. The movie brought me to the conclusion that the government is baby and uses the corporations of the w`orld as its own bottle feeding off of them. What I mean is, that governments should have no ties to corporations and if they have been affiliated with any corporation in the past you should be barred from running from anything of importance. Barred from becoming a Senator or Congressman, because your opinion is biased based.
. Growing up in Canada I thought I never had a affect on my environment. Ignorant as I was, I played with my U.S. and China made toys having fun, not caring about how it got made and what the planet was had to go threw for it to get there. The resources man has used up and discarded as chemicals they put back into the environment makes me all the angry. Knowing the cost of it not only to my environment but to other underdeveloped countries that have been taken advantaged of seems to me like a sin. I am now trying so hard to stray away from unwanted waste, and truly hate myself for making all those "jump shots" as a kid out of loose paper that was lying around my room when I was bored.
. I have been torn between Health , Labor and Environmental Law. This class was needed for me....it is the right place and at the right time. I am livid about the healthcare in this country, but at the same time I know people are overworked and need benefits. Finally the environment is basically the granddaddy of them all,... well because it affects everyone. I am leaning more towards environmental law because labor and health care are reneweable resources that can always be debated and changed. I am not brushing it off as something small but compared with environment, which is not even a renewable resource. Litagation is my way.
. 30,....is the percentage points that the US contributes to to global warming, so the US must set an example. I find that hard to believe that the U.S. will do that unless forced to. You would think Katrina would have had an affect on that decision, but it hasn’t. The reason things were not done to change the way business is done in the U.S. is because rich people are not affected. If Katrina had happened in NY or California, things
would have for surely changed. Stephen Johnson, the epa commissioner a couple of weeks ago lowered the limit of carbon fuel emission by corporations, but not the standards given to him by scientists. I can not believe someone would go against an actual science. If my own mother told me to stand on one leg for 15 minutes everyday because she knows for a fact it would make me healthier, I would start counting time because I know my mother is smarter than me.... Anyway the point I am making is that the most powerful government need to start taking broader steps instead of baby steps like that to help stop this. Going to other countries for resources is not the answer, because in the short and long run your destroy both their country and ours.. The US administration is so behind the ball it is not even funny anymore, reading the article, Taking Responsibility , shows how the Bush administration is stonewalling eveidence for corporate advancement. California is an example of a state taking up the responsibility to better their own environment so why can't the country? The article shows the stupidity of a government that wants everyone else to start checking themselves before they do. I mean is the government going to play this game until the earth changes for the worse and it is game over for everybody? There are countries out there who like people, who do not even care about their affect on their own environment. At least I can say, the U.S. is not that blind to the stool their putting out there, here is the Chinese excuse.
A couple of sites that are helpful:
This is a website to help offset your carbon footprint:
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
Another website is about protecting Wlderness and Public Lands from development:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
2 comments:
Absolutely, corporations are the disgrace of our society. Not only, has it caused suffering, illness, low paying jobs, but more importantly the destruction of the Earth. Corporations, keep on relentlessly extracting resources form the environment without replacing or reproducing what they extract. In other words, corporations are gaining profits at the expense of third world countries and of the environment. But the reality is that we keep on electing presidents who themselves are the epitome of a corporate mentality. Bush, for instance, is the owner of some of the wealthiest and most ruthless companies in this country. I hope that we reconsider, and elect people who can turn this over. "It is time for Change" as Obama says. You should definitely check out "The Corporation". Go to you tube and type that title. That film breaks down exactly what you are talking about.
Love it! A super post with lots of interesting ideas and links. Good job.
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