Put a Value on Nature

Dear friends,

Here you have an interesting video I watched in Ted. Mr. Pavan Sukhdev talks about the economical value of Nature and what we should do to stop it degradation!

Quote of the day

The Nature is wise and the human will never be wiser than Nature.

One day of peace

Long time ago I saw this video in Ted Talks. I really wanted to post it in my blog but with problems with Internet while I was living in China made me postpone it. Here you have a very interesting project.

Bali 3

Dear readers,

Apologies for being so long disconnected. Here in El Nido, (where I am now) There is no electricity till 2 pm everyday and there is no wifi in every place. So it is not than easy to keep blog updated.
Anyway, here I am again and I wanted to let you know what I picked up in other beach in Indonesia, Nusa Dua at Bali.
On this beach, you can find a lot of good resorts. Beach is white sand and blue water beach. We could say that is one of the best beaches in Bali for resting and relaxing.
Here is where my good friend Dziga told me when he saw me picking up rubbish... Why don´t you post it in Care for Gaia? And he encouraged me to do it in every beach I am from that moment. So here you have what I picked up in just 10 minutes.
As you can see, it is a lot of rubbish on a beach that should be very clean for high budget tourism. But it is not.
I am still remembering the faces of the local people when they saw us with the blue plastic bag full of rubbish.
They could not believe it and somehow, they did not understand why we were doing this.

A lot of work from every of us to educate people for this. Fortunately, I can say that Philippines is different. I have seen good behaviours here and I will share with you asap.

Quote of the day!

Hi readers! Today I am in El Nido at Palawan Island. And this afternoon I remembered following post and I wanted to share it with you!

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir

Bali 2

After two months almost coming back from Bali, I have settle some ideas about Bali and I would like to share with you my opinions.
Bali is one of the most famous islands in the South East Asia. It belongs to Indonesia, and it is the most common touristic area in this country.
Very famous for surfing, Australians and surfers from everywere meet in Bali to enjoy it brave waters in the south. Kuta, is the main meeting point but you can find several places around. North part is famous for diving and you can find very beautiful diving points.
Well. That is a small summarize about what you can find in Bali. Surf, beaches, nature and party.
Now I want to give some details about the quality in the environmental care. Probably I have been in the most dirty beaches in my life. Not because Indonesian people is dirty. Because sea give back to us our own rubbish.
Several beaches are not developed yet and you can go there to have a relaxing day around nature. The problem is that you will find a lot of kind of rubbish on the sand because no one cares and clean the beaches.

 For example, what happend to us in Soka beach. Black sand beach with beautiful landscape but full of plastics. Picture on the right side shows the beach when you get there. Picture on the left side shows what you will find if you walk a little bit around the beach.

As follows you have two pictures showing what kind of plastic and rubbish, even toys parts as wheels.

There is a fishermenvillage on this beach what incrementsthe rubbish on this beautiful beach because they bring it on their nets.
At least some locals try to pick up some rubbish as you can see in the last picture.
Now we have to be concious that beautiful places on earth, are being damage because of our actions.
I will publish more posts about other different beaches.



 Greetings from the Philippines!!

In the Philippines

Dear readers

You maybe are wondering where is Pangea? I have had no post since last tuesday but I was so busy because I moved from Shanghai to The Philippines last friday.
I had many things to arrange in China before I came out of this country. Paperwork with visa, transfer of money and packaging. As you can imagine it is not easy in a country like China.
Well, no I am in Manila and I am flying soon to a paradise Island to look for next steps in my life. I am preparing some posts for you with very interesting content.

See you in a bit!!

Quote of the day

Meanwhile I solve problems I have... here you have a quote:

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.” Gandhi

Having problems

Dear Readers... Last days I am facing problems and I cannot publish pics and videos. I am trying to figure this out and I will soon post for you about Bali and other interesting things.
Chinese censure goes forward! Accept my apologies!

A post from a follower!

