Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare

It's really hard for me to speak after watching this documentary. I'm overwhelmed with the feeling that if I am contributing to the globalization process that thrives on and perpetuates human misery such as this, I hope I would have the decency to my fellow man to shoot myself in the face. I don't want to do this, so I'm looking very carefully at my life right now. I suggest others do the same. And while I'm not a person of institutionalized faith, a very certain and solid emotion sits in my gut right now that people who are currently profiteering on war, famine, prostitution, and crippling the minds and bodies of children, these people are going to sooner or later, one life or another, find themselves eating piles of their own HIV infected, maggot-covered shit. Like any other boddhisattva out there I'm a fan of compassion, but some people have just pressed their luck too far, and whether or not they will eventually face a hell for these actions, it's in the best interest of those of us, who still have a chance to make something of ourselves and the rest of the world, to tell the assholes to quit fucking up this divine gift of life we have and bite the bullet--literally. We'll be fine without you, "don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall."

Earth Hour: March 28th 8:30-9:30pm

I recently just watched a Podcast from green tv about the WWF (World-Wide Fund for Nature) about their upcoming push for Earth Hour. The concept is very simple, but the impact can be huge.

At 8:30 pm local time on March 28th, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, just turn the lights off for 60 minutes. (While you’re at it, turn everything off. The food in your fridge won’t spoil in an hour, unplug your toilet seat heater, unplug the TV that drains elecrtiricity even when switched off).

Check out the green tv Podcast here.

And visit the Earth Hour website here.

Imagine the impact if somehow the entire world could carry-out this collective ation: a rolling blackout across the entire Earth! Instant proof that our actions do affect this planet we live on, and that we have direct control over the extent which our lifestyles affect Earth. No doubt this it is a daunting task, but even if a small percentage of people worldwide participates, satellites in orbit would be able to witness the change.

I really urge people to take a look at these links and make a pledge to participate! This is especially important in Japan, because at the time when I signed up yesterday there we no (that’s right, zero) participants or events that I could find in Japan!!! I hope this isn’t the case, but if so, there’s a lot of work to be done in the next 13 days. Check out what you can do to help get worldwide leaders to recognize that we need to collectively do more to protect the environment. For example, you can organize an Earth Hour event or get-together, get some candles, and at 8:30 enjoy being unplugged from the grid and plugged-in to good ‘ol clean energy fun.

Peace,

Salem