Green Spirit

I was thinking, today that the world on the whole is NOT green. We are not eco-friendly.

I want to scold those of you who throw paper in the bin, drive to work five minutes down the road, leave the tap on while washing up, leave the lights on in the house becasue you are coming back in ten minutes, etc.

THIS IS NOT GOOD!

The planet is not a freebie and sooner or later, we are going to suffer the consequences of our actions! As a stat, USA is the most 'gas-guzzling' nation in the world and I'm sure many of the other European countries aren't far behind...no offence meant to anyone.

Please post here so that more people are made aware of this global, serious problem!

To get you started,

I recycle paper, glass, old clothes, and cardboard. I also walk to the corner shops or take a bike, unless it's dark and dangerous. I turn off all lights as I leave the room and we use tube lights, a more efficient, just as bright version of the light bulb.

Did you know that a light bulb is about 10% light and 90% heat and other energies?

Did you know that boiling a kettle uses more than 0.1 kWhrs? That is 36,000 joules per second! (in britain only I think, if my calculations are right and they should be!)

Yep, and that boiling of the kettle costs.... 1 pence? But no, I completely agree with everything that WL is saying... although she is DRIVEN to the Subway which is 15 minutes walk away from school......... :D

Okay, all this energy-wasting is really not good. Carbon dioxide emissions have risen loads in the past few years, simply because of everything WL said. So agree with her. And help to save the planet!

Small islands could be gone in the next 20 years if something isn't done about the amount of carbon dioxide getting out into the atmosphere... and that means no Hong Kong, and that'd just kill me!!!! Save HK, people!!!!

I agree.. totally...

SAVE THE PLANET!!!

but we need to get EVERYONE's attention on this...

it's a very serious problem, people...

and, yes, hong kong could be gone in 20 years... and other islands as well... Portugal would be reduced to half, and coasts would disapear...

well, a lot of BAD stuff would happen...

STP!

Actually swift...subway was on the way home...thirty minutes away by car...and if I walked, then i would have to walk back and drive the distance ANYWAY!

Since i have two peopl who agree, I think I will make some sort of...i dunno...maybe a poll to create more awareness.

Did you know that there is a multi BILLION dollor project in Dubai to build a megastructure out at sea? If water levels rise anymore...then...what a colossal waste of money!

Save the POLAR BEARS! and other creatures who are going to be driven to extinction becasue of other reason apart from water levels. :albino: :rendeer:

.... Somehow your representation of those animals fails to enlighten me.

You know, I think most things are pretty useless. I mean, we can live without all those things that are of no particular use except for luxury. For example, iPods. I'm being totally hypocritical because I love my iPod, but I had an mp3 player before that, and that does exactly the same job, so where's the point in creating more merchandise that's just wasting our planet's resources??!

It's stupid, really...

I have a long driveway (almost half a mile) and in the summer I sometimes walk down 2 get the mail. It's saving energy and great exercise.!

Wow you have a long driveway. Yay for exercise lol. I *would* walk to school if it wasn't 9 miles away..... lol

Hey I like to recycle. And I crush cans. Duuude I earned some money for the can crushing thing and helped saved from the polluting of the inviroment.
I think it is important ot save the earth. Cuz we can't let all the pollution kill it. Where would we live at then? Some food for thought.

Peace,

Jesse

You really are on a roll. A good roll. Like Swiss roll... mmm.... okay, wrong thread. Anyway, I agree. The world would be a much better place if we all recycled and did stuff that was actually helpful instead of just... polluting. Although I guess we do all pollut if we switch a light on, or boil a kettle, or cook some food.... meh.

One more thing I just wanted to add is that I think that people shouldn't polute the oceans.Lots of animals die cuz of toxics(sp) in the water. There's a park nearby here and they closed the swimming area because of the problems with dumping waist into the water.

Man that sucks cuz who wants to swim in the same water people pee in gross

The poor earth has to deal with such things and man who knows what would happen if the spirit woke up and attacked the human race? We'd all be in trouble.


I am against oil drilling too. Oil spills happen too much and nobody should touch the rain forest.
Duude I 'm getting emotional. Need to go to another post.

I mean if I ruled the world there wouldn't be pollutions this bad. And I would make laws that you guys wouldn't believe ~evil smirk~

Oh and for the record I Mother Earth

Jesse

One day, you're gonna run out of things to say, Jesse.

