Welcome to my Blog Action Day post. Today, the bloggers and websites unite to sound off about the environment, our world, the place where we live. It is the only one we have and once it is destroyed, life as we know it will cease to exist.
From nytimes.com, Chang W. Lee, a Times photographer, traveled around China to document the impact of industrialization on the country’s rural and urban landscapes. I found the visual impact of the images cause me to pause and reflect on just how much damage we are inflicting upon mother earth. We all must do our share to save her. From the land, the sea and the air.. SOUND OFF! LET’S SAVE THE PLANET!
Some of the images include:
1> A worker pauses to shield his eyes while moving coal
2> Smoke rises over a coal mine near Pingru
3> Construction for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
4> Traffic in Guangzhou, more cars add to China’s pollution problem
5> Only 1 percent of China’s 560 million urban dwellers breathes air considered safe
6> A cloud of exhaust at a coal-fired steel factory in Shanxi Province
7> Pollution and algae blooms caused by runoff have poisoned China’s lakes
8> Trucks move in and out of the Wujiata coal mine in Shenmu
Filed under: News, World | Tagged: Blogging, Environment, Photos, Pictures
As bad as China is for our environment, Americans must take a greater responsibility in limiting China’s demand for energy by making more conscious consumer decisions. Should we still buy China if they’re pumping CO2 in the air?
Forget that, should we still buy Chinese if they’re supporting Sudan in the genocide of Darfur?
Morris> I agree, about us taking greater responsibility and making making more conscious decisions, if you are supporting genocide in any way, in any country, I say don’t buy! Thanks for your comment.
Several companies in Indianapolis are based in Darfur. It makes you wonder why on earth they go there to house their business. They were asked by residents to move because they’re contributing to the economy there. Few responded because the dollar has more value than human life. There are all kinds of reasons to say “this is why we’re here but we don’t have anything to do with the genocide.” Truth be told, they’re helping fund it. Interesting that you need money to kill masses of people. Even murder isn’t free.
Austin