POST 6: HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

Hey! What have you done to that plant?

-Nothing mom, I just cut a leaf from it.

-Don’t you think the plant suffers when you do this?

-Why?

-Look, imagine this little hair of yours, it’s the leaf's plant...

-Auch! That hurts! Why you pulled out my hair?

-Because it hurts, what you think felt the plant?”

 When I was a young boy, I wasn't very friendly with nature. I liked to cut off flowers, plant, trees, and sometimes torture animals. My mother was who slowly changed and taught me about how to care nature and respect other forms of life. Now I like to walk outside, I like to get into forest and breathe the clean air from trees. I try to care of my dog (but it’s in Talca, so it’s kind of far), and try to consume less energy and water (but this last one it’s kind of hard for me). 

 I’m not an Eco-Hero, but I try to do my best, that’s better than nothing. Although, it’s more than what our politicians do about environmental issues in our country. In Santiago and in Chile there’s a lack of politics related to environmental protection. Here, the business has “open letter” to do whatever they want with the local ecosystem. This is a more complex issue than the impact of an individual on the environment. Maybe, I could help joining to an eco-organization, but I’m lack of time by now, ending my career, etc. I hope one day I could help, may whit money, or another kind of action.

Summary

"Fukushima nuclear power plant cleanup takes its toll on workers":

The drama in Fukushima isn’t all about nuclear illness and radiation problems. This article presents the daily problems what the Fukushima Daishii’s workers deal with. Those worries are about possible ills that they can get working on the nuclear cleanup, they don’t know if Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power, the enterprise who owns Fukushima Daishii Plant) will take care of them if they get ill because of the radiation. Also they are worried about them families who have to leave Fukushima because the earthquake and tsunami, and, of course, the nuclear disaster. All this worries are producing different symptoms, such as depression, post-traumatic disorder, even alcoholism.

 This situation causes a low of the employers moral, what can brings to commits silly mistakes, and put their lives on unnecessary risks.

Tepco haven’t seen these problems yet. Tepco is stubborn, they don’t want the international help, they think this is a personal labor; they only want the government’s money. At this scenario, some young employers are starting to leave their jobs, and elderly employers start to ask for an early retirement. Others, search for jobs near them families. Even, older Fukushima’s engineers have offer themselves for the cleanup as volunteers, but the company doesn’t listen to anybody. At this point, a human meltdown is more possible that a nuclear disaster, says various experts. 

Link: The Guardian