Environmental Awareness

-          The 11^th hour is truly an eye opener type of movie. A documentary that tells the truth happening in our world from the industrial revolution up until the present year. Humans hold the responsibility of the effects of nature’s revolution against humanity. The outcome of the activities such as burning fossil fuels, generating gas fumes, production of carbon dioxides contribute to the increasing percentage of pollution appear around the earth’s atmosphere. It seems that I also felt responsible about these phenomena. Indeed, humans are opportunist, and do all kinds of necessary action in order to survive. Without the activities of hurting the environment, we might still be in the state where only half of the present world’s population is living. However, people are using resources like there’s no tomorrow. The production of papers from cutting down trees is vital for a student like me. There are many trees cut down compared to the seeds that is planted by people. Honestly, there’s a feeling of regret every time I throw a bunch of used papers. My conscience triggers and telling me to recycle papers and to thrift resources. What can I do? What can be my biggest contribution to the world and help the environment?  

-          Nature has gone into self-restoration by the means of plants. Mushroom mycelium has power inherent to remediate environment, prevents downstream pollution from viruses, protozoas and others. They are also capable of breaking down a wide assortment of pollutants. This is something that we don’t usually get informed about. We might need to mimic their abilities and help restore nature.  

-          Shell or bones among humans and some animals are formed without the use of massive amount of heat. They’re formed naturally, in room temperature and such. There’s a master of chemistry. Spiders form their web naturally. There is plenty of information that needs to know. There’s a lot of research to do in order to fully understand the nature’s processes. It’s good to know that there are scientists who are already on the track of research on how to mimic the species’ abilities of production. 

-          Eating locally produced food helps in hindering global warming. Buying local foods prevents the need for using fuel-energy transportations. Imported goods really come from one location to a far location. It can’t be help to travel the goods using ship, and airplanes. These transportations contribute to emitting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So, we, as consumer, should think of the better way of living. We should change our lifestyle. We must content ourselves to eat locally produced goods. This might also help our own economy. 

-          The 11^th hour talks about environmental issues. This film is not limited to view by the environmentalists, or students. This film is for everyone. As the film convey, the human brain is the cause of all the changes happening in the world, from the industrial revolution up to the present. Humans are capable of inventing the future. We are also capable for its production. We are also capable of hurting the environment. All of us, there’s no exception to that capability. 

-          Government is one of the factors why the environment is suffering. There’s a greed factor in the economy. According to Michel Gelobter, they’re only responsive to wealth, money and corporate power. This brought me into a reminder of one of the greatest scientist in the world, Nikola Tesla. He invented the electrical system called the Alternating Current. But that’s not the issue. There’s news that government, way back in Tesla’s time, made Tesla stop to invent free energy. Tesla thought to have energy directly coming from the earth. Government, igniting their greed, prohibits Tesla to invent again. The financer of the project shuts it down because he thought that there would be no way of regulating energy and wouldn’t make money. We’re close of having free and might as well a clean energy. 

-          As the thesis project approaching, I might propose projects that could help the environment. The use of solar panels for clean energy, as well as integrating wind energy. I would stay away from using oil, or any other bad energy. If this project went well, government or some companies might struck by this project and help them in the future. This also can help restore the environment. In the film, there are new technologies presented that use the sun, tremble, and wind to convert it into a usable energy. We need to have a quick transition for clean energy, that’s why the project that I might be working in the future could contribute for clean energy.