Monica Dillon Music Changing Hearts And Minds One Song At A Time » environmentalism http://monicadillonmusic.com/blog Music and movie reviews, music news, and all around real talk from New Orleans Musician Monica Dillon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Monica Dillon At The Pump http://monicadillonmusic.com/blog/monica-dillon-at-the-pump/ http://monicadillonmusic.com/blog/monica-dillon-at-the-pump/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:51:17 +0000 Monica http://monicadillonmusic.com/blog/monica-dillon-at-the-pump/

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Gas prices suck, don’t they? Sure I complain like we all do. But now, I’m driving much less. I’m also digging deeper into what has caused this great increase in oil prices. What I’ve found has been nothing short of frightening.

A year or so ago I watched a film called “Crude Awakening” on Netflix. The concepts the film discussed “Peak Oil” were foreign to me. Why hadn’t I learned this in high school!!! I’ll be doing another review on the film soon. The music is pretty dramatic too :-)

For now, check out Crude Awakening on Netflix if you want to learn more about the energy situation. Better yet, just go to the library. I’m sure they have it too as well as some books for references

Here’s the trailer of the film:

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So I was in the park one day….a place I like to hang out in. It’s free…I can people watch…oh..and the exercise ain’t so bad either.

It was this past June and I had an epiphany. I found it really outside even with the trees blowing a little cool air. I could only imagine what it would be like to live without the help of the cool shade of the trees in the summer and the warming earth in winter.

Perhaps I’m corny. Tree hugger am I :-) .

But think about it. Do you even have trees in your neighborhood. As I travel around I find it really scary to be in new subdivisions totally devoid of trees. I grew up with trees in my family’s backyard and I can’t imagine others not having the same luxury. And yet, I see it all the time. IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS no less.

I understand now that there is not necessary a concern for keeping trees when we build. I mean afterall most new homeowners are used to having to plant their own grass after a home is developed. something about that always struck me as..well…odd.

Last year, I learned about Waangari Maathai. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in Kenya helping to plant trees everywhere. She says, after all the talk is done, if you have not planted a tree, you have not done anything. Here’s a video of her and her work.

So I leave you with this thought….if we have not done anything after all the talk is over, we ain’t done anything.
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