Broken Hearts: How Valentine's Day causes global warming
by Raffi Krikorian on Feb 12, 2009
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The talk given at Ignite Boston 5. How people buy a lot of stuff that have a bigger energy footprint than they have themselves.
The talk given at Ignite Boston 5. How people buy a lot of stuff that have a bigger energy footprint than they have themselves.
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one year later, i put up a blog post about this talk -- http://mehack.com/valentines-day-and-global-warming-you-can-sho
the amount of energy and the quantity of resources that are spent making the things we buy for Valentine’s day is immense. most of the things that people buy are resource intensive (think of the amount of energy that must be needed to mine gold or other precious metals for jewelry!), require assembly, and are shipped across the planet. consumerism and globalization have become so easy to do that it has become second place to harm the planet.
if there is one take away from the story i’m trying to tell, it’s that you don’t have to buy stuff to show your love. it’s all a question of how we want to live our lives. would you rather give a gift that may be simply stored away or eventually thrown out, or would you rather put down your iPhone for an hour and really talk and spend time with your loved one? how about a giving a back rub or a massage? making dinner for some one? it may lead to something better, and you can save the planet at the same time.
for those that are curious, i made the maps by hand by researching where the materials in the goods come from. the energy labels were generated using WattzOn's embodied energy calculator. 2 years ago Reply