As my blog indicates... This is a blog for sharing ideas about protecting our planet. This is the first post that someone sent me to publish it in C4F.

Friends be aware of the problems we are facing in The Earth. Be conscious and educate your children in order to give them the best future possible. Care for Gaia.
"Children wake up,
hold your mistake up
before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don't grow up
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up
We're just a million little god's causin rain storms
Turnin' every good thing to rust.
I guess we'll just have to adjust"

I encourage you to send me posts to careforgaia@gmail.com. I will post them and I will name you as well.

Thanks Sergio P. for this first post!

Happy weekend for everybody!

ElectroCity: A game that turns in good actions

Today post is going to be a little bit different. Several weeks ago I found a website were you can build a virtual city considering environmental issues, politic issues, economic issues, etc.
I saw it interesting and I started to play. You have 150 turns to build the city up and each turn will give you new possibilities for natural resources, energetic resources, and industrial activity and trading.
It was so easy to start and funny! But step by step it was getting complicated becuase you have to make people happy, keep development and respect sustainability and environment.
Finally I passed the 150 turns and my small town was one of the finished ones and it was registered. If you want to have a look click here.
The most amazing part, is that at that moment. I realized that this game is specially for children. Teachers can register on the site and use this game as part of teaching program in New Zeland schools. As follows self explanation:

Our goal is not to provide students with a sophisticated understanding of the controversies in the various energy debates. Rather, our goal is to spark an interest and lay an unbiased foundation for later learning.
We set out to make a game that was fun and educational. A game that gave kids something different to do in class and share with their parents. And a game that was clearly designed and built in New Zealand.

I invite you to check this game out and promote it with your children, friends and everyone. You will have a good time and maybe you can find a better way to build cities in the future.

 

Pale blue dot (video)

Happy Monday to every reader. Today I want to share with you a beautiful video of Carl Sagan. One of the most important scientist of our time described our planet in one of the most beautiful ways I ever heard. Listen and think about it... awesome.

Quote of the day

As I like to do on Fridays or Mondays here you have a beautiful quote:

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees.  The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.  It has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day.  It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful.  Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and benumbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.  

Hamlin Garland, McClure's, February 1899

Video: Waking up

Investigating on the Internet I have found following video. It is very impressive how it can match our daily actions with effects on our planet. That is something I have already talked about in different posts. As follow explanation by producers:

A man wakes up from a nightmare of a forest in destruction. As he stirs other visions flash before his eyes with his early morning actions. Frustration and anger turn to calm realisation as he slowly wakes up to the fact that his daily actions are connected to the world around him. His experience changes from feeling to realisation, then to positive action, as he transforms his life from being part of a global problem to becoming part of the solution.
Waking Up is a short movie to spread a message about:Environmental Issues, Fair Trade Issues, Animal cruelty, Vegetarianism, Animal Testing, Energy Saving, Drought, Global Warming, Climate change, Poverty, Pollution, Child Labour, Deforestation, Leather Industry, Sweatshops, Waste, Gaia, alternative way of living, making a change.

Please watch it, and if you like it, post in your facebook, twitter or other social networks you may use.

Raining day in Shanghai

Yesterday I could not post because blogger was not working well. Maybe because of the censure in China... Today I should post yesterday post, but it can wait till tomorrow. Today is raining in Shanghai and it is more important to condemn a stupid habit that Chinese have when it rains. I will explain you as best as I can.

Shanghai, has many offices buildings. It is the city with more skyscrapers in the world. All of these buildings were built with fancy materials and designed to be the most fancy ever. But nobody thought that it could be a problem when it rains... and in Shanghai, it rains a lot. Every floor is made of slippery materials when water is on them. So coming inside to the buildings when it rains is a dangerous task and an added risk for going to work

This is even funny when you see people slipping... but what I will tell you now will probably make you cry. To avoid slipping people, brilliant Chinese minded person thought: why do not we release a plastic bag for umbrellas when they get into the building? Bingo! they found a cheap solution for this little problem and they can keep their fancy buildings. Here you have the machine... (pic on the right side)
Instead of using carpets, that are reusable and you can keep them for a pretty long time, they deliver plastic bags. Do you know how many people is living in Shanghai? 20 million. Maybe 5 to 7 million of them are going everyday to these kind of buildings and they are receiving a plastic "condom" bag for their umbrellas when it rains.