Polluting the waters is one of the worst things. Even throwing rubbish in the seas kills animals... I mean, water animals, like seals, or baby seals, they can get caught up in those plastic beer-packs that get chucked into the sea. And then they die!

The rainforests too. Stupid forestting and cutting down trees that could save lives. Grr those people.

Everyone remember to cut the sides of those can holder things otherwise they will kill the dolphins who curiously, innocently stick their noses in them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care of the earth...respect the earth and she will respect you...I believe that the Earth is a goddess (Bhoomi Devi - Hinduism)...she gave birth to an evil son called Nakasur (I think) who hurt her (literally) and so Vishnu ji killed him to protect the earth!!!

Learn from that story... I'll leave it up to you guys to think up all the symbolism.

What an evil son and flipping hell you're nearly on 600 posts. Flip.

Yes, that was what I was talking about, WL. For very obvious reasons I can actually see you saying that.

Mother Earth is a beautiful thing. Well, it would be in certain places if the so called leaders of this world would do something about it. Now, I'm not openly criticising the way the world is run, but if that Bush guy who calls himself a Christian (Yes, you know, because Christians soooooo send people to their deaths...[yes, that's called sarcasm]) doesn't do something about the amount of pollution his country is giving off, we're all gonna die sooner rather than later.

And I want to be safe in saying, I have absolutely nothing against Americans. Well, maybe 'cept Bush.

I think lots of british people are against bush but he is none of our business so let's not turn this into a politics debate...though someone can start a thread for that if they want....

Swift, i don't get you. And what's wrong with me being on nearly 600?

Also, the safety of the world doesn't have to be national. If each and everyone of use does something to help, then the world will have a difference in it already.

Just keep on with whatever you do for the world. If you think you don't think you do enough, then do more!

WL, you'll never get me. Never in the history of this oh so beautiful planet will anyone ever get me. FIVE DAYS AGO YOU WERE ON 200 POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, the safety of the world doesn't have to be international. But for the world to not die, the biggest country, who gives off the most pollution, has to do something about it, because all the other countries put together probably aren't as bad.

Lol...I said no politics swift...they could offend...tut tut.

I don't want to be blamed for offense.

Let's move onto the ozone layer...STOP THE CFCs! Chloro-Fluoro-Carbons!

P.S. Swift...you have 700 posts...i have 600 at the mo. Is there a problem? *Asks in a psychologist voice*

You've been on here a shorter time than me, you dolt!

CFCs!!!! Evil evil evil evil evil evil evil things! Much like the Slytherins.

Back to the topic, I think that everything needs to be made biodegradeable. And quickly. Because then, we'd have more space in the Earth to store stuff that we possible don't need anymore, and there would be less carbon doixide being given off because of those microbes respiring and whatnot and then we'd have more oxygen because the world would be full of plants and friken hell I'm rambling.

Swift! Don't discriminate!

if things were biodegradable then there would also be space for farms instead of rubbish tips. You could feed so many people from a third world country if there were more farms and less space for cattle...which are used in burgers that that are unbelievably unhealthy anyway.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.... Slytherins like being evil!!! That's why they're Slytherins...... DUH!

Yes, agreed. Yuck for burgers. I much prefer chicken burgers. Or, more preferably, Subways. I am so on the wrong thread right now.

THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF! Actually, we could help out, but that'd have to be the whole nation, and hey, we're a nation of litterers. Now, if we lived in JAPAN, we'd be quite eco-friendly, and actually wouldn't need to worry about littler because there's none of it. Nice speckly whilte tiles. I mean sparkly. Not speckly. Like those dot things!!!!!! Frik I'm rambling today.

How about we all write to our respective governments?

FRIK YOU'RE A THIRD YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *goes to post in party thread... after she's done this one*

You know, I think the governments are trying (without much success) to do something about it all, but apparently, there are more important things to be worrying about. What, I don't know. Terrorism, maybe. But that's off the point.

Most of it comes down to individual participation, methinks. I mean, sure, the government can pass laws (which they've tried), but seriously, have you seen people litter still? Yesterday I saw a guy putting a beer can on a windowsill after drinking it. That could be happening anywhere at the same time, and plus, government money would be saved because they wouldn't need to pay people to pick up any litter!

My brother was taught this song to the tune of "Ten Green Bottles" - it's really cute and it educates young children to not pollute the streets:

Don't Drop Litter...Put it in the bin!
Don't drop Litter...Put it in the bin!
If you ever drop litter...you have to put it in the bin.
So just Don't drop litter...Put it in the bin!!!

