eco-heroes advertisement video...great words!

can one person really make a difference? 一個人真的能改變什麼嗎?
yes, because every action counts 是的! 因為每個行動都是有意義的

a single action is not just a drop in the ocean 一個單一的行動並非只是汪洋大海中的一滴水珠
it spreads ripples of change 是會引發漣漪效應
further than you will ever know其影響範圍超出你的想像

your words 你的一言
your action 你的一行
your causes 你的一念
your writings 你的一字
your opportunity to influence 你有許多影響他人的機會
all adds up 合起來便成一股不容忽視的力量

our leaders aren't leading 我們的領導者並沒有盡到他們的責任
so we must 因此我們需要挺身而出

because this is the only world we've got 因為我們只有這麼一個地球
so we have to look after it 所以我們需要照望它
if we want it to look after us 如果我們希望它也能繼續照望我們

see the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY4zS8cc0Lg&feature=player_embedded

我們可以為環境作什麼???

從英國遠道而來的知名教育學者赫斯班(Chris Husbands)教授說了，當前的環境與氣候變遷議題，其本質是"messy (混雜)"的，背後代表得是複雜多元的問題。而過去傳統的教育模式所偏重的"馴服&訓練" 無法因應現今"messy"的環境議題。

為了因應這些 messy 的議題，Husbands教授也說了，我們需要突破舊有的思維，尋求新的方法。新的方法不一定有單一解答，可能是具有實驗性質的、需要網絡合作的、還處於發展階段的。但是重點在於管理問題，如小到管理好電器的耗能、大到建築物與交通對環境的衝擊管理。或許沒有單一解答，但提出自我進步（Progress）的方式，可以使問題逐漸改善。

也就是說，赫斯班認為我們個人亟需要作的是改變舊有的「思維方式(mind set)」，是一種人的再工程議題（re-engineering ），換言之，要體認到先前在學校所受的教育是不夠的，更要擴展到社會與生活中去探索學習。

大家有沒有發現這次的生態工作假期，我們正是在生活中探索學習，學習如何以愛惜土地的方式來生活！

give it some welly~~~

let's learn a british slang

what is "give it some welly" ? 
check it out here...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-giv2.htm

"It’s a fine bit of British English slang, usually in the form give it some welly. This instruction, often shouted to a person as encouragement or criticism, asks for more effort to be put into whatever he or she is doing.

It dates from the 1970s. The last word in the phrase is a common British abbreviation for the equally British term wellington boots (“It’s wet in the garden — best wear your wellies”), these being waterproof rubber boots named after the First Duke of Wellington. The slang sense seems to have come about through mental links with various senses of boot or foot — one of the earliest appearances was in motor racing, in which the reference was putting the foot more firmly on the accelerator; another was in football, for a powerful kick. There doesn’t seem to be a direct association of ideas with the minor British sport of welly-throwing, but you never know.

I always hear it mentally with a Glasgow accent, perhaps because the Big Yin, the comedian Billy Connolly, was one of those who popularised it."

A Time to Love Stevie Wonder feat. India Arie

We have time for racism
We have time for criticism
Held bondage by our -ism's
When will there be a time to love

We make time to debate religion
Passing bills and building prisons
For building fortunes and passing judgements
When will there be a time to love

At this point in history we have a choice to make
To either walk a path of love
Or be crippled by our hate

We have time to cause pollution
We have time to cause confusion
All wrapped up in our own illusions
When will there be a time to love

We make time to conquer nations
Time for oil exploration
Hatred, violence and terrorism
When will there be a time to love

At this moment in time
We have a choice to make
Father God is watching
While we cause mother earth so much pain
It's such a shame

Not enough money for
The young, the old and the poor
But for war there is always more
When will there be a time to love

We make time for paying taxes
Or paying bills and buying status
But we will pay the consequences
If we don't make the time to love

Now's the time to pay attention
Yes now is the time - to love
A time love - love
A time to love
Please please won't you tell me
When will there be a time to love

If your love cannot be moved (Stevie Wonder & Kim Burrel)

You can't say we shall and not fight through hell
You can't say we will and not dare to deal
You can't shout out peace and then vanish in the crowd
You can't ride the storm without some effect
You can't steal the spoil and not pay the debt
You can't wave a sign that spells "evil" and feel really proud
You can't sing a song with no melody
You can't say we're one without unity
You can't form a line if you're scared to stand alone
You can't pray for grace and then smack her face
You can't speak of hope and then crack a joke

