Blog Action Day 2009

Yes, I know I already did a blog post tonight.
Yes, I know Blog Action Day was last week.
Yes, I know I'm late.

But better late then never.

So the magical topic is... CLIMATE CHANGE!!

You know, I don't really know much about climate change, except that Al Gore has something to do with it (I mean with the helping part.). So I looked up "climate change"on Merriam-Webster Online, and here's what I came up with:


The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search bar above.

So I looked it up on the open dictionary on Merriam-Webster Online. Guess what I came up with:


No results found starting with "climate change."

Now something didn't seem right here.

Then I thought of something; maybe it's not the website, but the people.

We see the subject of climate change (global warming, recycling, etc.) everywhere we go. Billboards. TV. The bottoms of shampoo bottles that say "please recycle me." So what is it that causes people to be ignorant of this issue? I mean, I know we're all stressed out, and we have our busy lives, etc., etc.. But isn't the subject of our home worth a little time in our day? That's what I thought. We need to spend a little more time taking care of our planet, rather than getting an overpriced cappuccino at Starbuck's, which isn't that good anyways.

And even if we do get that cappuccino, couldn't we at least recycle the cup??

Animals are losing their homes because of our wastefulness. When is the last time you used the back of a piece of paper to write down a note to call someone back? We're wasting paper. We're killing animals.

I realize I'm getting pretty accusative here, and I don't mean to. But think about it. Everyone in America uses approximately one 100 ft. tall Douglas fir tree in paper and wood products per year. (EPA, 2008) Now, imagine if we used just half of this. Big difference.

There's also the subject of global warming. Our ice sheets are thinning/dissapearing. Imagine if Antarctica sank into the ocean. This would raise our world ocean level by 200 feet. It only needs to be raised a few feet to flood major cities, like New York, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney... need I go on?

Think about the mosquitoes. Still water is ideal for them to breed. This could cause major spreadage of diseases like malaria or West Nile virus.

Things aren't looking too hot. Well, they are, but I meant they aren't looking good... stupid puns...


There's so much out there that could be fixed when it comes to climate change. Are you ready to help???

If so, go to...
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
http://www.repoweramerica.com/
http://www.blogactionday.org/
http://www.kaufda.de/umwelt/


Help make a difference!



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Sources:
http://www.wisegeek.com/
www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html

~Kim~

P.S. Those cappuccions really are overpriced.

Health Class

Well, it's the beginning of the year, and now that I'm in 8th grade, I have health class with my favorite teacher, Mr. Little (which is really weird because he's tall, and his wife, who was my 5th grade teacher, is really short.).



Now I always knew I was gonna have a health class, but I thought it would be all about intestines and guts and stuff. Nope. Today we started a whole new unit. Guess what it was.





SEX ED!!! :( :( :( :( :(



I would have rather gone with the guts.



So of course, half the class is practically throwing up onto their notebooks, and the other half is making sexist jokes. (Like the "mature" 8th graders we're supposed to be...)



Now Mr. Little has three rules for this unit...

1. Act appropriately. (Like that's going to happen.)


2. Ask questions. (Even though if we do, your reputation is done for.)


3. No personal questions. (For example, "Mr. Little, how old were you when you first kissed a girl???")

So, after a really long Q&A session (you can only imagine...), it's time for lunch. Of course, I don't feel like eating now that I know... certain things.

So I'm running around the cafeteria, warning everyone that has health 6th period about what's to come.

I see several people who aren't eating after that.

Then my friend Raquel comes over and sits by me. "Thanks so much for the heads up, Kim!" My other friend Connor comes and joins her. He agrees.

So I'm kinda scared about what's to come tomorrow. Who knows. Maybe the State of Wisconsin will suddenly ban informing kids about this, to save them from being scarred for life.

But they're not those kind of people. So I doubt it.

~Kim~

P.S. I'm sorry if I made you kinda scared.