Kokonsah was highly overwhelmed to see the number of staff and students who
were at the Savonia school auditorium last week to listen to a presentation
on waste management and Climate change.
The program which was organized by Kaan Kizilkaya, who was motivated and
supported by Ms Irene Hyrkstedt, lecturer of communication and languages at
the Department of Engineering was one of its kind I have ever witnessed.
In his presentation he underlined how human activities contribute to climate
change compared with natural influences. “Sometimes we blame the
cooperation’s and meteorologists for what is going wrong with the planet.
But we are mistaken!” He lamented. “It’s me and you; we are the real bad
guys” he told Kokonsa in an interview.
In fact, the presentation was really enlightening and I wish my lovely readers
were there to witness it themselves, as both teachers and students nodded in
affirmative to listening attentively to this.
After the presentations, a documentary film, entitled “Recipes for Disaster
(Katastrofin aineksia) was shown to climax the day. Actually, this is a film
I will encourage all readers to watch. It’s really funny but painful how we
can live a year without oil and forgo all things packaged in Plastic like
food, make ups, shampoo, etc., Oh my! It would really be a real blow to us
especially my ladies. hehehe. But on a more serious note it’s a good
practice and a way of reducing the amount of greenhouse gases that
contribute to climate change.
In a recent article by the United Kingdom Environmental change Network which I
read, it was proved that since the Industrial Revolution, human beings have
been releasing huge quantities of carbon dioxide, raising carbon dioxide
concentrations by 30%, and the burning of fossil fuels is no exception of
these human activities.
This means that if the amounts of atmospheric gases releases are not reducing
we will have ourselves blamed. And that is what Recipes for Disaster tells
us.
In a questionnaire to solicit ideas on how we can react positively to save our
climate Mrs. Irene Hyrkstedt explained that “Recipes for disaster shows that
at the core of the impending climate catastrophe are those little failures
that we as individuals make every day, and which are so much a part of human
nature. And a lot of it has to do with oil consumption”
My dear readers, the ball now lies in our court! Are we ready to give up oil
food and stuff packaged in plastic? Why not give it a try! Let join hands on
the crusade on climate change
On that note, Kokonsa will like to say kudos to all staff and students for
their presence during the presentation. And to the organizers, I will say
Onneksi Olkoon!
Shalom!
