Ozone friendly cargo ship

Looks weird but I guess it's nice to see diesel hungry ships like this sailing in our oceans with "sails" literally. :)

A simple solution to the global problem called climate change

Everybody is into the topic of climate change and global warming nowadays. Well, that's good because earth is benefiting in one way or another. However, I guess it is more helpful if we start practicing what we preach in a passionate manner.

Here are few life-changing options/solutions that could probably cause tremendous effect in changing the course of climate change especially when done in unison (I'm calling this list the "oil economy killer"):

1. Ride a bicycle to work (best when work is at least a kilometer or two away from home);
2. Find a work near your house (in case you don’t have one yet );
3. Walk when going to work (wearing flip-flops can make walking more comfortable) ;
4. Ride on a metro train when going to work or shopping (metro trains generally runs on electricity);
5. Work at home and online (obviously, this option doesn’t even require you to leave home).

I believe that doing the list above in unity - could send gas companies to bankruptcy. Well, who cares about some few greedy oil capitalist anyway?

Raging planet

Our planet is rapidly experiencing change; and that inevitable circumstance, is making as repay Mother Nature.

This is not a time for skepticism, and rethinking the way we deal with our planet is very important. The only solution is to act. Yea, we should act now before it’s too late. Mother Nature’s fury is an irresistible force that is beyond our estimation. We’ve seen her done it in the past, now, and probably even worst in the future. There’s no way out and it don’t matter who and where you are when she rage for revenge. Let’s act, that’s the only way. No matter how small your move is to reduce the damage we humans do to our ailing planet, it counts more than not doing anything at all.

Topical storms or typhoons cannot be avoided. But the magnitudes of the natural disasters that are ravaging our planet are unprecedented nowadays. Clearly, there must be something very wrong on how we treat our planet, our home.

I felt so sad about what happened in Metro Manila and some other places in the Philippines because of typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), which caused flood in Biblical proportion (deluge). The damage and loss is beyond comprehension. The terror is unimaginable; you can see it in the people’s eyes. The cities and towns are drowned in deep waters. Cars stacked-up together. Two or three story houses are flooded up to the roofs. There’s mud all-over after the water had subsided. Almost everything are rendered useless. What can be  more terrifying?

Yet, there is more terrifying than that... The fact that the climate change and global warming are getting their toll; the fact that Mother Nature is not taking the way we deal with her for granted, and that she is seriously taking her revenge - is more terrifying than anything else. Why? Because we don’t know what to expect what will happen yet, that is why!

Now, think. Think about what will happen tomorrow. Things to you don’t expect to happen could just happen in the blink of an eye. Remember Katrina. Polar caps are thinning. In the late eighties and the nineties, we were told that the Ozone is thinning. Now, what will we expect to happen? We are on a situation that disasters are not only waiting but are bound to happen.

Let’s not be hypocrites and skeptics about climate change and global warming because that won’t help in any manner. Thinking of something to contribute to reduce the damage we are doing to our planet is a must and an obligatory human responsibility.

Yes, we can rebuild from one storm to another, but lives lost will never be returned. Our inaction and excuses might cost our own lives.

Please help reduce climate change and global warming. It’s the only way to reduce Mother Nature’s rage.

Help save our planet with blogs and feeds

Yes, I believe that blogs and feeds (rss or atom) can dramatically help save the earth by helping reduce climate change and global warming.

I believe that we should start reading blogs and use feed readers (e.g. Google Reader), because deforestation can be reduced when we start reading the news online. Trees are needed to make paper for the news and this is eliminated if we read on blogs or feeds. Newspapers end up not more than garbage at the end of the day, so I think it's more practical to read them digitally.

I know that tree cutting and pollution from papers is not the main culprit on what is happening to our planet. Removing some of the causes why earth is dying will not completely solve the problem, but that's better than doing nothing at all.

We can't say that the traditional way to get the news is evil. But, we already are in point that our planet needs serious help.

Blogs and feeds are basically free resources available via the internet and obviously these web initiatives don't cause pollution. All you need is an internet connection and a computer or any capable device for access.

To help save our planet, we need to harness every tools technology has offer for more radical results. We've got blogs and syndication ready to replace the old and not so friendly (to nature) ways of getting news and information and I think it's about time for us to make that change for the better.

Do you agree with this?

Saving our planet by “resisting technology”

The polar caps are shrinking and this for sure will have a significant effect to our ecosystem. Unless we do something to stop such detrimental occurrence, we are close to the extinction of the human race. Otherwise we should start evolving into somewhat helium or nitrogen breathing beings. Undeniably, such shrinkage resulted from depleting the Ozone layer. Such depletion of the Ozone layer is but just natural because the sun is eternally passing through it and host of activities of the planet that happens every day. Such is acceptable if the depletion happens in a natural way because the nature itself can still have the time to replace what is lost. What makes nature not being able to replace what is lost is man-made pollution that is actually damaging our ecosystem in a massive scale.

We might have proved that mankind is an intelligent life form. But what is intelligent about irresponsible existence. The more we focus on progress, the more we tend to destroy our planet.

Technology has made our lives a lot easier, but now it seems that technology tends to shorten the reign of human race in this little corner in the Milky Way. Mankind’s progression in all aspect is somehow leading to exhaustion of natural resources and essential elements that host a living organism or being.

So what can we do now in order to avoid such detrimental effects of man’s own existence itself? I believe that one of the ways is to “resist technology”. Why? Because “resisting technology” makes sense more than progressing it to avoid further damage. Progression means studies, tests and applications. To resist simply means simply not doing anything or slowing down. Whether or not the progression is designed to save our planet, the footprints is more damaging than not.

I believe that it’s not too late for us to help our ailing planet. It’s just a matter of slowing down a bit to avoid further damage. I hope you agree with me and start doing something about it. Sharing what you think could our planet is believe one of the noblest thing to do. I hope you help me strengthen this statement with your supporting comments. Or, you may just drop your opinions or views - for us to see what you think about the state of our planet, our home.

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Global warming

Global warming is an alarming issue. Climate change resulting to extreme weather conditions followed by floods and soil erosion are happening everywhere and only God knows when and how massive the damage they’ll bring (hey! the continents are shrinking! look closely at the picture above). These natural calamities are oftentimes disastrous, and nobody's able to stop them if they happen (unless you have supernatural powers). Partly, to blame is global warming!

Unless we do our part to at least minimize global warming and other harsh actions against our ecosystem, our children and our children's children has no clear future to have a beautiful and clean planet.

What have you done lately to minimize global warming?

Resisting technology

You're resisting technology if you are:

1. still using filo instead of a PDA;

2. sending mail via the post office (snail mail) instead of using e-mail (electronic mail);

3. reading news on paper instead on a rss reader;

4. playing VHS tapes instead of DVD;

5. using dial-up instead on broadband Internet.

There's more to complete the list, what else do you think resist technology?