Each rainy day in Shanghai, uncountable plastic bags are being delivered within any control and making our planet more dirty.
(Here you have a happy Chinese with his plastic bag)

And here on the right side you have the result of an umbrella with it "condom"
I do not know if you can see the damage that it represents to our planet. And I am pretty sure that it is not something that it is only being done in Shanghai. Other cities in China are doing as well. And I am pretty sure that many other countries in the world have the same stupid habit. Tomorrow post will make you think deeper about it. It is a video about our daily actions...

By the way, I was inspired to post it today because I refused to use the plastic bag for my umbrella and someone in the door tried to force me to use it. I did not know that water is worse than a plastic bag...

PS. Of course I did  not use it and I use my hand to drain the water from my umbrella.

7 billion people!

Today has born the 7 billion inhabitant of our planet. We welcome her to our beautiful home. There is space enough for all of us. We just have to change our habits, and everyone can live in harmony. If you want to have a baby, remember that you have to be more sensitive about sustainability and environment. If you already had children, teach them how to protect our home and how to respect others. And if you are already a grandparent, never is late to change to be better.

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
John Muir

Vinegar as a cleaner!

All of us have heard that vinegar has many properties for health and as home made remedy. But not many people think vinegar can be used as a disinfectant and cleaner for our daily use.

"White vinegar is often used as a household cleaning agent. Because it is acidic, it can dissolve mineral deposits from glass, coffee makers, and other smooth surfaces. For most uses, dilution with water is recommended for safety and to avoid damaging the surfaces being cleaned.

Vinegar is an excellent solvent for cleaning epoxy resin and hardener, even after the epoxy has begun to harden. Malt vinegar sprinkled onto crumpled newspaper is a traditional, and still-popular, method of cleaning grease-smeared windows and mirrors in the UK. Vinegar can be used for polishing brass or bronze. Vinegar is widely known as an effective cleaner of stainless steel and glass.

Vinegar, historically, has been reputed to have strong antibacterial properties. One test by Good Housekeeping's microbiologist found that 5% vinegar is 90% effective against mold and 99.9% effective against bacteria, while another study linked with Clorox and Lysol showed vinegar to be too weak or inconsistent for it to be used effectively as a disinfectant.

Vinegar has been marketed as an environmentally-friendly solution for many household cleaning problems. For example, vinegar has been cited recently as an eco-friendly urine cleaner for pets and as a weed killer."

Wikipedia

No doubts about vinegar is an ecofriendly product that we must use in our home cleaning process, in agriculture and as a medicine. If you want to check more information, click here and here

Biomimicry

"Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems. The term biomimicry and biomimetics come from the Greek words bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate. Other terms often used are bionics, bio-inspiration, and biognosis." Wikipedia


As you can see finally some people is looking what is in front of us to get answers. 


As I always do, I recommend you to check official website here to get more information about it.
World is moving to a new era of technology and development. Let move it faster with your support!

Plastic recycling video

Dear readers,

I have found a video that might inspire us to go in the correct direction for plastic recycling. Mike Biddle is talking about several things that not so many people talks about when we talk about plastics.
Maybe because petrol companies have hidden interests on that industry that moves billions of usd.
What would you think if I tell you that we can get same plastic from used plastic than the same we get from oil and other chemicals?

The answer in following link: We can recycle plastic

Quote of the day

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.  
Author Unknown

Life is a chain of changes

Dear reader

Today I woke up happy. Despite the gray sky littered with pollution that defines Shanghai, nothing can knock me off my cloud. You might ask why this is so and the answer is simple. It’s because of a change. Change, that thing that so many humans look at with scorn and don’t dare do themselves.

