The Harry Potter Alliance

By Emeline

April 26, 2009

Everyday should be Earth Day

(written on the 22nd)…
Today was Earth Day and the first year that I didn’t do anything special. In college, I was on the Environmental Committee and in high school, there was a club that would plant a tree every year. This year, I planted a couple of sunflower seeds and rode my bike around town this morning but that was it.

I feel like I should have done more, but at the same time I have been one of those people who treat everyday as Earth Day. Now, granted I haven’t switched to no meat or bought a hybrid, but I do use CFLs and recycle everything. I even dig through the trash when my housemate (who shall remain nameless…grr) repeatedly throws away bottles and plastic bags.

I just wish I had the money to buy energy star appliances and a hybrid. I wish I could afford the expensive all natural cleaners. I do buy some of that stuff, but I always feel like I could be doing more. I wish I had a magic wand to just erase global warming altogether. It makes me wonder if the environment was ever an issue in the wizarding world? I don’t think I ever read anything referencing global warming, but I can totally picture Hermione establishing S.P.E.W.2 Society for the Protection of Environmental Welfare.

I am guessing there are people who feel the same way as I do, at least some of the time and I am thinking that maybe something could come of this. Maybe the HPA could get a group together and help fight environmental genocide. When you think about it, isn’t that what we are doing really? Wiping out entire forests to build strip malls and condos? Look how many wildlife species have been completely eliminated because of us as a whole people.

Anyway, who knows what can really be done. I suppose I will just turn down the heat, keep extra blankets handy, and walk a little more each day.