After watching The Cove the other night, I was feeling pretty miserable and depressed: the slaughtered dolphins, the polluted oceans, the toxins flowing up the food chain and into our lunches… what hope is there for our rotting planet?! But Despair leads to Stagnation which leads to our planet turning into a toxic waste dump all the faster. Instead let’s focus on the little changes we can all make in our everyday lives to help slow down the rate of climate change and protect what natural environment we have left. Such as:
1. Use public transportation instead of driving a car. Better yet, ride a bike.
2. Stop eating hamburgers. The worldwide meat production industry produces more greenhouse gases than cars do.
3. Or at least, whatever you eat, eat organic. Pesticides are poison.
4. Recycle. We all do it, but it’s easy to forget why.
5. Support companies that use recycled and reused materials.
6. Live in a city. Cities are more energy efficient than suburbs and rural areas. Pat yourself on the back if you happen to live in New York, one of the greenest cities in the world.
7. Read more sci-fi. The Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson will help you prepare for, and maybe even look forward to, your emigration to another planet after ours has depleted its resources.
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