Fell- fail

Was watching this programme; Green Matters on tv the other day. They were filming in Kenya, Africa. What i felt about it? Shame.

The people in Kenya, poor though they are, are actually carrying out realistic measures to save their environment, their greenery. Reason being, their nature is scarce. You see, they collect used materials such as cut grass and twigs. They dry them into, what they call as bricket-- recycled to be used again. And why do all of them venture into such efforts? For their own lives, and for the future generation. Kenya is a dry place of course, and they have little trees growing there. For that, the government actually bans the felling of trees in Kenya to save resources. If they were to continue cutting the trees there, guess what, even oxygen would become scarce for them.

And here, in Malaysia, in Sarawak, in Kuching, what're we doing?? Felling trees pompously. Taking our rich resources for granted. Those broccoli-- which we see as less important compared to the new roller coaster ride from Simpang 3 to the Airport, if thrown to Kenya would've done them wonders. And then, we actually have the cheek to appeal to public to buy trees RM50 per seedling!

Okay maybe we should put that aside. Perhaps we have no power in that. But how about our daily activities? How many times do we take out a fresh sheet of A4 paper, scribble a few words on it, decide it isn't appropriate and just crumple the paper up and wham-- it goes into the rubbish bin. Or use them as paper balls? How often do we pick vegetables out of our food? How many times do we forget to be grateful that we have sufficient and a variety of good food (for now)? How many times do we conveniently throw our empty plastic bottles and drink cans into the thrash? How many unnecessary sheets of paper do we use for every exam? The list goes on, if only we'd pause and reflect.

I know i'm guilty of all the mentioned above (otherwise i wouldn't have been able to list them out) but maybe it's high time we all started little by little each day. It's easy to take things for granted, to say that Sarawak is blessed with resources, but they deplete and it's something we should start facing. Instead of shying from that truth and go about each day as though we're the most care-free creatures in the world, let's start by taking small, seemingly-ineffective individualistic steps as a start.

I entrust my role to you readers. Keep me in check! When i pick out my vege in my food, knock my head. When i throw still usable paper away, make me take it back. When i complain, silence me. Etc etc etc, you know what to do.

And if you too, feel the same way i do, then it's time we do something together. Leave a comment, show the blogosphere you care, and start today! (Sorry la, sounds like i'm some salesperson yelling out propaganda hehe).

Adapted from Ralph;
I'm not saying, "You must do this, you must save Mother Earth."

All I'm saying is..."Are you up to taking the challenge nature is posing to you?"

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.” --Adlai E. Stevenson