Ecology has been shown in a trendy or even fashionable way, and in a way to use our expenses wiser. To approach all sorts of people, for all kinds of motives. It is a trend, everyone wants to be green now, because it's trendy. But it's not just a trend, it is a real problem and I hope all these fashionable contributions won't just end once the trend is over. Eventually it's all about the same problem: Global Warming and the health of our Earth. As an average person I can only make small environmentall-friendly steps. But small steps can make a difference, if we do them all together.
We all choose our way or have our reasons to contribute to the environmental health. Perhaps with buying clothes in bio-cotton, becoming a vegetarian or include a vegetarian day in our weekly diet, reduce our water use, use solar paneling, buy an ecofriendly car or build an ecohouse. Check this site on how we can reduce or CO2 emissions. The best ways I believe are things we do/use in our daily life, not just donating money, but actually buying products which are better for our earth or contribute to charity projects.
For instance when it comes to beauty products, I've always liked brands with a good phylosophy. Brands which could be eco or organic brands, like Ren or Aveda. Aveda is a company that works with certified organic ingredients and is an official ecofriendly brand. Every year Aveda joins Earth Month to raise funds for grassroots organizations that protect biodiversity and address environmental issues around the world. The Earth Month campaign focuses on a specified environmental topic each year, helping to raise awareness around the issue, cultivate and educate supporters, and contribute funds to dedicated non-profit conservation organizations. This year they are helping through Aveda Earth Month to raise funds for global and local clean water projects.
The other week I was reading this article in DM Magazine about the Earth Challenge Project°. Michel De Maegd a belgian journalist is crossing the world with his self-made ULM-plane and a 7headed team of Pilotes Sans Frontières supported by WWF and the belgian institute for Space-Astronomy; to capture and photograph the effects of the global warming on the Earth. Real images have shown the results are disastrous..!! As for instance, several islands in Australasia are being engulfed by cyclones. The ocean water is getting warmer and threatens for instance the great barrier reef. The images they have captured shows beautiful images on first sight, but when you look closer you can see the damage.
Unfortunately we still think it's not really our problem. Maybe we don't really see direct effects in our neighbourhood, probably because global warming has been an older problem even before they've mentioned it, and we don't know any better. If you look closer, you can see changes and there is no good in closing our eyes for these problems just to reassure ourselves. Look how we treat our own habitat, the only planet on which we could possibly live.. We belong to this world and have possessed and treated it with shame.. For the real truth is: the world does not belong to us, but it belongs to our children and do we want our children to end up in a world which we have destroyed?
"Today is Earth Day and should be a start for you to think about our habitat, environment and realise we only have one Earth. If we destroy this one, our children won't have an other one"
We can all help to reduce our effects and slow the process of global warming.
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