Can't Sleep.

Kahit patayin mo pala yung gripo kapag puno na yung timba,
kahit patayin mo yung ilaw o yung computer kung matutulog ka kahit sandali,
kahit pa hindi ka manood ng tv ng isang buong araw at magbasa lang ng libro,
kahit pa matuto kang magsegregate ng basura into biodegradable, non-biodegradable, at recyclable,
kahit pa itapon mo yung basura mo sa tamang tapunan at hindi sa kalsada o canal, ilog o dagat,
kahit gaano ka pa maging ka-eco-friendly..

..kung ikaw lang naman mag-isa, the earth will only be one less ignorant person
and one more mindful human being of his or her environment. Well at least it helps, but I guess not enough.

~if some 3 million tons of hazardous waste go off-shore and get dumped at sea each year, and if other wastes do not get disposed or managed in an environmentally sound manner, we might as well just live our lives to the fullest now because we only have until December 21st of 2012 because we ourselves are fulfilling the Mayan predictions, one by one, that the world would be ending in 2012. What date is it nga pala ngayon? January 1, 2012. (Technically it's January 2 already. Late post. tagal kasi gumamit ni miko ng computer)

Di ako makatulog. actually 9 am of January 1 nung nasulat ko ito - after finally giving up on reading my never-ending executive summary of The Basel Convention report. But it was worth reading. I just hope that the Khian Sea disposal incident, also the Koko beach disposal incident in Nigeria that caused deaths of innocent people because of dumping their toxic wastes at sea would serve as warnings that turning off the faucet when brushing your teeth, or even celebrating earth hour by turning our lights off and electronic gadgets off for one hour isn't enough to stop global warming (Well, I address this to the industries and future business owners and workers). Each year our earth gets hotter by 0.6 degrees. And if you have not seen the documentary "6 degrees Could Change The World", I guess it's time that you do (links are at the bottom of this post, please do watch Severn Suzuki's speech too at the earth summit). We owe it to ourselves and to future generations the good life and the preservation of our environment.

haay.. what am I saying? Stop the NIMBY Syndrome or the Not-In-My-Backyard syndrome and be responsible of your own wastes! Also, be mindful of our environment because one person can only help so much. I just hope that there is someone out there, by choice or by chance, reading my post and sharing the same feelings and thoughts that I have.

Severn Suzuki's speech at the Earth Summit in 1992
6 degrees Could Change The World