Relevantly Irrelevant
Important article: after the World Bank and their study “Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided“, apparently even BP acknowledge that climate change is produced by human activity (what a tough one to solve) and that the situation looks grave indeed. So what should we do? Why BURN IT ALL OF COURSE!
This National Geographic special makes predictions on how the world would change for each additional degree of increase in global mean temperature. Watch it. If you dare.
There has been relatively little talk about the BP oil spill. For such a big disaster, I’m surprised there haven’t been many people calling BP out on the matter. Especially here in Greece, the matter seems to be getting little attention. Hopelessly little when it’s the largest natural disaster to hit the US we’re talking about. One could say that Greece has its own problems at this time, but even like that, people just don’t seem to care unless it’s their home.
So, what if it was YOUR home?
This is what the people behind www.ifitwasmyhome.com must have thought… It’s a site trying to raise awareness about the BP oil spill. It has live streaming video of the spill (yes there’s a camera thousands of meters below the surface) but most importantly, they have a Google Map with a representation of the oil spill layered on it, at the location of the actual spill. This is a great way to comprehend the extent of the damage done, but for anyone who’s not from New Orleans or the southern coast of the US it means little. What’s best about the site is that you can move this layered spill anywhere you want in the world and see what it would look like over your home. I put in my post code in Nea Smyrni and this is what came up.
(please click it. Screenshot taken June 7th 2010)
I am lost for words… There’s nothing that has not been said anymore. Things will only change if people unplug their ears and, most importantly, their minds…
source: StrangeMaps