Pessimistic post
Whenever I start to think about everything that is wrong in the World, I just want to cry. Especially when I realize that the way I live my life every day contributes to the way the world is, and a lot of the things that I find wrong with it.
I get up every morning, turn on the lights, go to the bathroom, take a shower, have breakfast, get dressed and drive to school… and by then (thinking in an exaggerated yet truthful manner) I have already contributed global warming, the world energy crisis and pollution beyond my imagination (specifically water and air). I have probably contributed to slave labor somewhere (maquiladoras in the clothes I am wearing, and probably the farmers who made my breakfast possible are also exploited). I am eating fruits of injustice for breakfast (lunch and dinner).
Not to mention that all of this daily stuff that seems ordinary is in fact all a huge luxury. How many people have lights to turn on in the morning? How many have running water? And recently I ask myself, where does the food I eat come from? How does it get from the earth to my mouth (assuming animals are also earth creatures)? How many people does it take for me to have breakfast everyday (I mean how many hands are involved in the food I eat getting from where it was grown, processed, etc. to my plate)? Who is getting rich from everything I do? Who is getting impoverished?
I don’t really know how to answer these questions that I have, I guess through information systems (I am actually trying, just haven’t found what I want yet). Any ideas?
Another thing that I wonder about is if someone were to show me all the waste and garbage that I have produced in my life, I wonder what size it would be? And how different would it be from someone my age living in another country? Or in my country but with a different social status (higher and lower)? What would the world be like if everyone lived exactly the same way I do? I don’t even think that would be sustainable. And here I am wanting to go to graduate school in environment.
I know I can do little things. I try not to let the water run unnecessarily. I am bad about turning off lights, but that is fixable (and after all of these confessions it would be hypocritical of me to leave them on). I can take public transportation. I can be informed about what consequences my actions have. I can inform and nag others to do the same.
I find myself thinking about these things a lot lately. I think I am going to research some of my questions. Hopefully I will find some answers. Now I have to go to bed so that I can get up tomorrow and make my daily contribution.
I get up every morning, turn on the lights, go to the bathroom, take a shower, have breakfast, get dressed and drive to school… and by then (thinking in an exaggerated yet truthful manner) I have already contributed global warming, the world energy crisis and pollution beyond my imagination (specifically water and air). I have probably contributed to slave labor somewhere (maquiladoras in the clothes I am wearing, and probably the farmers who made my breakfast possible are also exploited). I am eating fruits of injustice for breakfast (lunch and dinner).
Not to mention that all of this daily stuff that seems ordinary is in fact all a huge luxury. How many people have lights to turn on in the morning? How many have running water? And recently I ask myself, where does the food I eat come from? How does it get from the earth to my mouth (assuming animals are also earth creatures)? How many people does it take for me to have breakfast everyday (I mean how many hands are involved in the food I eat getting from where it was grown, processed, etc. to my plate)? Who is getting rich from everything I do? Who is getting impoverished?
I don’t really know how to answer these questions that I have, I guess through information systems (I am actually trying, just haven’t found what I want yet). Any ideas?
Another thing that I wonder about is if someone were to show me all the waste and garbage that I have produced in my life, I wonder what size it would be? And how different would it be from someone my age living in another country? Or in my country but with a different social status (higher and lower)? What would the world be like if everyone lived exactly the same way I do? I don’t even think that would be sustainable. And here I am wanting to go to graduate school in environment.
I know I can do little things. I try not to let the water run unnecessarily. I am bad about turning off lights, but that is fixable (and after all of these confessions it would be hypocritical of me to leave them on). I can take public transportation. I can be informed about what consequences my actions have. I can inform and nag others to do the same.
I find myself thinking about these things a lot lately. I think I am going to research some of my questions. Hopefully I will find some answers. Now I have to go to bed so that I can get up tomorrow and make my daily contribution.
posted by Rebe at 10:17 PM
2 Comments:
Hola rebe, entiendo eso que planteas, sí es muy pesimista, pero como dices, es la verdad. Hay muchas cosas en este planeta que están de la jodida y creo que no cooperamos mucho para mejorarlas. Sin embargo, esa idea que está pasando por tu cabeza (hacer un posgrado relacionado con esto) creo que sería una decisión importante que te permitiría aportar muchas cosas positivas :)
Las preguntas que te haces son muy difíciles de contestar jeje, pero te recomiendo mucho una página en donde puedes encontrar mucha información de ese tipo, con datos de cada país, etc. Es: http://earthtrends.wri.org/ que a su vez es parte de otra página muy interesante: http://www.wri.org/
Espero que te sirvan, te mando un saludo :)
La naturaleza es justísima. Arrogante sería creer que ésta es la primera vez que el mundo se ve afectado pues aquí sigue.
Con esto no quiero decir que todo esté bien. Estamos acabando con nuestra casa y eso es definitivo; pero la naturaleza ya se ha encargado de eliminar lo que intenta matarla.
Es probable que las respuestas que buscas se encuentren, como sugieres, en cada uno de nosotros; en lo individual.
Nos da frío y entonces fabricamos leña y abrigos de mink. Y vestirnos bien lo hallamos uebos (para referencia a esta palabra revisa mi blog), pues también es un instinto sexual. Bañarnos todos los días, comprar ropa 'bonita', etc. para agradar.
Por otro lado está la basura y la paranoia de las enfermedades. No levantamos comida del piso por las bacterias; nos venden las cosas en empaques muy complicados (que acaban siempre en la basura) para garantizar esterilidad; etc.
Al parecer todo lo que hemos hecho tiene una bonita razón de ser...pero somos bastante miopes y la naturaleza ya se encargará de deshacerse de nosotros (si no nos ponemos buzos).
No creo que tu entrada sea pesimista. Creo que mi comentario sí lo es.
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