Let’s Do Something About It
Planet Earth – We have the technology…we can rebuilt it.
We ran across an info-graphic today that really got our gears turning, so we’d like to share it with you to start off this blog post.
This info-graphic inspired us to re-iterate a value we hold dear – sustainability. one of the key components of our business model is to create a paperless real estate office solution for all to benefit from, including the environment. This way we create less need for paper usage as well as preventing the consumption of energy or causes of environmental instability required to dispose of paper or other materials. By going paperless you’re not only saving money, you’re saving the planet.
One of the main problems revolving around the concept of sustainability in our society is the constant debate of whether or not what’s happening to the Earth is actually climate change or not, as opposed to just doing something about it. Not only are we perpetuating the issues that created this global environmental state of instability, but we have methods to avoid this situation entirely, but are afraid to use them. Economic systems have been built around the concept of fossil fuels (which is inadvertently messing up the planet) making it difficult for those in power to see the benefits of pursuing a global initiative to convert to sustainable energy methods. The problem with this situation is that the clock’s ticking a little bit too quickly for comfort when it comes to the detrimental effects of current human behaviour on our planet. Instead of looking at the money we will lose we need to very seriously consider the fact that we’re starting to lose where we live, and soon, the people living there.
What can we do? Push for more initiatives that encourage clean sustainable energy to prevent a very real possibility of catastrophic circumstances as a result of everything we’re clinging to. It’s not about economics, it’s about the people and the planet. We can all make the right choice, now we just need to do it together.
image courtesy of Kevin M. Gill
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