Speak to My Finger

I bought an introduction book to climate change for my cousin in NZ, but I never presented to him, and I ended up reading it as part of my preparation to Japan.

I finished reading it in less 72 hours, and I recalled why I wanted to be an environmentalist since high school. However, I'm somehow saddened with the fact that my fighting spirit to save the earth is very weak compared to 10 years ago.

Watching environmental documentaries still freak me out, and yet it's amazing to see how people so relax and ignorant about the fact that humans cannot live without the earth and not the other way right. Yet, wastage is still uncommon, thinking resources would never end. It 'doesn't end' because humans are protected from the real view of the present state of the earth. It's like how parents prevent their children from watching violent movies. It's the same theory.

I have been showered with questions that the job of saving to earth should not be done by me. If not me by who then? That is why so large amount of people out there are still ignorant, that's because they know there is someone else trying to save the world. But the problem is the savers is so much smaller than the ignorant people. How can the savers achieve the goal? Many people are maximising money with resources. Have we ever thought what happen when resources are gone for good? What are we going to maximise our profit with? Our organs, our parents or our children? Think for yourself.

I'm now thinking how should I be more pro-active in saving the world. I have been practising whatever those eco-saving manners you can find in the book and online since I was 16 and I'm now a vegetarian.

That is why I'm now rethinking whether my masters topic on green spaces is related to my initial goals. If yes, how is my knowledge on green space save the world?

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