What do you currently do as a regular part of your life that improves the world? How does it work? What are you actually contributing?
Ack - absolutely nothing, except maybe my CAT membership :/ And whittering on about renewables at times. I guess at the membership conference I gave people a much better idea of some political concepts. The odd thing is that one of the people I was talking to was a nominated member of the green party... (He annoyed a lot of people by not quite being with it. I mean, really - a speech to try to get an idea of what form of carbon "tax" would be better without considering fuel poverty nor beign able to properly explain 2 of the options to a room full of people who a) generally have a clue and b) are interested in the topic?? That's special!)
What would you like to do to improve the world, that you don't currently participate/engage in?
Use my degree :) In terms of a single step right now: contact the guy who offered me a potential job during the CAT conference...! (Well, it was a "Ah - we're looking for an engineer at the moment... what do you think of biomass?" Being able to say I had been involved in a project from exactly the right angle is a rare treat for me!)
Also: get myself a house, possibly/ideally building it myself, and growing my own veg and learning how to preserve them and all that. I'll believe that if it happens...!
Is there someone in your life, near or far, who inspires you to make improvements? What do they do that is so special? How has it affected you directly, and how has it affected you indirectly?
Not really. I have some fantastic people around me and in my life, but I don't find it so much of an inspiration directly. My grandma has always been a fantastic example of giving back to a community - she volunteered with Meals on Wheels up until she got put in a home. The best bit was her dragging us around doing deliveries as it helped "the old people" to have some young people to talk to etc... she was older than many of the people she delivered to seemed! It's not really something I'd be any good at, though. (Bah - people!) (She turned 95 a few weeks back)
Actually, there is one person who has made me think a lot more about food and where it comes from and how to cut down that impact and things like "social disaster planning"... ewtikins, take a bow! :)
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Date: 2008-09-08 10:16 am (UTC)Ack - absolutely nothing, except maybe my CAT membership :/ And whittering on about renewables at times. I guess at the membership conference I gave people a much better idea of some political concepts. The odd thing is that one of the people I was talking to was a nominated member of the green party... (He annoyed a lot of people by not quite being with it. I mean, really - a speech to try to get an idea of what form of carbon "tax" would be better without considering fuel poverty nor beign able to properly explain 2 of the options to a room full of people who a) generally have a clue and b) are interested in the topic?? That's special!)
What would you like to do to improve the world, that you don't currently participate/engage in?
Use my degree :) In terms of a single step right now: contact the guy who offered me a potential job during the CAT conference...! (Well, it was a "Ah - we're looking for an engineer at the moment... what do you think of biomass?" Being able to say I had been involved in a project from exactly the right angle is a rare treat for me!)
Also: get myself a house, possibly/ideally building it myself, and growing my own veg and learning how to preserve them and all that. I'll believe that if it happens...!
Is there someone in your life, near or far, who inspires you to make improvements? What do they do that is so special? How has it affected you directly, and how has it affected you indirectly?
Not really. I have some fantastic people around me and in my life, but I don't find it so much of an inspiration directly. My grandma has always been a fantastic example of giving back to a community - she volunteered with Meals on Wheels up until she got put in a home. The best bit was her dragging us around doing deliveries as it helped "the old people" to have some young people to talk to etc... she was older than many of the people she delivered to seemed! It's not really something I'd be any good at, though. (Bah - people!) (She turned 95 a few weeks back)
Actually, there is one person who has made me think a lot more about food and where it comes from and how to cut down that impact and things like "social disaster planning"...