Home – It’s too late to be a pessimist

This has been an emotional weekend. A van plus a few cars full of stuff later, our house is slowly empting. It’s the first time that I will be the last to leave, giving me some time to recap. In a few hours I will embark on a new challenge and I will take with me many happy memories. This has been by far the best yeat at Uni. Thanks!!

Risking that this blog might get a little longer, I just saw the first full (legal) movie on youtube. It definitely gave some food for thought and discussion. Will we manage to change our ways of treating the world

• 20% of the world consume 80% of its resources
• 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water and go hungry a day
• 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or bio fuels
• 40% of arable land has suffered long term damage
• Every year 13 million hectors of forest disappear
• 3/4 of fishing grounds are exhausted, depleted or in dangerous decline
• The ice cap is 40% thinner than 40 years ago

The one fact which gave me the most hope was Costa Rica’s decision to dismantle its military and assign the resources to education, eco tourism and the protection of its primary forests.