Makin' Waves

Me eating local farmed mussels - © Satu

First off - sorry sorry sorry I have not written anything on here for a long time. I just kind of ran out of important things I felt motivated to write about but now all that has changed and I'm back with a buzz!

There's something I have been wanting to put into writing for quite sometime and that is why most vegans are usually stupid. I don't mean they have a brain the size of a pea or anything no - it's more that they don't use their brain (however big it may be) to consider their ecological footprint. The vegans I have met are fairly self righteous about their lifestyle and often feel certain that the way they live their life leaves the smallest ecological footprint on the earth. Usually I find they have failed to consider several major factors. Just because you eat vegetables and no animal products doesn't mean your diet is totally eco-friendly. While it's true that for every pound of meat you could grow many times more vegetables therefore using up less resources - eating a carrot for example may have required an unknown number of unenvironmentally friendly things (including animal cruelty) to happen before it got to your mouth.

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Ban the Bulb

In light of a new study by the International Energy Agency it looks like using energy efficient bulbs should be the number 1 thing to do on any environmentalist's everyone's list! Or perhaps people shouldn't have the choice. Perhaps normal energy wasting light bulbs should simply be banned or at the very least taxed.

I am proud to declare that all of the light bulbs in my house are those weird looking halogen things. Governments should act on this opportunity to conserve energy and decrease C02 production because environmentally aware people are not going to be able to do much by themselves. If you aren't already using energy saving bulbs you should be ashamed of yourself and go out NOW and buy some but if you are, then you could help the rest of the planet to make the switch by writing to your local MP, government ministers and leaders urging them to propose a ban or a tax on incandescent light bulbs that are costing the Earth.

I'll write my letters today and will post any responses.

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At Easter in Bermuda, it is a tradition to make a kite from wooden sticks and tissue paper and I always try to make one. This year, my friend Philip and I spent hours cutting and gluing this lovely rainbow kite. It was going to be my little symbol of peace in the sky. I took it down to one of the beaches on Sunday when the wind was whipping the ocean up into a white frothy brew and got my husband to hold the string while I lifted the kite into the air. We gave each other the OK and with one steady gust my little rainbow leapt above my head. I looked up into the glaring sun expecting to see my creation ascend into the heights but I noticed it wasn't going up anymore. It came down onto the beach again, within seconds, right next to the water's edge. The husband yelled at me "get it!" and I frantically dashed towards the ocean with my arms outstretched like a zombie but I was too late. A wave came right up over the kite and dissolved it in front of my eyes. I was totally gutted. Apparently it would seem I am incapable of tying a knot!

I spent the rest of the day mourning my loss but in the evening Philip called and suggested we go fly some of his kites. He had made Bermuda kites with brown paper bags and newspaper and you would not think these "rubbish" kites would fly at all but we got them out onto a golf course and had them in the sky for a few hours until it got dark. I would never have thought that some bits of trash could bring such an enormous smile to my face. They danced around each other and hummed loudly with a vibration that travelled down the string to my hands.

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