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10 days late for blog action day in favor of climate change. I’ve had good opportunity to debate wind mill parks with strangers, from the windows of highly polluting airplanes landing or taking off in CPH. Tomorrow will be my 7th and 8th flight this month. I know its right to Stay Grounded, yet I travel. I enjoy seeing all the wind mills, working with the wind. I am aware that these produce only fractions of the energy we consume. They’re still a good sign. As are the predictions that we will soon have electric cars and the fact that people consume less, and become aware as consumers and even take civil action. I see so many great initiatives to save the planet, and even politicians joining forces for powerful action.

Consume wisely and make your voice heard
Many corporations care too. I don’t care if they do so, because its in demand, but I hope so! We, the consumers, have to make it worth their while. Demand sustainable production. Buy fair-trade. Eat less meat. Consume local produce. Recycle. Consume less and better quality. Lend out what you can spare. Use public transportation. Walk or bike. Let the dollar circulate.

We can’t do it all. I am no fanatic. I am a consumer of numerous luxurious products that I love, but don’t really need. I also love to see the clouds from above and the earth in a bigger perspective. I feel that if I put into use what I learn from the people I travel to visit, it sort of compensates? I really try to keep my sins in moderation. I really try to be a conscious consumer. And I try to use the wonderful web to raise a voice to endorse the good (more so than ban the evil), and I try to make others do the same.

Volume
31K+ posts about climate change is the result of the blog action day. We each have one voice. The shadow of the single windmill on the picture above is pale and barely visible. Each and every one of us make constant choices. As we fill our shopping baskets. As we engage in subject matters. As we live our modern lives. Make a virtue of necessity. Now.

tags:blogging, consumption, eco friendly, fair trade, micro lending

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