recently occurred to me to carry out an interesting exercise. an email I sent to 41 people at random, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, requesting their participation to share a list of 10 things not deemed necessary for life. should not have been such a difficult task, but perhaps it was. Why? Because decide to change a habit and rule out something important in your life to reduce your consumption energy and improve your carbon footprint implies a decisive and final action. Let results and draw some conclusions.
first consider that only 16 people answered me. Are they to whom you really care the problem of climate change already operating from an ecological perspective? We assume that the other 25 people did not have time to answer or maybe you do not care about ecological issues. That we can not know.
The second important point is that only 3 of 16 responses contained 10 proposals, almost all listed between 2 and 8 ideas. Again, we can conclude that rule up to 10 things in her life was a challenge too strong. However, I prefer to think that most have ruled so much of their lives that they no longer have 10 more ... not know if that is true.
now consider the proposals. Remember is a list of things NOT need to live. First comes the clothes dryer with 5 votes. As one friend, we are blessed with warm days in Cuernavaca, with sunshine almost every day of the year then the clothes dry on the line without any problems. The clothes dryer uses both electricity and gas, resulting in a large consumer of energy. is an excellent proposal. Second comes the microwave oven with 4 votes and I'm sure many of us could say goodbye without much remorse. are tied with 3 votes hair dryer, electric coffeemaker, television and the press of hair. is a very interesting little list because it includes television. I wonder if these 3 people really achieved live without a television at home, since this is a strong commitment.
With 2 votes each come after the water heater (boiler), game console X-box type, car, toaster, washing machine, water bottles, iron and bags plastic. is also an interesting list because it includes the car, which I find very challenging. other hand, how sad that more people have not been included in their lists plastic bags and bottles of water, we know how critical the problem of plastic polluting the land and oceans.
Notable among the other proposals, but only one vote, are the electric toaster oven, heater, blender, electric kettle, cell phone, blender, fabric softener, the bottles of water, air conditioning, Christmas lights, the vacuum, the non-biodegradable cleaners, bleach for clothes, Styrofoam cups and plates ...
thank the 16 people who answered the challenge and I hope I have contributed a little awareness among them, in order to achieve a style greener life. Discard things do not really need to live will help a lot in the urgent task of reducing our energy consumption, which is a of the main issues on the table of the COP 16 held in Cancun from 29 November until 10 December when the world's eyes will be focused on Mexico.
essential part of the shared vision of the countries participating in the Forum is that "should make every effort to achieve the goal ... concerning the stabilization of the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which also includes a commitment by Mexico to "limit the emissions of greenhouse gases to levels that prevent an increase in temperature above 2 ° C ." To do so is clearly a need "to broaden and strengthen the participation of civil society," then I suggest you make your own list of ten things you DO NOT need to live and be doing your part.
Let us be very aware of the agreements resulting from the COP 16, as it certainly will affect your life and your children and your grandchildren.
Source: http://cc2010.mx
published in the Union of Morelos on Tuesday November 30, 2010
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