Thursday, April 26, 2007

荒唐的我們的島

最近臺灣似乎掀起了一陣關心全球暖化的風潮
隨處可以看到與此議題有關的論述
天下雜誌第369期有"臺灣不願面對的真相"專題
商業週刊最新一期也剖析全球暖化即將對台灣經濟帶來的衝擊
就連Yahoo Kimo在世界地球日那天
都寄了封關於全球暖化會造成臺灣海平面上升6~20公尺的信件給全部的會員
不知道這些是不是 "不願面對的真相" 這部電影所引發的效應

可是就當這議題吵的沸沸揚揚的時刻
臺灣的二氧化碳排放問題也一一被拿出來檢討
許多恐怖的數據才浮出檯面
原來 臺灣這個美麗寶島
是這麼不環保的一個島嶼

臺灣2005年的二氧化碳排放成長率為110% 高居世界第一
臺灣平均每人產生的二氧化碳排放量高居亞洲第一
臺灣平均每人的二氧化碳排放量為世界平均值的三倍
臺灣這麼一個莞爾小島 二氧化碳排放總量居然佔世界總排放量的百分之一
(http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070413/17/cvau.html)

雖然我們的政府口口聲聲的說要推動二氧化碳減量
可是今年經濟部推動的大型開發案
卻完全反其道而行
甚至抨擊環評委員會是阻止台灣經濟發展的惡煞
根據環評委員會所提出的數據
如果這些開發案全數通過
那麼臺灣接續幾年的二氧化碳排放量將再成長25%!!!!
(http://e-info.org.tw/node/21845)

再者 雖然政府一直說要推動大眾運輸系統
卻不斷的想要擴建臺灣的公路網
讓臺灣的小客車數量不斷的增加
你知道嗎? 臺灣每四人有一部車 每兩人有一部機車!!

台電也是讓臺灣二氧化碳排放居高不下的罪魁禍首之一
台電整天叫著說如果不蓋核電廠 臺灣的電就不夠用
卻不思考可行的替代方案
而近期提出的火力發電廠興建或更新計畫
選用的機具卻非目前能源使用效率最高的主機
而是較為便宜的舊式機種
台電也是臺灣最浪費電力的公司之一

其實臺灣有非常好發展再生能源的條件
臺灣為全球太陽能板的主要製造國家
全球十大太陽能板製造公司 臺灣就佔了兩家
荒唐的是 這些太陽能板都賣哪去了??

臺灣有很多荒唐的事
荒唐的蘇花高、荒唐的捷運新店機廠、荒唐的臺26線增建、荒唐的立法委員

荒唐的我們的島

但是但是
請大家一起盡己所能 幫助臺灣降低二氧化碳的排放
隨手關燈、多搭乘大眾運輸工具、跟親朋好友宣導節能的重要性

這星期公視"我們的島"節目將播出第400集:面對臺灣
(http://www.pts.org.tw/php/html/island/index.php)
內容將探討全球暖化下的臺灣
2007/04/27 21:00首播
播出後一星期內也可以線上收看節目
(http://www.pts.org.tw/php/vod/index2.php?VAENO=1&SUBLEVEL=596)

Monday, April 23, 2007

現在的大學生愈來愈不喜歡出野外??

其實在做生態方面的研究
好像常常可以聽到這句話
大家聚在一起聊天談到人手不足的時候
就經常有人會說現在的學生好像愈來愈不喜歡出野外了

可是上個星期在蓮華池出差的時候
跟孫義方老師聊到這個
老師卻說其實應該是現在的大學生缺乏接觸野外的機會
在不了解的情況下
自然就不會想要進入這個圈圈囉

其實想想自己踏入這行的過程
我並不是一開始就打定主意要朝這個方向走的
基本上是去了南仁山做過野外調查後
才體認到野外好玩在哪裡
而愈接觸也才愈了解到生態研究的重要性在哪

雖然說
這一行未來的出路好像不是很好
(我想這一點或多或少都會影響學生參與的意願吧)
但是如果可以持續的提供他們接觸生態調查的機會的話
應該可以吸引一些像自己一樣不怕未來沒頭路的人吧!!

雖然說
帶小朋友出來做調查有時候很累
但是從長遠的眼光來看
這還是值得的

一板一眼

上次去蓮華池"推廣"種子雨跟小苗計畫
(就是我跟佳陵從之前做到現在的這個計畫)
其實一開始被指派的任務是要教大家怎麼收種子、如何進行小苗調查
可是我覺得因為來參與研習營的學員
其實大多連為什麼要收種子、做小苗調查都不知道了
因此就把重心放在跟大家解說為什麼要進行這個研究上面

那天講著講著
就發現底下好多人開始打瞌睡
我印象中我以前報告並不太有這種情形發生
(還是只是我自己不知道??)
後來檢討一下
覺得自己現在在報告
好像有點太鑽於學術的部分 太過一板一眼
而忽略了演講其實必須要有其他有趣的元素
否則大家怎麼受的了這麼長時間的疲勞轟炸呢?

