Tag: environment

Posted in Blog

This is the story of a girl

Posted on by Bri

Who didn’t eat for 30 hours.

Although my Twitter updates may seem contrary, the 30 hour fast wasn’t actually that bad. I mean, I ate a regular size dinner (that is to say, large), and my body was like “Meh. Thanks for feeding me.” And then we were good. I woke up this morning, packed my [vegetarian] lunch, ate breakfast, and left for school. Easy peasy.

Except for lunch. That was terrible. I avoided the cafeteria by staying in my debate coach’s room, where Bart and Tessa and Mia were. Mia was also on the fast, but Tessa and Bart were not. Bart’s soggy peanut butter and jelly sandwich never smelt better, and Tessa’s popcorn filled the room with a salty, buttery scent for an hour. It. Was. Torture.

But once I stopped thinking about food, I was good. If I ignored any mention of food, I was just fine. I could have gone another thirty hours.

Survivor, here I come!

Posted in Blog

Wish me luck

Posted on by Bri

Lots of news today!

First, I just signed up for a YouTube account, and once I figure out how to save the videos (vlogs) that I record, I will be posting stuff up! I’m very excited, and I think this will bring us more traffic! So once I get some things up, I’ll let you all know so you can go watch it!

Second, I am partaking in a social experiment so riveting that those with weak stomachs should go read my old Various Ramblings to calm themselves down. Actually, you should do that anyways, and the social experiment isn’t that crazy. I am going to see how long I can be a vegetarian, while also attempting to live green. Here are my rules:

 

-No meat. Dairy and eggs are ok, I’m not going for vegan, but no meat. No chicken, steak, beef, goat, dog, anything.

-5 minute showers. Because of my very thick hair I’m not sure how well I’m gonna be able to live with this, but we’ll see.

-I was gonna just ride the bus from now on, but then I realized that even the desicrating planet couldn’t force me to do that. I hate my school bus. Plus I have activities after school I need to get to. And my job on the weekends. Maybe one day a week I’ll ride the bus. (Shudder)

-Minimize energy use. Run my computer, MP3, and cell phone on battery as much as possible. Use natural light as much as possible, shower in the dark. And maybe (cringe) use such technologies like the computer less

-Air dry clothes, and wash them only when I absolutely need to.

-If I go out to eat, eat there to minimize waste from take out boxes and stuff.

-Track gas mileage; don’t accelerate so fast.

-Don’t waste so many notebooks; use every bit of paper I can before getting a new one.

-Try to cut out as many preservatives as possible from my diet

-Exercise without using energy, like doing weights and walking instead of Wii Fit and treadmill. (heh, or exercise at ALL)

So let’s see how long I can hold this up. Anyone got bets? A week? Two weeks? I don’t completely fail until I’ve only got two of the many rules left. So If I break all but two, I fail. Cheer me on! Try it yourself! GO HIPPIS!!!

Posted in Poetry

Human disease

Posted on by Bri

What have we come to?
Money fills you up with greed
Together we stand weaker
We are the human disease

Trashing all the forests
But not replanting the seed
Fouling up the ozone
We are the human disease

Some think they’re better than others
Most think they’re better than me
Stereotypes lead to suicide
We are the human disease

Not knowing what we’re meant to do
A ring with all the wrong keys
Searching for a purpose
We are the human disease

Material things important
The group who is crowded has three
Everyone feels alone all the time
We are the human disease

Posted in Issues

Environmentalists my…

Posted on by Bri

Well, last night we were watching the Daily Show on Comedy Central, and he was doing a bit about that awareness concert Al Gore held a month ago. As soon as they started talking about it, I had my brother pause it (it was on DVR).

"Did they use solar energy?" I inquired, seeing as the concert was for environmental awareness to, you know, stop the global warming that Al Gore makes bigger than it is.

"Psh, no," Says my dear father.

"WHAT? But doesn't that completely defeat the purpose of an environmental awareness concert??"

"Yes," He went on to elaborate that one of the singers required five rooms for her and her entourage, and had to have a specific beluga whale caviar, which, as you know, is an endangered species. What is wrong with these people??

I went on to research it a bit more.

"For an event that is designed to raise the awareness necessary to curb global warming and other environmental problems, why would you put on a massive, multi-continent concert where tremendous amounts of electricity and oil were needed to both transport stars to all the locations and then allow them to perform their lavish acts. "- Opey's Oratory (internet blog)

""In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people,” Al Gore said in a statement. “The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement.”"-Al Gore

Yeah, more like "In order to solve the climate crisis, we're going to use up so much electricity that no one else can. What a great solution! I'm a genius! Let's go have some beluga whale caviar in my hypocritical Hummer!"

This concert was a sad loss of message. If Al Gore really wanted to raise awareness, why not set a good example? You know, like practice what you preach. Don't tell us that we need to worry about the effect humans have on global warming because of their extensive use of oil and electricity when you can organize a world wide concert that uses so much energy itself.

London had it right, they used 100% biodiesel fuel to run their concert. New York used a nearby wind farm to fuel it, but a couple of good things doesn't wash out the bad. This concert was a waste of time and resources.

Sorry. I needed to rant about that. I should probably go eat breakfast, but nothing sounds good. Stupid Joys Of Womanhood… keeping me up all night…

Posted in Teenage Life

In Bri’s Absense, and For Her Sake

Posted on by Rachel

K I'm writing something on here because it will feel empty without something new. And for the sake of newness, it's going to be in a different font.

Well. I really have nothing to say, nothing to muse about, nothing to deliberate. I have nobody to talk to, and nothing that I want to do. As Brianna said, I'm all alooone.… Everybody's gone and abandoned me with no computer access and not caring to call. Well, I guess I'm doing that to them next week! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha ok I'll shut up. I hate wind. It's so noisy. Why can't nature be more considerate for those of us who are sleeping? Speaking of noise, my neighbor has this pond that used to have bullfrogs in it that made the most atrocious croaks at night, but I don't hear them anymore, and after four years of hearing them every summer night, I rather miss it. It's quite unsettling. That was a long sentence. My language arts teacher would kill me for putting four commas in the same sentence. Nobody's going to read this, what am I babbling on and on like this for? It's not as if anybody cares about the bullfrogs living next door. I don't even care about them. It's just that I am SOO RELIANT ON OTHER PEOPLE TO ENTERTAIN ME THAT THIS IS ALL THAT COMES OUT OF MY HEAD WHEN I'M LEFT ALONE!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I need to go to REI. Too bad I have no money and no way of getting there. I'm also reliant on my parents. Heh heh. As it should be…I should enjoy it now before I'm dirt poor and living in a rat infested apartment building, starving and freezing…

Well that was definitely the most exciting part of my day. Fonts and colors are fun.

The End