Tuesday, November 15, 2005
open-boat day
the open-boat day was really fun. i learned a lot from that experience. it opened my eyes to how much we can make use of clean energy so that we won't affect the environment. it also made me realize how blessed we are to even have mother nature and now we keep taking her for granted.
we saw exhibits and received fliers and pamphlets. i wanted to become a greenpeace member but they only received donations through credit cards or bank accounts. sorry, not that rich! XD
we also saw agot isidro and her husband, i think, doing a commercial on greenpeace.
the greenpeace boat is called the "Rainbow Warrior". some parts of it were salvaged from the original Rainbow Warrior that sank some years back, like the steering wheel(yes, it really is used to steer the ship) and a bell. we also saw an oak dolphin. i think it also came from the wreck. its (or his or her, they weren't really sure of the gender) name was dave, or divina, since they didn't really know. it's said that dave or divina is hollow and that there's a bottle of rum and a time capsule inside.
we saw several parts of the boat and we also saw a real live (but rusty) anchor. anna even took a picture of that. actually, she took tons and tons of pictures. XD
the whole trip, though short, nevertheless made me grateful for mother earth because it is from her that we get everything, our food, electricity, everything, without mother nature, we'd all be dead. as humans, we need to learn to take of her. we can start with segregating our wastes. in the Rainbow Warrior, they had these color-coded trash bins for aluminum, plastics, steel, etc. when they reached a place, like in Japan, they would turn over the plastics they threw away so that it could be converted to something better than plastic.
greenpeace also helps affect governments' views on the environment. they lobby for change on the country's way of managing our environment. they promote clean energy like solar and wind energy. come to think of it, isn't that better to use rather than coal, since they are renewable and produce 0 pollution?
the environment is too good to waste. why not start taking care of it??
written at 3:11 AM
