Despite Ondoy, despite Haiti, despite Chile…life has to go on (help save Mother Earth)
Despite Ondoy, despite Haiti, and despite Chile which lately experienced an earthquake with an 8.8 intensity in the Richter scale and the upcoming tsunamis in Hawaii and the Pacific basin…life has to go on.
We commiserate with our brothers and sisters in Chile (and still with them in Haiti),...
Source: The D Spot
My, YOUrs… Our Story on Climate Change (Blog Action Day)
CC (no, not Creative Commons or carbon copy) is a broad term. One can argue that climate change is a natural process. True enough, because if there were no climate changes in Earth’s distant history we probably wouldn’t be here today. Imagine if our Planet never had rain, or say Earth stayed hot and never had ice ages. Maybe the dinosaurs will still be alive today, and instead of us humans on the top of the food-chain, we will probably be on the top of someone else’s diet!
Climate Change is good then, because it keeps this planet alive and it keeps it balance. But why are we discussing about it if it is a good, natural process? Why all this fuss? These seminars, Blog Action Day, and scary videos that the Earth is going to die soon with humanity in it if we don’t do something?
Meet Manuel
Meet Manuel. He’s six years of age, although if you look at his tiny, lanky frame, you’d swear he was four. He, his four siblings, and his mother live in a cardboard house on a sidewalk in Metro Manila. None of his siblings (who are eight, nine, and twelve years old) go to school; instead, everyday they ply the streets, barefoot and with grimy faces, looking for plastic to sell to Manong Pete’s junk shop, asking for alms from passersby as they search.
Manuel is not a real person. He is the embodiment of countless of homeless children stuck in [...] [Read More]