“The last 33 years I’ve looked at myself in the mirror every morning and asked myself, ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I do what I’m going to do today?’ And if the answer is no for too many straight days, I know I need to change something.”

 No one needs to tell us that this man was right, we all know it. And if we all know it, why don’t we follow through on it? Sometimes society makes us focus too much on the negative consequences of change which often outweigh the positive. For centuries, change took an eternity and those at the top used it as a method to control the masses. Fear drives the status quo.

In the 21st Century, things are different, the human race has stagnated and needs CHANGE. Today we know what is right and which is the path to follow. The Greeks knew it but we didn’t listen to them. The leopard can’t change its spots and here we are again. Better prepared, with more tools, linked like never before thanks to social media and technology.

Now we’re at a turning point in our history, perhaps the most important one yet. Much more important than the industrial revolution which was the antecedent for the inevitable change which faces us now. It’s black or white, the advancement of humanity or a giant step backward. I therefore invite everyone to support this change for a better world, a world where the rich help the poor, where the poor enrich the rich, where people are not judged by skin color, where everyone eats, where everyone feels like they belong, where there are no more wars, where the common good takes precedence over individual gain, where your freedom ends where another person’s begins, and where love abounds and reaches all corners of the earth

As you can see, there are no negative consequences that can outweigh those described here. How do you feel about change now?

If you’re still against it, try moving to Mars. If you’re in favor of it, don’t wait for tomorrow, start the change TODAY! 

P.S. For those who think I’m writing this under the influence, you can change your thought and reread this post. 

Aqus System. Reuse your water to flushing it!

Yesterday some friends and me were talking about new ideas for a project I have in mind and one of them had a good idea about reusing grey water for the WC.

I have search online about this idea and I have found that there is a company that invented a machine to reuse grey waters in the WC.

If you are interested on that, here you have the link to read more about it. It is something that definitely will help to have a responsible use of water.

Did you know that...

Global warming is affecting directly to the size of animals and plants?
The university of Singapore has proved that different species are decreasing their size because of the global warming. Shoots and fruits are between 3 and 17% smaller per warming Celsius degree. Marine invertebrates between 0.5 and 4%, fishes between 6 and 22% and polar bears 11%.
Scientist think that it can be affect directly to the food chain.

From my point of view, another signal to realize that global warming is not a theory, but a FACT.

Quote of the day

A good reflection for an important day:


“You must be the change you want to see in the world. As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.” 
Gandhi

Polar Thaw 1

Dear Friends,

Here you have an interesting new from Nasa talking about the thaw of our poles. We will follow closely by further posts.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/HQ_11-347_IceBridge_Antarctica_2011.html

Think what you buy!

I was going to work this morning when I saw a woman who was around 55 years old having a juice. This juice was packed in a kind of plastic bag as the one in the left side.

At these moment, ideas come to my mind and I thought that it had to be the post of the day.
If we think about it, that woman who was drinking her juice, never thought about the material of the package, process and consequences of chose this juice instead of a tetra pack or glass one.
Why did she chose it then? We may think because of the flavor! but certainly probably because of the design, brand, or even the picture that the pack has printed in.
Whatever the reason is, the fact is that she never thought about if buying this is going to be harmful for the environment or not.
This post is to propose people thinking before buying:


1. Am I sure that I need this?
2. Am I sure that I am choosing what cover my needs?
3. Am I sure that choosing this one I will not do something harmful?


Everyone has the right to drink a juice, but it does not mean that we have the right to do it at any price. Find the way to reduce the damages. Be responsible, be happy.

Small actions, turn into world effect! remember previous post!

