Blog Action Day

Today was Blog Action Day, the day where thousands of blogs around the world post about one particular theme. And on this day, the theme is the environment. But what can I say about the environment that you haven't already heard?

Be deliberate. Stop doing things because other people tell you. Stop worrying about the environment because thousands of bloggers are telling you to. Don't you care about the environment? For what reasons? If they are not strong enough to convince you, then nothing I or any other blogger will say can help you make long-lasting decisions in support of environmental preservation or restoration.

Be thorough. If you're going to champion a cause, do it. 2nd place is not a champion, and, even counting something other than Nobel Prize winner Al Gore as first, you are far from second. Do you think you've done enough because you understood An Inconvenient Truth? If you are committed to protecting rainforests you will stop your paper statements, print to PDF unless necessary. If your thing is global warming, don't be surprised if I ask when you are selling your car, planning to move off the grid or what your walk score is. If you don't like cruelty to animals but are not vegetarian... you see my point?

This world is in a very sad state. We suffocate on our excesses while the world crumbles and innocent, unfortunate and powerless people suffer. YOU are to blame (I'm just as bad, as I'm writing this post on one of four computers in a two-bedroom, three-person apartment). Until we can face that reality, none of this will really change.

I hope this will encourage you to think seriously about our environment and what you can do to help.