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In Lieu of Earth day...

Posted by just.fyi - Apr 23, 2009

Just fyi,

I realized Earth Day was yesterday
but one of my good friends asked me why i, being the tree-hugger i am, didnt write a post about earth dayy...
soo here it is.

I think its stupid that a lot of people think something as simple as turning off a light wont help the earth. In fact, every little step builds up to help save our planet!
This week at school is "Water Week" and everyday in advisory we've been doing different activities, reading different facts and stories.
Today we read a story about a girl from Canada who went to Africa and had to survive without water for a while. The nearest clean water was 20 miles away and she would have to had walked all the way there in 40 degree weather.
Can you imagine walking for miles and miles just to get a drink of water?
Imagine carrying all that water back.

How much water do you use in a day?
When you wake up in the morning do you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth? Wash your face? Take a shower?
Now think about breakfast, even if you didn't drink any water with your breakfast, think about the water that goes into cooking food. Say you had a hard boiled egg. How much water did you use and then just pour out after cooking that egg?
I could go on for the rest of the day but that would take forever...

Did you ever realize that even something as simple as buying a new pair of jeans can be considered wasting water? I dont remember hte exact number but many many litres of water go into make a brand new pair of jeans. and cars. and shirts and pants and well, basically everything.

Pet peeve: when people buy plastic water bottles and don't finish the water in them and just leave them/ toss them out.

Another pet peeve: when people don't recycle their plastic water bottles.

Well i know this probably hasnt impacted any of you throwingawayplasticwaterbottles-people but at least i hope you think about finishing your glass of water, or refraining from wasting water in general...

happy belated earth day.

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15 comments:

Happy said...

I only recycle when I see a can beside,otherwise, i...

put it in my bag
and
recycle it at home

April 23, 2009 at 6:12 PM  
Anonymous said...

aha
ahahahah
ahahahah
as the friend who suggested this,
that was very good XD
and the water bottle thing ROFL
you DO get annoyed dont you
you take OTHER people's bottles too XD

April 23, 2009 at 7:33 PM  
Happy said...

lol tim -
u mean u put recyclables in your bag
then take it to ur locker
then leave it in your locker
..
now i know why your locker is half filled with recyclables.

April 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM  
Happy said...

yes, ive been saving this for EARTH DAYYY

April 23, 2009 at 8:11 PM  
Anonymous said...

HAPPY EARTH DAY!
SAVE WATER
SAVE TREES
SAVE THE OZONE LAYER
REDUCE REUSE AND RECYCLE
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES
REUSE WATERBOTTLES
RECYCLE EVERYTHING YOU CAN!

April 23, 2009 at 8:20 PM  
klu. said...

boom de yada. :)
lots of energy and resources go into *making* that plastic bottle - something to keep in mind.

they ARE awfully convenient, so it is hard. you're right - small steps. but it's good to try to make those steps bigger.

April 23, 2009 at 8:58 PM  
just.fyi said...

Anonymous said...

HAPPY EARTH DAY!
SAVE WATER
SAVE TREES
SAVE THE OZONE LAYER
REDUCE REUSE AND RECYCLE
REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES
REUSE WATERBOTTLES
RECYCLE EVERYTHING YOU CAN!

LOL you're amazing whoever you are ^

April 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM  
Anonymous said...

hug a tree

April 23, 2009 at 9:57 PM  
Anonymous said...

follow the footsteps of captain planet

if u dont know who he is go utube him, he is the greatest superhero ever

April 23, 2009 at 10:07 PM  
Anonymous said...

TREE IMPERSONATOR

April 23, 2009 at 10:10 PM  
larryman234 said...
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April 23, 2009 at 10:19 PM  
Anonymous said...

^^ LOL TREE IMPERSONATOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qiCJU_ryM

April 23, 2009 at 10:20 PM  
Homozygous Retard said...

i'm a tree on a windy day: "wolulullelwhehwhe!"

April 25, 2009 at 1:17 AM  
Anonymous said...

babbity rabbity and her cackling stump

April 25, 2009 at 4:29 PM  
Anonymous said...

our school was getting these recycling bins for all dif. types of recycling and at 1st i didn't think it would help cuz people are lazy =)
but it's really good how people actually care and are more aware of their impact on the environment
<3 the earth, cuz we've only got one

May 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM  

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