my inescapable destiny. I clicked-through to GlobalCool.Org. There, I came across one of my eternal loves, whom I fell even more in love with her after reading her following quote:
“Stop completely twatting your planet, because we haven’t got anywhere else to live.“
And so, my environmentalism mini-season begins.
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bint battuta
Great post, looking forward to more in the season…and let’s hope your enthusiasm is contagious!
Sep 29th, 2007
um naief
i’m a big tree hugger… have been for years. one of the biggest things that really got me down about bahrain is that most don’t recycle, and more refuse to learn anything about it.
it’s terrible, and, i have to say, that i agree w/ your statement in that a lot of ppl don’t really know that much about it. or choose not to learn.
one of my SILs, a few years ago, was driving to the store and threw out a bunch of garbage on the street and laughed. she knows nothing about recycling nor does she care. i find that attitude to be applauded in many circles.
one day this island will be nothing but a dump site and then it’ll be too late. i look forward to hearing more about this… and glad to know that there are others out there like me.
Sep 30th, 2007
H.
@bb: YES!! Enthusiasm!! I’m thinking of getting a tree custom with “HUG ME!!” written all over it :3
@um naief: You know what really puzzles me? What is it that goes on in the heads of those who litter? Don’t they think about where it will end up (if it ends up at all)? How would they feel about someone littering at their doorstep?
Sep 30th, 2007
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