As it turns out today is Blog Action Day, when blogs across the internet stop and talk about the environment and sustainability. And as I was reading the blogs in which I subscribe to this afternoon, I realized that I hadn’t taken part yet. Well, it turns out that this morning my advisor at school and art teacher actually talked about what he does to help out with all of these problems we are facing.
He lives in New York City and drives about an hour and half to and from school every day just to teach us art. At school today he had two big bags with tons of plastic bags inside. This where some of those reclosable bags, plastic packaging, and other plastic containers. He will be bringing them home to wash them out and reuse them, which has allowed him and his wife not to purchase plastic bags for the past year. It gets even better. All of there leftovers from what they eat are put into a big plastic container and it all freezes. Then when it gets full they take it down to a place and they turn it into compost and sell it.
He said something along the lines of, “If your not doing stuff like this, then your part of the problem!”
Well, all of his driving is seriously a serious part of the problem.
I mean, plastic bags are good and fine, but what about carbon emissions and the like? One needs to sort out the car thing. And the oil and the like.
Congress finally has a chance to pass meaningful energy legislation. The bill they are about to pass includes the best fuel economy standards ever (35 mpg by 2020) and a renewable electricity standard (15% by 2020) that guarantees the growth of renewable, clean energy. But there is a chance these two key advances won’t make it through to the final bill.
I am working with a coalition to make sure Congress sends the president a strong energy bill with meaningful changes for our environment and planet. This legislation would be a monumental step toward stopping global warming. Go to http://www.energybill2007.org and sign the petition. This is our chance for real progress, don’t let Congress back down!
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I see what you are saying. He does drive a highly fuel efficient car from either Honda or Toyota. I will look into his perspective on what you said.
Best of luck with the bill.