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Day 2013: Earth Hour 2016

“The education of women is the best way to save the environment.” – E. O. Wilson

It’s 12 : 18 PM on day 2013 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 2 Peter 1, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Venus, the second closest plant to the Sun, has the highest average temperatures of any planet in our Solar System, regularly reaching temperatures over 460°C. Venus is so hot because of its proximity to the Sun and its thick atmosphere.– and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $3 362 only $2 888 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

Today at 8: 30 PM (local time) people all over the world will be turning off their lights for an hour as part of Earth Hour – an annual event that aims to raise awareness about climate change. Without the planet there is NO PEOPLE let’s save ourselves by preserving the planet. This Earth Hour let’s make a commitment to go beyond the hour let our mark on the world not be a scar on our planet.

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Tips on Living Green

When you leave a room switch off all the lights
Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs (if you’re not already using them)
Invest in solar geysers (it’s a tad costly to install but it saves you a lot of money in the long run and it’s better for the planet [our house already had a solar geyser when we bought it] )
Buy locally-grown fruits and vegetables or better yet if you have a yard grow your own fruits and vegetables (we are very fortunate in that we have a big yard which enables us to have 2 food gardens – one at the front of the house and one at the back – on top of that my parents grew up in India where growing your own food was a way of life so they know a lot about farming which is awesome because now we have home-grown vegetables at certain times of the year (when the land produces vegetables my parents are so proud and excited it’s adorable))
Walk or cycle instead of always using a car (it’s good for your health and good for the planet) [I’m exempt from doing this for obvious reasons LOL but if you can please do]

The above are tips I came up with on my own. For more tips on how to live green visit www.missearthsa.co.za/index.php/green-tips .

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Earth Hour 2016 video

Day 1857: “A shift in thinking will change the world” by Emily Penn

Day 326

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Every experience that comes to you is an opportunity to birth your divinity. – Richard H. Levy

It’s 7: 49 PM on day 326 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, read Sorta Crunchy on Bringing the Sunshine– a fun blog post about how far is too far when it comes to going green – feed myself an avocado sandwich for breaKfast, listen to music, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself naarjies – [plural of naarjie] a n orange like fruit that is unique to South Africa– for lunch, watch TV, feed myself steamed vegetables for dinner, brush my teeth once more and watch some more TV.

Yesterday – I can’t believe I actually going to write this but if it helps someone it will be worth it – I asked my father to take the heater in our room – the room that my sister and I share – and put in my our brother’s room and he in turn asked my sister to do it and her being the smartass that she is brought the wrong heater and made some comment which rubbed my father up the wrong way and ended up in her getting a beating which left her hyperventilating with a red mark on her arm and although I wouldn’t wish that on anyone when she came back to our room in tears I realized that regardless of how you are abused the end result is that you feel like you are not worthy I knew that because every time my father said I should sit in the car while the rest of them went shopping or visiting I felt like he was engraving on my heart you are not good enough. Has a horrible experience taught you something that you would otherwise never know?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 194

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You become your choices. – Unknown

It’s 3: 58 PM on day 194 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, make sandwiches for the people in our housekeeper’s neighbourhood (if you have no idea what I am talking about refer to ‘Day 184’) – I buttered the bread while my mom put the jam on – it was SO much fun the only thing I would do differently was tell my mother to buy foil instead of using the sandwich wrap but still all in all it was great day 🙂 – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – I woke up to find that four more people had made donations to my campaign after I’d went to bed yesterday which brings my grand total raised on my birthday to $161.68 –a special thanks to Anonymous, Melanie, @dianarusso (Diana), @laurajteacheroz (Laura) and Anonymous for their generous donations 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, go visit my cousin who came back from university for a week and feed myself pizza and garlic bread for dinner.

Today I signed up to be a part of Earth Hour 2011 hoping that all of the members of my immediate family would participate unfortunately for me I didn’t take into account that Kevin – my 10-year-old brother – couldn’t survive an hour without watching TV so we reached a compromise I told him he could use everything in the living room provided that everything else in the house was switched off and although I tried my best to my okay with it I remember feeling so annoyed that he refused to cooperate but then I realized that sometimes you should stand for something even if it means standing alone. Do you only make the right choice when you’re in the majority?

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Day 133

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb

It’s 10: 44 PM on day 133 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread –for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made to my campaign today but on the plus side I just found out three hours ago that my campaign has been extended from March5th 2011 to March 5^th 2012– I feel like jump for joy too bad I can’t LOL 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise for 20 minutes and feed myself bun and chicken nuggets for dinner – I forgot it was meat-free for a second and accidently ate chicken LOL although I suppose 2/3 is not too bad for my first attempt 🙂

A few weeks ago I read a blog post called 10 Ways To Go Green And Save Green by @JustDiii (Dian) and subsequently made a commitment to eating three meatless meals every Monday, but one thing led to another and soon I had forgotten all about it until I read How do human CO₂ emissions compare to natural CO₂ emissions by Gpwayne this morning and realized that the future of the planet depended on what we did in the present. Have you ever wondered what would become of our children’s children if we depleted all of Earth’s natural resources? 🙁