Plant for the planet

"Stop talking. Start planting" this is the slogan that Felix Finkbeiner chose for his organization which promotes planting for our planet.
What is really shocking is that the spirit of this organization are children. Yes, our little friends are fed up about global warming and they are taking actions:

"Everyone loves to talk about the climate crisis. But talking alone isn’t going to stop the glaciers from melting. Or the rain-forests from disappearing. And each time adults just talk and don’t act, it’s up to us, the children, to take matters into our own hands. Quite literally. Plant-for-the-Planet is an organisation where kids all over the world plant trees as a sign of climate justice"

Up to now, they have planted around 4 million trees in more than 91 countries. We do not have any doubt that they are doing more for the planet than anyone else. All my support to you Felix. You are making real a dream of many people.


If you want to support the movement. Please visit their web and follow the instructions.

Bali

Dear friends,

I just came back from my holiday in Bali. It is difficult to explain sensations that I had there. It is a beautiful place, where you can find a lot of nature and a lot of activities to do. But at the same time, you can find a lot of pollution in Denpasar, Kuta, and also in it beaches.

First 4 days I spent my days in Villa Serenity in Canggu. An Ecofriendly resort where are really worried about environment and sustainability. Next step was Batur to climb to the top of the volcano. Lovina was coming later for diving and relax. Finally several days in Kuta.

I will post more information about the trip and sensations. Just let me clear my mind about the trip and about feelings over there.

Quote of the day

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.  Everything is simply happy.  Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance.  Look at the flowers - for no reason.  It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are"  
Osho

Greetings from Indonesia!! Enjoying this amazing island full of nature. Here a vide to share:

Quote of the day

A good quote to post from an amazing place on earth, Indonesia

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man"  
Author Unknown


Happy week for everybody!

Wangari Maathai

Few days ago, Wangari Maathai passed away because of a cancer. Maathai was one of the most important defenders of our planet. She was fighting hard in Africa and she was first woman in Africa to receive the Nobel Piece Prize.
Mother of the Green Belt Movement was focused on planting trees, environmental conservation and women rights.

Gaia lost an icon, but we can keep her spirit alive. Lets have a thought or pray on her and her family.

Biciclown

Taking care of earth also means that we have to take care of humans. We are part of this beautiful planet.
My good friend Dziga shared with me the experience of someone who really takes care about others in a very simple but amazing way.

We are talking about Alvaro Neil who has ridden his bicycle more than 95000 km in around 2500 days and he keeps ridding everyday.

You may wonder why he was ridding so long. Well, he had a great idea one day in Asturias (North of Spain) and he decided to bring smiles to the children of the world.

After 63 countries visited, Alvaro is working in a documentary called the nomad's smile to share a piece of his uncountable stories and experiences with us. This documentary has not any other support apart from Alavaro's savings and clownfounders that support with any small help to produce it.

I invite you to follow him up in twitter @biciclown; in facebook biciclown and of course in his own website, and youtube. And I also invite you to help him with a small donation, or buying the video The Nomad's Smile. You can find every detail on his website.

Congratulations for your project and your adventure. It is a pleasure for me to post in my blog this kind of stories!

Amazing video!!

I am not usually posting twice in the same day. But this video touch my heart deeper than others. It talks itself so much better to watch it than read me.

Please post in your facebook, twitter, blog or any other media! It has to arrive to everybody!! We are already late but human has the power to change this situation! We can do it all together!!

Quotation of the day

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves" John Muir

Have you ever heard about bioplastic?

It is glad to find news on the Internet where you can read that important companies are taking care of sustainability.on
An important food and beverage company is using bioplastic taps for 4 lines of products in Brazil. This pleasant new made me read more about bioplastics.


"Bioplastics are a form of plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, pea starch, or microbiota, rather than fossil-fuel plastics which are derived from petroleum. Some, but not all, bioplastics are designed to biodegrade." Wikipedia.


Nowadays the industry is not highly developed. But it is improving day by day and production of this materials reduces greenhouses gases emission and the energy needed for the production.
We have as well some disadvantages as deforestation and degradation. That has to be under controlled conditions of industrial composting units.


