Do we Really Care for our Mother Nature?

Very large numbers often leave us indifferent. When we hear that the wars of the 20th century killed 110 million people, or that some 2,000 major disasters that hit the Earth between 2002 and 2006, causing 1.5 million deaths, these numbers do not cause us emotional commensurable with human tragedy depicting quantified. If someone informs us that in 2006 every hour free up 1 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, or about 8 billion tonnes a year, these figures for most of us act like an anesthetic. Wonder, because it is difficult to realize such large sizes. Let's look at what effects can the carbon released in burning fossil fuels. The main effect is to anthropogenic climate change in a few years. On August 1, 2008, the journal «Science», wrote the following surprising: "Data from Greenland's ice show that large climatic changes can happen in just 1 to 3 years." Maybe our climate holds more unpleasant surprises than expected. Around 18% of greenhouse gas emissions due to the enormous scale farming, with key officers cows. These gases are released fertilizer and machinery for the cultivation of grazing, cutting forests to create grazing land, the division of waste and especially the emission of methane from the digestive tract of animals.

This Might be the last time you See your Favorite Beach Resort

Already we are experiencing climate change and things do not seem so tragic. Could we therefore continue to live with our big cars, excessive air conditioning, the high consumption of meat, amenities, over-consumption? The answer is no. History, as though simply written, has many demons, and many details. In recent years, the Inuit, who live in northern areas, use air conditioners in the summer. Arctic summers will not have any ice in 2040. The sea is now the rate of 3 millimeters per year. This rate is likely to increase. Coastal cities like Nafplio, Chania and Thessaloniki, the 2100 probably will start flooding from the sea. The 2100 is not far away. It is the year that will live to know people, children or grandchildren. Island states and complexes, such as Kiribati, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Tokealou, Tuvalu will disappear from the map. The heat waves, hurricanes, floods and fires will occur with greater intensity and frequency. In the 20th century 10 million people died from natural disasters. In the 21st this number is expected to rise sharply. 50% of Crete and 35% of all Greece are at high risk of desertification. Desertification is the conversion of productive land to non-productive, because climate change and human activities.

Heard about heat Waves -- Yes the ones you see in Hollywood Movies

Drought leads to overexploitation of groundwater, leading to penetrate deep into the sea. The salinization of groundwater in the Argolid and Heraklion known phenomena. The over-responsible for the disappearance of Lake Koroneia and the great descent of the aquifer in Thessaly. At 20 Aegean islands watered by aquifers. The salinization and the disappearance of river and lake ecosystems will intensify. Public health is affected by climate change. Extreme weather events increase mortality. In August 2003 an unusual heat wave with temperatures over the 40th C struck Central Europe. Almost 15,000 in France and across Europe, 35,000 people lost their lives. The next summer the temperature in Cairo came to 51oC. The tick vector of Lyme disease has reached Sweden as a result of mild winters. Malaria is spreading in Africa, because higher temperatures favor the spread of anopheles.
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 1800 was 280 parts per million, and now is 382. The 2050 is projected to reach 550 if we do not act. The IPCC, awarded the Nobel peace organization, has provided that we can take urgent steps to 2100 the climate situation is not catastrophic, although it worse. To do this, we must cut our emissions by 8 to 4 billion tonnes of coal annually. The temperature then stabilized on the rise in C. 2nd According to IPCC, the global economy will slow only in a negligible 3% by 2030, if adopted these cuts.

How Individual Contribution can Make a Differnce

Can each of us to get into the spirit of cutting emissions by 50%, replacing the 4x4 vehicle with another small or hybrid, by replacing conventional bulbs with economic, reducing meat consumption, building houses with insulation and ventilation, reducing unnecessary consumption. But above all, strong and enlightened government leaders to realize and take the right decisions cuts coal nationally. Our country unfortunately has not performed well in this area. On January 15, 2008 Greece was the first EU country condemned by the European Court ignored because the 2002 Directive on bioclimatic architecture. Consume twice as much energy from the Danes and the Swedes for heating. The rhetoric of our leaders has become an environmental connotation lately. But the question is what do themselves as citizens and as decision-makers. Those who drive huge cars and eat without a barrier, can not convince them of their sincerity.
People seeking the material and social advancement, usually after a short time any level of prosperity and then seeking higher. This trend, if not prevented, would destroy our offspring. Major decisions of major political urgency. Without such decisions, climate change is almost certain that alone would end the endless cycle of overconsumption. We begin to see the results of our current operations in 2050. It is even possible that those who govern us and we, the citizens, take the right decisions. Otherwise they will go down in history as the generation of greedy fools who destroyed the future of their descendants.

A Festival for Organic Farming

The idea to create this festival arose from our desire to express a different way of communication, eco-awareness and social action. Since last year, the organization of 1 Evoiki Festival, tried to find ways to fight together to change our lives, to experiment solutions, open discussions, but out against any party or any hierarchical institution. Forge camaraderie between us to enrich our daily lives in the place we live. For us it is obvious that forests are away so violently that distract us, we want to swim, both we and the fish in clean seas and angry with polluted water and poisoned trofimas. Fortunately, all these for granted now are beginning to sigopsithyrizontai by more people ... So this year, one of our main activities is to promote organic farming. This does not do it just because the 'organic' is more healthy than conventional food. It is not simply a matter of technology. We support organic farming because it is the only viable solution to a truly decentralized, free, ecological society. In addition, the 3 days of the festival, will operate "gratuitous bazaar" where different objects, which we all can offer will be exchanged without any consideration. That's because we believe that we, here and now, if we change our habits a little, with minor alleged acts to resist the commodity, consumer logic prevails and experience the charistikotita between us. Ways remains to be invented, such is the "gratuitous bazaar", which indeed will try to developments in sustainable institution in the city.

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The state Decisions that went disastrous

This year, we wanted to attach great importance to highlight the serious ecological crimes in the area for which responsible companies get rich, the destruction of nature, and therefore of our life. Why one year after the first celebration of the ecological issues Evia are many and important and do not raise or inactions or petty. Why the "orchard" is all: LARCO, burning RDFse AGET, overfishing and pollution Evian, sow water, wetland Kolovrechtis, coal plants in MANTOUDI and Aliveri, wind farms, pollution and NEOCHIMIKI Tsimentadiko.,. And of course several thousand acres less forest. Some are heads of social action, but all without exception is a priority.

But who is watering the "orchard"?

State, community leaders and private-industry officials are perivallontoktonous mechanisms previously turned a blind eye to crime with more than 200 dead ELLENIT the company, the destructive activities of the hoes, the contamination of Cement. And I have no problem doing the same now. As easily seen, we are in a period of tension as the central authority has chosen to reserve and Evia specific role in the planned spatial energy map.The ideologies of "progress" and unrestricted "development", proved disastrous today, psefdoorthologika, stupid. This market economy does not promote any other value, besides the growth and domination, consumerism, apathy, the idiotefsi. The results we experience every day. The solutions proposed and promoted by systemic managers through pretentious "Sustainable Development", "sustainable development", "oikoapodotikotita" etc. longer appear as a new field for ambitious business "or" apenechopoiimenous »(sic) Palace-robbers, creating a new type of capitalism, the" green ".