And I'm not even an Environmentalist!
Posted by Rebecca Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:10:00 GMT
I read things like this and they make me really sad.
Then I see things like this and they make me mad, because my people are using things like this as an excuse to ignore a problem, and in some ways, even justify it.
Then I remember Genesis 1:28 which says “God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’”
Ruling over the earth and all its creatures doesn’t mean we look the other way. It doesn’t mean we laugh at people who stand up and work for this cause. It doesn’t mean we don’t at least try to do our part, even if it just means we recycle newspapers. Every bit counts, and every part of the global ecosystem affects every other part of it. I guess I just don’t understand why people think it’s ok to ignore our responsibility towards nature and ultimately, towards ourselves.
I wholeheartedly agree.
For me, healthy environmental practices are actually a means of worship. No really, they are. By choosing not to drive my car, I must either walk or take the bus. This is time for reflection, for thought, for slowing down a little. By unplugging my television when I'm not watching it (did you know it drains power and costs $$, even when off?) I save just a teeny bit of coal and noxious fumes from being pumped into the air. By unplugging my laptop when I go to work every day, I practice using what is necessary, and not just using energy and things because I can use them.
Nature is a vicious, unfair, beautiful, dangerous, and pretty thing. It's also God's creation, of whch we are part.
Just FYI, unplugging your devices won't save any gases or coal from being fired. Unfortunately, there is a baseline power supply needed for a power plant to run and it's going to get there whether the demand is there or not. It would take half of Texas doing the same thing to shut down a need based power plant and that's unlikely. You are saving yourself some money though. Sorry, I know this because I appraise power plants.
Thanks for the comments, guys, but I'd prefer it if all comments left here would be directly related to what I've written, and not be communications between each other. I just don't think this is the appropriate medium for the latter.
Thanks! The Author