Elaina De Meyere's Blog
About
- Bio:
The story of my life can be traced in the back pages of my passport, or read on the faces of countless tacky souvenirs speckled throughout my house. From the time I was 3 months old, I have been a traveler – a condition I no doubt inherited from my parents, who have made more revolutions around the planet than the average satellite. At 19, I moved abroad to England to pursue an undergraduate degree, and for the next 6 years, I would remain in a veritable state of limbo, somewhere between the azure Athens skyline and the suburbs of Northern Virginia, where I grew up, never certain of where to touch down, if only for a short while. Travel has been my greatest and most influential teacher, and the experiences I’ve gained through it have proven invaluable. They have shaped my opinions on everything from politics to my preferred toppings on “jacket” potatoes. They have transformed my way of thinking, and, as a young adult, the way in which I regarded the world and my place in it – a lesson which reverberates in me to this day.
- Roots in:
- DC, Japan, Europe
- Favorite place:
- Wherever the wind takes me.
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- We are not the first generation to inhabit this planet, but we may very well be among the last. It seems as though we are shunning the responsibility entrusted to us by our forbearers, to respect and honor the Earth as the source of everything on which we have come to rely, for reasons that have more to do with sloth and greed than need or necessity. Whatever happened to that millennia-old respect for nature observed by the great societies of the past? At what point did we stray? At what point did we determine that, save but ourselves, life could be expended and driven to extinction, as if devoid of value? Every living thing contributes to the natural systems that sustain life on this planet. Let us respect that and work towards a harmonious, deferential existence with nature, and pass on to the next generation a healthy, viable planet.
Recent Blog Posts
- Meat Free Mondays (June 17, 2009)
- Incensed or Inspired? Direct Action Environmentalism, British Style (March 16, 2009)
- So much for salad... (December 10, 2008)
- Wasteland, USA (December 3, 2008)
- A Cheeseburger Could Destroy the World (October 31, 2008)
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