He was like four so he learnt from an early age. If only everyone did that...and I think governments should do more about environment.

Terrorists are sad, sad people who never got chocolate cake on their birthdays. That's why you just have to throw cake at them and they'll stop terrorising...hopefully...but that's my little view.

I sincerely sincerely doubt that chocolate cake will stop terrorists from terrorising. I'm sorry for laughing at you, but who wouldn't laugh at something like that?? Don't drop litter, put it in the bin... honestly! *rolls eyes*

Governments, as I said, are trying unsuccessfully to do something about it. As I also said before, some governments aren't really doing anything about it!

sO WE SHOULD WRITE TO THEM.

And honestly...has anyone TRIED the chocolate cake idea? No. So it could work.

And that was my brother's song and it worked...he hasn't dropped a single piece of litter for 4years.

I think they've had things worse than chocolate cake thrown at them.

Great caps lock going on there, by the way. We should indeed write to them indeed. Woah that's my word of the day. Indeed. :D

So what shall we right to Mr Monkey aka Toney Blair?

Well, if you thre chocolate cake, then it would be a nice change, wouldn't it? And they would like it and everything would be nice and sprightly!

If you threw chocolate cake at them, they'd retaliate with something a bit more dangerous than chocolate cake.

Mr Monkey? And how did this name come about? He reminds me of a tape that gets paused every 3 seconds. You know, coz he talks so.... scattered. Back to green spirit.

I think we should alllllllllll plant lots of plants and trees, to put back into the atmosphere all the oxygen that needs putting back in, and to take out of the atmosphere all the carbon dioxide that needs taking out.

YAY!!

Trees!!!!

Will plant some tomorrow...though where I live...there are too many trees and mine will die...I have a massive tree in my garden though

I have many trees in my back garden... though you've seen. Lol.

You never explained the monkey business.

Don't you think Blair looks like a monkey? Ok...No more politics silly.

(Lisa --> Lisie-->(backwardsish) Sieli-->Silly!!!!)

Flowers are better than trees though. They look nicer. But trees give out more O2.

Although when you think about it...trees also respire, giving out CO2 too!

Yeah.. all plants give out BOTH. DUH. And no I am not silly, that's calling the other two Lisas silly, and you don't mean that, do you?

He doesn't look like a monkey! He looks like.... an ape..... not that there's much difference....

Actually, the other two lisa's are nice. I know you better and you are calling me wallie so i am calling you silly. That is fair.

And he does look like a monkey. Please...we need people to write to their local authorities. Post if you are offering!

Are you saying I'm not nice? Oh thank you so much. What happened to the 7 years of love???! (just joking, people, just joking....)

I sincerely doubt that Tony Blair would have the time to read complaints of 16 (in your case, 15... HA!) year old girls who are fantabulous, no doubt, when he gets stuff like that eevryday.

I am confused what are wetalking about here?

About how we can send letters to the monkeys who rule us. Would you like to help?

I doubt it'll work but we need to do this...for the good of mankind help!!!!!!

Sounds melodramatic...i agree

At least do some recyling and walk to uni or whatever...

DID YOU KNOW that hurricanes like Katrina could increase in intensity by up to 40% and become even more common in areas already prone to gale force winds...so much for the world...

Hmmm...... tornadoes of that magnitude are destructive as it is, never mind increasing two-fifths fold. Tornadoes in general are pretty pooey. Well pooey. And devestating.

that is why we need to stop driving!!!!

Everyone should boycott petrol/gas stations and caar dealerships!

Or that might be a bit much...but at least walk instead of drive! And try volunteering to clean up beaches...did that once - wasn't really dirty but i know it looking better - oil spills are worst!

What d'ya want me to do, walk EIGHT miles to school????! You crazy girl.... *rolls eyes*

Yeh we really do need to look after the planet.
I reycle stuff like Papper, glass and grass (put it in the brown bin) and i also walk to school.

i also walk to school (unless it is tipping it down real bad - you know what Englands like)

we have a walk in bath/shower and in the summer i put the plug in, let it fill up with water and at the end of the day in buckets take it down to the garden and water the plants.

i recycle paper, glass and grass cuttings because i love polar bears and cute little penguins!!




SO SAVE THE PLANET, OR ELSE