Blog Action Day

It’s Blog Action Day again and the topic this year is Climate Change.

Just about three years ago, I remember discussing Climate Change with my French friends. AS and I were on a holiday there and he wanted to ski. Unfortunately, because of global warming, it was a particularly warm winter and we skied on manmade snow.

On the same trip, I began to notice how much climate change and global warming is on the minds of the French. I thought it was probably because they enjoy four different seasons, while I don’t have much to vary between the monsoon season and ‘hot season’ – usually from March to August. And because of this, it was probably why most Singaporeans would not find Climate Change a daily topic to think about.

That winter, it snowed heavily in late February. It snowed at the village I stayed in, and it snowed in Marseilles. There was enough snow to build snowmen, even in Marseilles. It became a particularly cold and snowy day. Unfortunately, I was back in Singapore.

The thing is, ever since that trip, I noticed an increase in promoting awareness on Climate Change. Indeed it has since affected the local community here than before. Rainy seasons are no longer rainy, and hot weather has become more unbearable. As I type this entry, we are having alternating hot days and cold,rainy days. (Today seems to be in between, surprisingly)

I think we are making improvements, and slowly informing the general public about how damaging our seemingly small actions could do. It’s not a big step forward, but sometimes, little ones go on a longer way.

~ by alt.ayu on October 15, 2009.