Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / February 2009

Hey komrade Fran this must be your lifetyle!

No?

Oh, I see, do as I say!

GOTCHA!

February 28 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald finds an Australian family that could be the
poster children for its Earth Hour campaign:

A striking feature of the Delaneys' lifestyle is their small environmental
footprint. They use very little electricity, create only a small amount of
waste and rely exclusively on public transport.

How sweet. And how has this family managed to produce this striking feat of
eco-living?

For 13 years they have lived in the shanty towns of the Indian capital, New
Delhi. The family home, in a neighbourhood called Janta Mazdoor Colony, is
about the size of a typical Australian bedroom. They have no running water,
no TV, no fridge and no washing machine. Two mattresses, used to sleep on at
night, double as a "lounge" during the day. Meals are eaten sitting on the
floor and they share with neighbours a squat toilet in a small bathroom.
(O)pen drains still run along the slum's maze of narrow alley ways and empty
into a putrid canal not far from the Delaneys' front door.

To help the family cope, Cathy got a small solar panel worth about $100 for
her 40th birthday that powers a lamp during the blackouts.

Greens would applaud.

Behold their future.

UPDATE

The NSW Government does its bit, with plans to force people to use less of
the stuff that makes life easier:

The State Government also outlined a plan to force electricity retailers to
cut 4 per cent of their electricity sales a year within five years by
working with customers to introduce energy efficiencies.

I suspect this bunch of stumblebums will actually achieve its target simply
by just driving the state into the dirt.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/green
_slum/

Warmest Regards

Bonzo