You can say you're there but time knows how much you've grown
Put a face to your somebody

Can you say your name?
Or would you rather stay unknown?
Can you show your face?
Or are you fearful of it shown?
Can you feel your heart?
Or does it beat for you alone?
Lift your glass up high
Say that your truth will never lie
If your love cannot be moved

You can't look at me and not see yourself
You can't say "for them" and not for who else
You can't truly bless and not bless the good of all
You can't serve the rich and desert the poor
You can't hear their cries and just close the door
You can't say you're down and not take it to the wall
You can't benefit from one's detriment
You can't find the serum and not cure the sick
You can't free the slave to enslave them differently
You can't see the right only from your sight
You can't see the wrong and just go along
Or is that the way you would want your fate to read
Put a face to your somebody

Can you say your name?
Or would you rather stay unknown?
Can you show your face?
Or are you fearful of it shown?
Can you feel your heart?
Or does it beat for you alone?
Lift your glass up high
Say that your truth will never lie
If your love cannot be moved

You can't make a pledge and then slip the script
You can't say the words and not move your lips
You can't be confused and still say you understand
You can't be a friend but not through thin and thick
You can't be a click but in danger split
You can't evenly share and then grab the biggest hand
You can't say you do but then show you don't
You can't say you will and make sure you won't
You can't want for change and not do what you need to do

You can't give up all and then take back all you give
You can't live to die but you can die to live
Or is that too much to ask of the you in you?
Put a face to your somebody

Can you say your name?
Or would you rather stay unknown?
Can you show your face?
Or are you fearful of it shown?
Can you feel your heart?
Or does it beat for you alone?
Lift your glass up high
Say that your truth will never lie
If your love cannot be moved

死刑的意義

關於是否廢除死刑...現在存有諸多爭議...個人暫且不表示任何立場, 僅節錄某位人士說過的死刑的意義...供大家參考。

死刑的意義在於，讓一個犯了殺人罪的犯人，誠實的面對自己犯下的錯誤 ，打從心裡反省自己的誤行，決心將自己剩餘的人生用來贖罪並對社會做有意義的奉獻。一個本來十惡不赦的壞蛋，最後可能會脫胎換骨變成真誠努力的善人。

可是，國家社會卻要奪去這位，已經重生的"善人"的性命。很殘忍 ，很冷酷，是不是？是的！無情的奪取他人寶貴的生命的確是很殘忍的一件事。相對的，這個時候犯人才會真切的體會到，被自己殘忍殺害的人，他們的生命也是這樣的無價。

死刑存在的意義不是報復手段，而是讓犯人可以誠實面對自己所犯的惡行的方式。
因為很遺憾的，有些人只有在自己的生命受到威脅時，才會了解生命的尊嚴及意義。

核四自行變更280處設計 學者:誰敢背書

摘錄自2010年5月12日自由時報台北報導

核四廠試運轉程序書被爆料是由菜鳥人員寫的，引發安全質疑後，台電允諾將會調派資深人員協助，並且翻譯成英文交給原設計顧問美國奇異公司檢視。但學者質疑，核四廠自行變更280多處設計，奇異先前就已言明「不擔負保證」，後來颱風來襲，核四還泡過水，「人家願意幫忙背書嗎」？

鹽寮反核自救會會長吳文通表示，在核四廠內工作的貢寮鄉親向他反映，系統測試時，幾次管線因為焊接不實而發生爆管，而開關閥做壓力測試時，也在加壓一天後爆掉好幾次，原本的核四監督委員有地方人員在內，卻被以「有你們在裡面監督、核四永遠蓋不好」為由而排除在外。 行政院原子能委員會副主委謝得志坦承，核四測試的確出過很多狀況，但他也表示，如果測試全部及格那還需要測嗎？重點是出了狀況要能改善。他強調，程序書要經過原設計公司的檢核簽名是國際程序，一定要簽字後、試運轉全部通過後，原能會才會許可給照，他並認為奇異公司簽字應該沒有太大問題。 至於核四生水池遭反核團體披露位在順向坡，台灣電力公司11日表示，已設置傾斜儀及水位觀測井持續監測核四生水池，目前無走山疑慮。且台電會進一步加強截排水與邊坡保護等措施。至於第2個生水池興建與否，台電公司也正檢討生水供需量，重新評估興建的必要性與替代方案。