Human Power – Earth & Conservation

On a good day with blue skies and warm weather, listening to the sound of the water flowing from a fountain, constantly moving and flowing as the day is passing July slowly fading away I begin to think of how quickly summer will become fall, the foliage in beautiful tints of red and orange a season lazily passing onto the next. Close yet so far from a season often associated with Joy and Family as the last few months fade away to become history before they were the present.Enjoying the here and now, but what of the future, if nothing is done to conserve this natural beauty?

Enjoying each day as we have the opportunity to experience it makes sense to me as I am sure it makes sense to you, yet in that idea perhaps the most important things are forgotten of a future that is yet to become real, but is entirely dependent on the present day and the choices made to keep this wonder of the world in it’s pristine shape, simply by decreasing our carbon footprint. Since we have such a minuscule amount of time on this earth when considering the time that it has existed, what we each do, right now and in the present can make or break the future of this planet.

Decreasing the carbon footprint should really be the highest priority, of our existence and it is simpler then you might think, to make even a little bit of a difference in contributing  to help lessen the impact of Global Warming, on today’s generation and the generations yet to be. Why not make a difference now then wait until it is to late?

The steps to make that happen are relatively easy, far as such things go, it is merely a matter of making some choices of traveling by Human Power instead of Mechanically Produced Power, that we have been long taught as the only way, according to the media we need to for some reason support the outsource big oil companies by driving big vehicles instead of remembering that there is such thing as human power, think Flintstones, at least their vehicles with stone tires were human propelled.  This is the same media that tells us we should marry, have kids and so on and so forth, not that those ideas are bad but they follow a same false ideal. That is not the only way to live just as driving a car is not the only way to get around and get things done. The problem often is “Selective Ignorance” to go for what is Convenient even at the loss of health, simply because you did not want to get out there and walk, get some exercise or simply because you are dealing with Sensory Overload from an inundation of media attention on issues that sell, not real issues of the good of people and the opportunities to step away from what you know, to remember that we have long been able to travel by Human Power, whether by foot or bike so the only thing stopping us today is the person in the mirror or the simple lack of awareness of people, that it is possible to revert to ways not so long ago were common.

To really start thinking for yourself is really the first big step in a new direction, to remember 1+1=2 and the simplicity of it is you know that because you thought for yourself, you did not subscribe to someones view who claims 1+1 actually equals 3 and that is the facts, offering a convincing argument. The point being to make a change we need to separate ourselves from what the media tells us, or how the Joneses are doing and why for some reason you should follow them blindly to whatever end. Once you start using your mind as the powerful device it actually is, and to really think for yourself it would become more clear that there are alternatives such as walking or bicycling, car pooling or what have you, any little thing that offers the benefit of better health and the opportunity to breathe fresh air.

Starting today is simply taking one opportunity instead of going for the keys and making a beeline for the car understand that shops are convenient yes, so convenient in fact that even now most of them are within walking distance, so make a beeline for the sidewalk and take the walk, or even better dust off that old bike that has been sitting in the garage put some air in the tires and give it a once over and sit on it and ride. If you don’t have a bike, there are plenty of ways to pick  up one or keep it simple and take a walk instead. Every little bit we each do that will pollute less makes a difference for the bigger picture, the Global Warming, and the decrease of your carbon footprint, Now is a good a time as any so why not start today?

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