With the awareness of global warming rising, I need to make a smaller impact on the world I live in today. If people stay the way they are living in the present with all the cars that spit out carbon dioxide and energy consuming appliances, there will not be a beautiful world as we know it for future generations. Energy consuming objects can be invented by one person, then one person can start a trend toward a greener way of living. The world points at everyone else hoping they will start the movement towards more environmentally friendly living. This is when I, as a single person, can make a difference even by doing small actions.
By starting small and working big, I can help the environment by doing green things in my house and community. A few simple, but effective ways of living green are replacing all incandescent light bulbs for fluorescent ones. Because I have recently attained my driver’s license, there is a great draw to drive to all the get-togethers my friends have. I could set aside a little more time, and make sure I have a bike light so I could ride over to the party. And if I contact my friends to bring or ride their bikes, we could bike somewhere like a store or park. I could cut down my carbon emissions by biking to stores that I would normally drive to. On a hot day of summer, I could open a window and place a fan which would circulate air throughout the house instead of running the AC. Instead of cooling the whole house, I could just have a nice breeze in the room I am in. To save electricity, I could leave the lights off on sun-filled days where the sun floods into the rooms of my house giving light to me already. Even if I already do this sometimes, I can always improve on this and many other areas. It seems to me that there are many ways to combat global warming, and these are just a couple.
God also called us to looking after his world that he put us on to care for. I already should be living green, but just have been neglecting how I should live. In Genesis, God asked Adam and Eve to tend for the earth and look after everything. Because of carbon emissions, we are making the temperature rise in the oceans. This then is bleaching the reefs and many species with it.
I think that we can all make a difference if we make an effort. The effort will trigger others to change their way of life, having a positive effect. And if God told us to care for the world, why can’t we? We don’t want to held responsible for damaging the world for other generations. If a small group can start putting out carbon emissions, then a small group can start going green.
Waking in the morning, we arose to find a heavy dew resting on our flies. As we set the protective covering of our tent out to dry in the sun, some of us took showers while others packed up. We soon had to pack everything into the bus, and make our way to Yellowstone National Park which was seven and a half hours away.
We had breakfast on the bus which consisted of yogurt, and nutria-grain bars. As the leaders reminded us, we still had to finish our group and individual essays. For our group essays, we each had partner that we answered a question that was given to us.
For lunch, the bus pulled over at a rest stop. Our lunch included the regular sandwiches and some chips which were a special occurrence. After lunch, several of us played Frisbee golf with homemade holes. Finished with lunch, we kept on driving towards our destination where we would study the ongoing debate about bison. During the bus ride, some people played card games while others chatted or slept.
Once we arrived in Yellowstone, we settled into or campsites and could do laundry and relax before dinner. Dinner involved delicious soups that were Broccoli and Cheddar and Beef Vegetable. Shortly after cleaning our dishes, the group took of for the ranch of Pat Povah. At his ranch, Pat Povah talked to us about megafauna in Yellowstone particularly bison. He talked heavily on how if one cow is infected with brucellosis the whole herd would be slaughtered. In fact, one of his friends just had there whole herd dilled because of a couple heifers that were infected. Pat Povah said, “We don’t want the buffalo extinct, we just want the buffalo at a capacity so they live in Yellowstone National Park.” He told us that the current bison population is five thousand, but many come outside the park’s boundaries during the winter and die of starvation. There isn’t enough food in the park so they wander outside the borders of the park to look for more food. Because half the buffalo have tested positive, Pat said we should eradicate the disease by killing half the buffalo. This would also help the over population.
After our talk with Pat Povah, the group came back to our campsite. Here, we readied ourselves for bed. Some had to finish laundry, and others played cards, journaled or just went to bed. Tomorrow we have a full day in front of us including talking to the Buffalo Field Campaign and a biologist from the park. We could even take free showers if we wanted them. Two showers in two days, now that’s a deal.