Live Earth – I
When I saw the news about Live Earth I thought that maybe this will cut it. I still say that whoever is interested is already doing what they can and whoever isn’t will never be (until reality will really hit them hard, at which point they’ll go straight from disbelief to despair), but maybe after something on this scale we could finally say that the information phase is over, know exactly how many we can rely on, and get to actually doing!
That said, I wondered what I could do about it and ended up trying to see what the coverage here in Romania will be and if anybody will try to organize a parallel event here at the same time. Sent e-mails to TV stations, radio stations and newspapers, as well as a couple of NGOs, ANPM (our EPA), the mayor of Bucharest and the president. There were 50 messages total.
Hoped I wouldn’t be the one bringing up the idea, but just another voice added. Also thought I’d be realistic and say I’ll expect 5-10 replies, at most 3 of them saying that they’re at least looking into it… Well, seems that wasn’t realistic, but extremely optimistic. Got exactly one reply. Was from a radio station who said it’s an interesting idea and they’ll look into what they can do.
There’s also a new party trying to get started here, trying to promise a different approach. And since the person who founded it is asking for comments, I thought I’d word my doubts and asked what they’ll do for the environment. Again, no reply.
Faced with that amount of apparent disinterest regarding the environment, I thought the least I can do is put my rants somewhere. Individual countries may be lost causes, but hopefully the world isn’t… Yet…
Have no plans, because if I make any plans they end up being too grand and I drop them completely and very quickly. And certainly my rants won’t be only about the environment, but it will be one of the top issues. Not expecting anyone to read, much less comment. Just putting my thoughts out here, adding a voice…