只是 只是
我好像一直不知道該怎麼把自己在做的事情用生動的方式表達出來

明天又要講一次了
希望可以引起大家的共鳴

里約熱內盧的一場傳奇演講

西元1992年6月11日
聯合國地球環境高峰會議於巴西里約熱內盧召開
一位12歲的加拿大女孩Severn Cullis-Suzuki
在冠蓋雲集的世界各國領導人面前發表了一篇僅有8分鐘的演說
許多人認為這是一場傳奇的演講



演說的內容主要針對日益惡化的環境問題以及貧窮問題
希望在座的世界各國領導人可以終止戰爭 停止破壞環境
將這些用於破壞世界的經費
挪為解決環境問題、幫助貧困的孩子就學所用

Severn大我一歲
想想我在國小畢業的時候做的事情
就覺得她很不簡單
如果上網路搜尋她的名字
可以找到一狗票與她相關的網頁
甚至維基百科都有她的介紹
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Cullis-Suzuki


以下是她演講的全文


Address to the Plenary Session, Earth Summit, Rio Centro, Brazil 1992
By Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Children's organization.
We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference:
Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me.
We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways.
Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda.
I am fighting for my future.
Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market.
I am here to speak for all generations to come.
I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard.
I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go.
We cannot afford to be not heard.
I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone.
I am afraid to breathe the air because I don't know what chemicals are in it.
I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers.
And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day - vanishing forever.

In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies,
but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?
All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions.
I'm only a child and I don't have all the solutions, but I want you to realize, neither do you!

You don't know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer.
You don't know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream.
You don't know how to bring back an animal now extinct.
And you can't bring back forests that once grew where there is now desert.

If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it!

Here, you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organizers , reporters or politicians -
but really you are mothers and fathers, brothers and sister, aunts and uncles - and all of you are somebody's child.

I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family,
five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil -
borders and governments will never change that.

I'm only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.
In my anger, I am not blind; and in my fear, I am not afraid to tell the world how I feel.
In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy.
Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share.

In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter - we have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets.
Two days ago here in Brazil, we were shocked when we spent some time with some children living on the streets.
And this is what one child told us:
"I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children food, clothes, medicine, shelter and love and affection."
If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy?

I can't stop thinking that these children are my age, that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born,
that I could be one of those children living in the Favellas of Rio;
I could be a child starving in Somalia; a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India.

I'm only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this earth would be!

At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us:
not to fight with others,
to work things out,
to respect others,
to clean up our mess,
not to hurt other creatures
to share - not be greedy

Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?
Do not forget why you're attending these conferences, who you're doing this for - we are your own children.

You are deciding what kind of world we will grow up in.
Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying "everything's going to be alright', "we're doing the best we can" and "it's not the end of the world".
But I don't think you can say that to us anymore.
Are we even on your list of priorities?
My father always says "You are what you do, not what you say."
Well, what you do makes me cry at night. you grown ups say you love us.
I challenge you, please make your actions reflect your words.

Thank you for listening.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

小牙齒

這其實是兩個星期前發生的故事
(話說我的網誌更新的速度向來很慢)

話說去年年中就到了該洗牙的時候
可是因為健保沒繳錢 健保卡不能用
再來又遇到一連串的事情 所以就一拖再拖

終於兩個星期前終於下定決心要去洗牙了
去了離我台北家不遠的一家牙醫診所
去到那裡 雖然沒有預約
但幾乎沒有等到就輪到我了

醫生照慣例拿鏡子起來給我看
告訴我我的牙齒有哪些問題
說我的牙齒比較瘦長 牙縫比較大
因此比較容易有牙結石的問題
如果累積久了 會導致牙齦變少以及牙齦容易腫脹出血等問題
所以要愛用牙線 保持牙縫的清潔
到了看診要結束的時候
醫生跟我說 我的牙齒長的很好 而且牙齒很小顆
全部的智齒都長出來了 而且牙齒排列整齊
他說一般這樣的人並不多
只要勤保養 基本上不會有太多的問題

感覺上這好像是我第一次被牙醫師稱讚我的牙齒
以前去看牙醫都像被訓話一樣
說我哪裡哪裡沒有注意等等
再來就告訴我我的智齒要拔掉
不然會容易蛀牙等等
有些人也會對我的門牙縫有意見

雖然說不知道被說牙齒小算不算被稱讚
但是心情還是一整個好挖!!