Thinking of IT. (Part 3)

A couple of really simple questions managed to boggle my mind today: What, Why and How. For one:

What is our site all about? I think our introduction answered that, though.

How do we propose to encourage our readers/followers to help in our advocacy --- in their own 'little' ways? We are focusing on garbage and chemical dumping in bodies of water, so we shared some of our experiences and advised people on how they can help, with as little effort as they can afford. A simple throw-your-trash-in-the-right-place is a really goooood start. :)

Why should you (our readers) choose to support our advocacy over others? What good can it really do to you right now?... and then I realize I'm stuck.

To tell the truth, each advocacy (yeahp, there are a LOT. Apparently, our whole Pisay Batch 2011 are making these things) presents an important issue that we WILL NEED to address sometime, if not soon. We, or rather I, don't know any 100%-certain way to get every person who reads about our site to follow it, and help spread the word. Your choice can also be directed towards your interests, or to which advocacy you can relate to when you have discussed or talked or thought about these things in class, et cetera. That doesn't mean we are going to give up though, for we know that these sort-of things can go far, if not very, VERY far. :D


For me, you need to support this advocacy because

• Water is essential to our life. We need, and always will need, water in our everyday activities: cooking, cleaning, eating, you name it. There is less than 1% of the world's water that really remains drinkable for over 6 trillion people. Would you really want to lessen it further?
• Water in itself, as was mentioned in one of our articles, is full of minerals and nutrients. However, purification and distillation may take away these natural nutrition and add 'artificial' ones.
• Continual disposal of garbage and chemicals into the sea can rise several economic crisis (e.g. red tide). Many in the Philippines fish for a living. Let these problems go on for several days, and you can't be sure if that seafood you're eating is safe.
• Improperly disposed trash can cause flooding and may even come into contact with our water supplies. Many diseases can be passed in such a manner, and infected water can even cause skin diseases in our baths. Flooding can also cause accidents, and may disrupt our schedules, specially if we're on the road a lot.

Those are some of the reasons why you should choose to follow this advocay and support it. You can save not only your life and the lives of your loved ones, but many others. You can help make sure that what you're having is safe and not toxic. You can help lessen the fatalities that people (who don't have access to clean water) are exposed to.

Support our site!! And you will learn. :)