We hope that more important brands care about sustainability and invest to find new ways of packaging that care our planet.
Long way for find the perfect material, but correct way though.

Whales Hunting

Dear followers...

Sorry for this absence last week. I have been busy and I could not keep posting.

I would like to share with you an interesting new about the whales hunting. It defines how the whales and other animals hunting changes the ocean.

We usually forget oceans are the origin of the life on earth. With our actions, we are changing the oceans ecology and as consequence of it, the balance of the planet.

Here you have as well a link to the information about whaling and the link for the International Whaling Commission that regulates the hunting of these animals.

Let's stop the abusive hunting!

Quote

Dear all,
I was too busy this week, and I will be also busy next two weeks. So I will try to post something but not than often than usually.


Let's share a quotation to fisnish the week:
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in" George Washington Carver


Turn on your radio, tune this station and make our planet better. Good weekend to everyvody!

The thaw in the Artic Ocean open two new sea-lanes!

I have been searching some information about the global warming and I have found this terrific new on a Spanish newspaper.
The new is in Spanish but I will try to summarize the key points:
The ice layer in this region grow up in winter and is reduced in summer. But each year the rhythm of thaw is higher. Nowadays the situation starts to be critical.
The worst scenario is that new sea-lanes are open ed because of that, and the economic and political interest of this area will not make the situation better. The Artic Ocean is a shorter connexion between Europe and Asia and it is specially interesting for the oil industry.

We have to stop the thaw in our poles. The consequences are really dangerous and we are not taking care of that. It already has started, it depends on all of us to change this dramatic situation. Think in every action you do, if you are contributing to the global warming. Let's change our habits! Our planet will be glad!

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. That what Cites means. This convention was formed in 60s with the idea of controlling international transactions for animal and plants. Here you have  a brief explanation from the official website:


"CITES is an international agreement to which States (countries) adhere voluntarily. States that have agreed to be bound by the Convention ('joined' CITES) are known as Parties. Although CITES is legally binding on the Parties – in other words they have to implement the Convention – it does not take the place of national laws. Rather it provides a framework to be respected by each Party, which has to adopt its own domestic legislation to ensure that CITES is implemented at the national level."


Many people does not know that commerce of animals is regulated by this organization, and it has a clear rules to do legal transactions of animals and plants. If you have thought in buying an exotic animal, please be sure that the supplier provides you with all legal certifications. 
To grant the perpetuity of the species under extinct danger, we have to follow CITES rules.


If you see any illegal activity in any place, do not hesitate to report it to the authorities.

Anonymous Quote

Let's start the week with a quote:

"When you have cut the last tree, pollute the last river and fish the last fish, you will realize that the money cannot be eaten." 

Anonymous

Building with bottles / Construyendo con botellas

Long time ago, I joined a group in facebook called "Construyendo con botellas" (in English "building with bottles"). 


They are a group of different professionals and students from different fields that have run up a NPO in Uruguay. This NPO is developing a program to build houses with bottles for the people that really need it. Dra. Ingrid Vaca Diez (Bolivia) is the mother of this incredible idea that resolves two problems with one action: Cheaper costs to build houses for needy people and resolve an environmental problem.


The blog is in Spanish, but at least you can see the pictures and the projects they are developing. Maybe some of you can develop something similar in your countries!!


Bravo for this idea and the encourage to make it real.

OCEANS (DOCUMENTARY)

Dear followers! Last year I watched a very beautiful documentary called Oceans. I would say is the best documentary ever because of the images they filmed and the great idea of showing us that the oceans are extremely connected to us and rest of living being on earth. Here you have the trailer. However you should watch it and FEEL it.

Aidan Dwyer. A solar energy expert!!

I was surfing the Internet looking for new ideas about solar energy. When suddenly I found a new about a 13 years old kid who discovered something amazing.

