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Congrats on taking the initiative to do something about your situation. Most
people never do. That’s something to be commended for. I have a blog I think
you’d enjoy reading. It’s called “An Inside Job”, and it deals with the
changes we can all make in our lives to make ourselves, and by extension the
world, a better place:

here’s the link

Also, as far as “The Global Warming Swindle” goes, I hate to break it to you
but that “documentary” is a propaganda piece put out by the big oil
companies. This has been proven time and time again, which is why I made my
blog entry titled “How to Help the Truth Reveal Itself”. I watched that
movie all the way through, and all the commercials they’ve made, before I
formed my opinion. And that took a couple hours! So I hope you (and anyone else who questions global warming) will spend a
few minutes reading my blog entry about it:

link to blog entry

Nowadays, I don’t take ANYONE’S word for ANY REASON until I do some research on them. I always always ALWAYS check the corporate sponsors and CEOs of companies before I trust their sites, articles, essays, videos, etc. My first action these days when I find an interesting website or online article with strong political stances (liberal or conservative) is to trace it back to its parent company. If you follow the trail of money, you find who has the most to benefit from it and usually the truth kind of reveals itself like Skull Island out of the fog (for all you “King Kong” fans).

Peace and health,

Derek

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Just one suggestion though, don’t get hung up on the carbon stuff.

I am all for living in a clean environment, but IMHO global warming has been hijacked by politics and is more about business $$$ than about saving the earth (ie. govt taxes and control for everything.. including breathing – as humans are a big source of C02 in the air. sounds ludicrous, but it’s already being discussed.. behind closed doors). There is also a complete other side of global warming that is stonewalled by the media, that the sun is the biggest factor. (more info – google video: “the great global warming swindle”). Check it out and make up your own mind (and don’t get discouraged!).

I will be doing something similar in sept.. Quit the job, leaving consumerism and this upside-down society, travel the world and simultaneously do volunteer work in development projects helping kids in developing countries realize their dreams. My aims are simply to explore myself and give back what I have been privileged to receive in the course of my life.

all the best.

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The following article may interest you:
A recent study by the government-funded Carbon Trust, reveals the surprising fact that of the 11 tons of CO2 emitted annually by the average Briton, we emit 1 ton through our clothing, from the chemical processes used to manufacture and transport the items, emissions from water heating and wet appliances used in cleaning, drying and pressing clothes but only 0.68 tons by flying.
http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1115629.php?mpnlog=1

So, clothing(1) + flying(0.68) = 1.68 out of 11
9.32 more tons to consider….

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