Waste: Eroded Layers in the Grand Canyon

Well...I am so shocked to see these pictures by Chris Jordan. He said that the waste is exposed like "eroded layers in the Grand Canyon". This is how the grand canyon looks like (second picture) and this is real beauty compared to the layers of cell phone chargers (first picture)!
What a comparison!


I truly agree on the title of his exhibition called :"Intolerable beauty".
To me, seeing tons of cell phone chargers is not beauty, it is barbarism. I mean, first of all, it looks very ugly. Second of all, we are occupying space that could be used to plant trees or flowers or space that could be used to create schools or apartment buildings. We are really messing with the earth...I do not think that the earth will accept our apologies for what we are doing to her. I say "her" in reference to Gaia (mother).
Nevertheless, I think that it is possible for us to change our deeds if we are better educated. We can take actions at a global level or even within our own community. Like Chris Jordan says:"in that space may exist the possibility of some evolution of thought or action". I agree with him, I have not done anything yet but some of my friends chose to do something about it. One of them, an abstract artist has decided to use waste as a creative artistic tool. Yes my friends, he creates art from waste....
Check this link on youtube to see the work of my friend David Miles from London. I hope you will enjoy the video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=chvjIWq9L6Q

The video tells you the life of a CD and will show you the work that David Miles does with waste, in this case CD's. In case it is not showing, just type: Effing Art : The life of a CD.
David also creates other forms of art with waste. I remember his apartment in Maidenhead, UK was full of art made out of junk....incredible but true.

I think it is a pretty simple idea. Maybe, schools should encourage students to use waste as part of their artistic classes. It could be a simple and good idea in the long run.
As for us normal people, maybe it is time to take actions here in the United States and write to government officials about the matter. We can make it happen.

I WANT TO BE PART OF BOTH

I just stand in the middle on this matter. I want to actively stand in the middle because both, corporations and "other people" in reference to the question, are vital and necessary social dynamics of opposite natures.

Corporations and other people are interdependent. Based on my understanding, these opposite dynamics share nearly similar legal rights which might differ in terms of mission only in a fictive entity. The difference lies in how much control and resources each entity possesses in order to accomplish their goals. The reality is that there is a corporation in each one of us therefore corporations are people. In essence, we are one. Corporations should not disappear but change their relationship with economics in relation to putting people in the center of the economical chain. As a result, individuals and corporations can understand more clearly their roles added to the causality of their actions in a broader sense.

Corporations have strong social and cultural ties in the lives of people and should help ordinary people have personal or social realizations that would make us break from human habits that are non-progressive. Education is challenge but helps sustaining social and environmental justice. Education should be the core of all systems including systems found at a corporate level. Once educated we learn to care about ourselves and to take proper care of our friends and family members, of the community we live in and society a large.
I would start by trying to live true to my ideals. This means giving the best of myself in relation to the role I occupy in society and bounding the essence of my character into it! The most complicated job ever!!!!! I performed poorly this week. I did not have confidence in my natural capacity to bring back my new eating habits. As a result, I neglected myself but learned to be patient and bring confidence back progressively...it is a roller coaster.

SOLUTIONS TO HEAT WAVES

Personally speaking, I just feel that "Heat Waves" are the most dangerous part of Global Warming because they affect lives directly and indirectly. A raise in temperature can kill people just as water in oceans getting warmer; and as a result, we see catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina. You guys remember I guess....here is a picture for you though.

But what are real solutions to Heat Waves? With our level of scientific knowledge, I am pretty sure that solutions do exist. Let's look at some of them.


The first solution is to cut off the greenhouse emissions by having cleaner cars!!! What a brilliant idea knowing that super cities like New York, Chicago or London pollute so much that the residents even have difficulties breathing fresh air. To me, New York City is dirty as hell!!! and This city pollutes so much for no reasons. Because of what? Consumption and making it the most profitable city on Earth....Well, the Wall Street Crisis is putting everybody on standby now.

Here is the picture of an Hybrid car. Tell me if you see the difference between Hybrid and regular cars. The truth is on the outside, you will see no difference, but then when it comes to improving the environment, we will be making great causes for ourselves and others.

Secondly, the IPCC (International Panel on Climate change) has confirmed that many solutions already exist to solve global warming, expecially heat waves through wind power. I quote:" A reduction in the levels of climate change causing carbon dioxide emissions is the most important environmental benefit from wind power generation", Greenpeace international website.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/solutions/wind

Check also this video explaining how wind power works as a renewable source of energy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klFoqqgLHCA
I have the video also. Just look at wind power.

What else can we do? Have you heard of bioenergy. It is the use of organic mass used as fuel technologies. It is a good way to reduce greenhouse emissions as a whole. Here is a proper definition: "Bioenergy (aka biomass energy) is using organic matter (plants, etc.) as fuel via technologies such as gas collection, gasification (converting solid material to gas), combustion and digestion (for wet wastes)", Green peace international website.
I have found on Youtube a video explaining how BIOfuel could be created using Algae oil:

"The algae derived fuel will be an energy efficient replacement for fossil fuels and can be used in any diesel powered vehicle or machinery. In addition, 90% by weight of the algae is captured carbon dioxide, which is "sequestered" by this process, contributing significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gases, Multivuonline .

For more info, check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyoKTbxerpQ
and
check this website also:
www.valcent.net