Aidan Dwyer (NYC) has discovered how to increase the productivity of the solar panels studying the position of the tree leaves by the Fibonacci Sequence. He designed a new model of solar panels position and he got incredible results. The performance was increased between 20% and 50%.
If you want to know more about this fantastic story please click here.

Thanks Aidan to care for it and develop such a good model. Nature is full of answers for our million questions.

Quote of the day

Sometimes a simple sentence like this, is full of meaning:

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard."  

Standing Bear

I think is the perfect first quote for Care for Gaia.

Daily actions turn into a world effect

This post is for those people that are willing to change our world but they do not know to do it.


Everyone that is worried about something, try to find a solution. Depending on the size of the problem we are able to find a solution in a faster way or slower way. However, for global problems as pollution on earth, animal extinction, war, famine, people usually think that they cannot do anything and they give it up... They consider that the problem is on hands of others and they cannot do anything for help.


This is the first, and most common mistake that human makes.


It is true that we cannot eradicate the famine in one night, or that we cannot remove all pollutant gases from our sky in one week... but our daily actions turn into a world effect.


Think about it. Imagine that you are in the beach, and you see a plastic bottle in the sand. You have two options: 
- Not pick it up: You did not throw the bottle, and it is not your work. Why should you pick it up?
- Pick it up: Someone  unconsciously threw it, but this is your planet, your house and you know that this bottle should not be there.


The action you choose has an immediate effect in the world. You probably never thought about it. Look :
- If you do not pick it up, the bottle will be there, probably it will go to the sea and it will take around 50 years for degradation. In this process, there is a high percentage of probability that fishes, birds and other animals (even humans) were affected for it.


- On the other hand, if you choose the second option the effect is completely different. This bottle will be probably recycle and reused after a long process. No animals will be affected, the ocean will be a little bit cleaner and the most important thing: If only one person, only one... see what you did and realize that it is the correct choice, next time will not be only one bottle but two. You implement an idea in someone else, this is what makes our daily actions turn into a world effect.


The power is inside us, everyone can help. Do not forget it.

Alternative containers for plastic containers

Last night I was having dinner with two very good friends. We were talking about plastic bottles topic, and we were thinking about an alternative for them.

I was thinking about glass. Why? Because when I was a kid, I remember that my grandmother was giving me empty bottles to go to the shop, leave them there, and get new ones... That means that these glasses were reused (not recycled).

I got up today and I have been searching some information about how the glass is recycle. Nowadays, usually glasses are broken after their use. That means that we need a lot of energy to reuse them again. Anyway, it is still an interesting material because it can be recycled unlimited times and it is not than pollutant as plastic is.

In the following link you can read how the glass is recycled and which targets they have to reuse (not recycle) empty glass containers!

http://www.glassworks.org/product_stewardship/how.html

I am wondering why we changed the correct behaviour we had when I was kid!!

Glass is a good alternative, have it in mind when you go to the supermarket!!

Rubbish in the oceans

It is disgusting when you are walking on the beach and you see plastic bottles, cans, cigarettes and other rubbish on the sand. But no one is picking up when we see it.

All of it is going to the sea, contaminating oceans and killing fishes and birds because they thing it is food.

Here you can see a TED documentary where Mr. Charles Moore explain it in a very understandable way.

Now it is up to you if you keep ignoring this rubbish after knowing what you did not know before.

PLEASE DON'T THROW RUBBISH AND PICK IT UP!

The Gaia theory

I think the first post after welcoming post should be about Gaia Theory. It is an interesting point of view about how the planet behaves as a system.

If you have watched AVATAR (the film) you will easily understand the theory.

Here the link of the official website: http://www.gaiatheory.org/

Is the universe behaving in the same way as a bigger system?

Wellcome to care for gaia

Hi!

This is my first post and I wanted to welcome everybody to share any information, activity or wish to care our beautiful planet.

I am getting started so I will try to post interesting things soon!!

Warmest!