Thursday, October 15, 2009

To Be Aware is To Live

While many paid attention to the call, still more turned a deaf ear.


This day, the 15th of October is Blog Action Day, where bloggers all around the world unite in attacking one issue that is relevant to the global status quo. The world's most pressing concern, at least today, is climate change.

Everyone should be reminded that the worst is gradually showing its might. What happened to the greater part of Luzon, the Philippines recently is a true testament to nature's wrath. Floods, landslides, abnormal average weather, increasing global temperature, glaciers melting, etc. -- these -- are but aftermaths of an environment deteriorating, if not giving up. I am a non-expert on this matter to be honest. Scientists are debating on the real cause/s of climate change.

The simplest I can do, perhaps, is to accept the fact that the world is changing and that climate change is a serious problem. Everyone should care for the world. It just needs some loving. Some can still probably laugh at the thought of human annihilation, the next Atlantis, the next Great Flood, or a typical chaos in a movie, but shrugging the possibility is just insanely a gesture of ignoramuses.

In any way we can, we should help find its cause/s and take radical and immediate action for the environment before the worst nears in our midst. That way, we control climate change and we choose to live better.

24 comments:

  1. I'm not aware that Oct 15th is Blog Action Day. Thanks for informing us. Btw, yep we must act now to save the environment.

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  2. Oh! Me too, I'm not aware it was World Bloggers Day....Nevertheless, I agree that ww should start caring for our environment....

    Plating a tree is the first thing. \sometimes however, because of our work schedule it's impossible to keep up with that advocacy...The best way perhaps to start is to do waste segregation..

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  3. Nice move Joemill.

    Climate change is a debatable topic but it is not debatable that it has been raining really hard for the past few days.

    I'm glad we are "awakened."

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  4. @Meryl (proud pinay): Right, act now or else it might just be too late. Thanks! :)

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  5. @andy in the country: We'll have to start with the simplest we can do for now. But it's never really simple after all. It will have a big impact when everyone's doing it. Thanks! :)

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  6. @peenkfrik: Yes Kim, that's why the flooding the country experiences. Sad but there's got to be something we can do to prevent this from happening again. The country has a lot to share with on BAD for sure. Thanks! :)

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  7. I'm just worried about Filipinos who do not have access to the Internet. NGOs and government agencies must work together to educate these groups of Filipinos who are not aware and informed.

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  8. @r u s s: Good point. Hope they (the NGOs and gov't agencies) heard us bloggers that day and acted right off the bat. Thanks! :)

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  9. yayyy i also participated in the blog action day *high-five* :D

    you are right of course, there has to be ACTION.

    and thanks for the Diwali wishes ^^

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  10. @Manju: Woohoo! I guess we did it! Happy Diwali Manju! :)

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  11. Hey man, thanks for your comment and for your vote to my daughter! God bless!

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  12. I've long been taking action by means of the following: 1) not accumulating unnecessary stuff that contributes to waste and obtaining of plastic containers 2) not littering by throwing trash on designated bins 3) minimizing the hours of use of air conditioning 4) not smoking 5) not staying during unnecessary hours at the office to turn facilities off 6) blogging about #s 1-5... because a person a day can be two persons a day or more. Just imagine if 50 constituents live consciously in a community per day.

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  13. Oh my goodness... thank you for the reminder! I was just watching the news about that - winter got to some parts of the U.S. much earlier this year causing some damage along the way. Just the simple fact that the leaves hadn't fallen off the trees yet trapped snow on trees causing damage to vehicles and homes along the way. I'm no expert of the subject either but things are changing... the reason is still unknown but again, thank you for the reminder!

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  14. There is always room for improvement...

    ...and we just have to expand our awareness, understanding and view of steps an individual can take that have any kind of impact.

    Some amount of positive impact is always better than none or negative impacts.

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  15. it seems that climate change is inevitable.. but at least we can delay its effects.. awareness of the problem is important but we need to act immediately if we are to combat global warming.. heat is building up but we are still cold at it.

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  16. It has been reported that there has been a .61 deg Celsius increase in the atmosphere. So it means more heat, more water evaporated, more waterlogging for the unprepared regions all over the world. And the cause of climate change is practically man-made.

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  17. yes,,climate change...
    this is also a result of human wrongdoings...
    it's nature's way of reminding us to be aware of what is around..and show concern in our own little ways...

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  18. tama lang na we take care of our environment
    it's the only one we have

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  19. i'm not aware about this but yeahhh i'm agree with all the statements!

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  20. it was so hard for me to write the BAD post! yours is sweet and simple :) i worry about things like rising sea levels and entire florida, coasts of california and even philippines beind under water :/

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  21. I failed to make a post that day :( I had to attend to my cousin. I had a promise to her.

    Anyhow, I may not be able to voice out my support for climate change, but I support it through simple actions.

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  22. Climate change is obviously changing the course of our lives and it gets us all jumpy, does it not? It's something that needs every bit of our attention and I'm glad to I hear you all right under this post. Your intelligent comments are very much appreciated. This will be our advocacy! :)

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