today, while vacationing with my aunts and uncles, i went to the Indianapolis Zoo. now, im usually not very welcoming to things like that, involving captive animals, but i decided to go!! I mean, why not? It was just a way to spend the day! ...or so i thought!!! for 5 hours, I saw animal after animal after animal captive. They were behind bars, thick plexi-glass walls, fake rocky fences: all lined up in rows. it almost made me burst into tears like the teeny toddler next to me who was tantruming about not getting a lemonade! i mean, all of these helpless animals who were BORN into this "show biz" life: having rowdy kids pet them and scream at them, like the animals' lives were valueless. and others are STUCK their entire lives behind bars like fugitives! people are put behind bars because they completed something wrong and are being punished. THESE animals are put behind bars because human beings take p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. in seeing the real animal in a faux habitat, rather than seeing it in the animal's natural home!! are we really willing to make other lives suffer because we are lazy? now, you've heard my opinion on zoos and their qualities, but I want to learn more from you. what do YOU bloggers think of animal captivities like zoos?

Instead of my usual conversation about environment topics, today, I am just going to thank everyone. Thank you greenpeace, greenpeace followers, and bloggers! Thank you Walmart, for your environmentally-friendly products! Thank you Chevy for going from "gas friendly to gas free". Thank you everybody who's ever made the slightest environment help!!!!! Do you know how much we've changed? Sure, we may not be as green as we wish for. And yes, we probably haven't prevented global warming enough! But, think about it: 40 years ago, nobody would've been making the improvements and precautions that we are doing now. I just wanted to give a positive entry today, thanking the people who have even made the teeniest help to Mother Nature. I hope that you bloggers agree with me in saying that today, we should just celebrate how much we have accomplished in saving our Earth. Because it IS an accomplishment we should be proud of. We are taking care of our planet! And now, like we all did in elementary school...... GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK! :-)

Tonight, from 8:00 to 9:00, parts of the world are participating in Earth Hour: where for one hour, we turn off ALLLLL of our lights and we practically are supposed to not use energy! I for one, think this is a nice idea to contribute to energy conserving. I mean, if the whole wide w.o.r.l.d. does this for just something as simple as one hour, that could be a lottt of energy saved! It may seem a little silly but its a way to contribute to energy conserving. And if its a way to conserve energy for the world, count me in! I hope many people participate in this world-wide event, But I'd like to know the opinions of other fellow Greenpeace bloggers. What do YOU (yes, you!) think of Earth Hour???

P.S. If you want to know MORE about Earth Hour, go to www.google.com! They have a bunch of good 411!

Tomorrow, the people in my state are going to vote for who they'd like to have in the primary elections! Although I am not at the voting age (darn it!) I love to listen in on cantidate's platforms and campaigns. Most importantly, I pay CLOSE attention to their environment changes and beliefs that the cantidates might bring to to America! So far, I seem to favor Barack Obama, but I'm still pondering, SOOOOO I haven't decided yet. Anyways, I love understanding the other people's opinions, therefore, I'd like for you fellow Greenpeace Bloggers to AGAIN, write your opinions! I'll add more onto this subject later, for then I can tell all of you what my final decision is, on which cantidates (both democrat and republican) should go to the primary elections! Please write your opinions. Thanks!

Hey People!

We all know that 2008's going to rock right??? A whole new year, full of changes and fun! And since it's a whole new year-----it's time for resolutions! Personally, I'm not very sure of what to do about environment-friendly resolutions. SO- I'm asking all of you Greenpeace bloggers to add a comment and tell me what YOUR resolutions are to make 2008 a better place! That way, we'll all get ideas and opinions on resolutions. Thank you everybody!