The Inconvenient Truth of Our Life

Our days on this earth are numbered. Mostly, it is our own fault or as I prefer it, our government's fault. In Indonesia's case, it is true. I hope I won't get in trouble for blogging this but let me make a small quiz:

*Which government actively involved in illegal logging by becoming the very own people who accept bribes from private companies to cut down the trees in Borneo's forest and corrupted what limited fund they have; also at the same time make their country as 'the number one fastest deforestation country in the world ' deserved to be in Guiness Book of Records?

If your answer is Indonesia, you are right. As an Indonesian, I am ashamed to admit that I didn't do anything to prevent it. Perhaps I used to think it is not my problem. It didn't cause a direct treat to my life. I was wrong. Al Gore said so (by the way, congratulation for the Nobel Prize. It is a good thing you lose the Precidency, seeing what happen with The One Who Unfairly Won nowdays. And look at those candidates racing to be The Next American President. It is overrated. Don't you agree? Nobel is more noble). I was the frog inside a boiling cauldron.

But now I realize I am that frog and the whole country is boiling (say, with all the natural disasters coming our way such as flooding and avalanches). This is about time that all Indonesian should realize that they are all that frogs! I hope it is not too late to wake up now and change all the bad habit of our lifestyle.

So here are some simple idea about what can people (and I) should do to prevent The Ice Age and perish human-kind like it did to dinosaurs:

1. Watch "An Inconvenient Truth" to understand correctly what happen to our earth right now (sadly it didn't make it to our cinema, so it is available for download or lapak DVD near you)

2. Throw your garbage correctly (even a small act like throwing a can of Coca Cola via your car's window COULD affect the environment)

3. Say NO to plastic bag. Next time you go to a supermarket or you buy anything that you able to put in your pocket or bag, tell the Mas or Mbak "NO" when they give you plastic bag (I try to always have a canvas bag with me whenever I go grocery shopping or better yet, use your real or fake Anya's " I am not a plastic bag" to its supposed-to-be-real function INSTEAD of wearing it for the sake of looking hip and cool in Citos

4.Turn off unusable electricity equipment in your house

5. Plant your garden (if your Mother haven't already done that)

For more tips on how to save the earth please click this site.

SAVE THE EARTH, SAVE OUR LIFE