December 16th, 2007 at 3:59 pm by jiyan (earth, erosion, gold mining, wedding ring)
Do you realise that when you buy an engagement gold ring for your love one, you are also “purchasing” at least 20 tons of waste rock left at the mining entrance. In order to produce an average of 18 karat gold ring, at least 20 tons of worthless rock rubble must be exacated in the mining process.
Gold mining is a dirty industry: it can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments. Will you think twice before buy a engagement rings or buy a paper ring instead ?
Ref : http://www.nodirtygold.org/
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December 14th, 2007 at 1:44 am by jiyan (Chrismas Celebration, Dec 26, Mahayana, Sri Langka tsunami, X'mas Celebration, earthquake, love, mercy, pig, science, thoughts, tsunami)
One thing I never forget on every Dec X’mas time is 2003, 2004, 2006 Dec 26th Earthquake.
In 2003, Dec 26 : Iran Earthquake struck before dawn on Friday, destroying most of the ancient Silk Road city of Bam and killing at least 5,000 people – more than 20,000 are dead and more than 30,000 were reported injured.
In 2004, Dec 26 : The Indonesia earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis killing more than 225,000 people in eleven countries.
In 2006, Dec 26 : HengChun earthquake in Taiwan, many building was devastated.
This make me feel like coming week is an earthquake anniversary to remember the death while many preparing to enjoy the Worldwide Chrismas Celebrations. Instead of enjoying your holidays and Chrismas during this weekend, can’t we choose it as a disaster remembering week. Because every races, every religious joinly celebrate this Chrismas. Many animal, live stock was killed during this day, but one thing each of us can definitely do is choose mercy, justice, compassion, and gentleness, is at our X’mas dinner table.
As one simple example, chickens today are crammed into giant sheds with tens of thousands of other chickens, each with less space for movement than a standard sheet of paper. Their beaks are chopped off with a hot iron, causing many to starve to death because eating becomes so painful. After six weeks, they’re loaded onto trucks and carted to slaughter, without food or water and through all weather extremes–many dying of heat exhaustion or by freezing to death. Finally, they are shackled and their throats slit, often while they are fully conscious. By the time they reach the slaughterhouse, 90 percent of chickens have suffered broken legs or bone deformities. Other animal lives are similar for cows, pigs, turkeys, and other animals raised for human food.
Can we choose some mercy, justice , love for them, at least during coming two weeks ?
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