Independence Day

I have a fascination with water, and it is very hard for me to watch the news about the oil spill in the gulf. The turtles nests being moved to the east coast of Florida, the cleaning efforts of many people that are trying to help at any level. The fact that I am not seeing the devastation in our beautiful east coast of Florida doesn't make it easier to feel the damage and making me think about how responsible we as a society are and what role we play in this issue. I see blame going to the oil companies and specially BP, to the politicians, but that is the easy way out. As easy as it is to blame others, we have to look at what we do every day and specially at what we don't do to be more independent from fossil fuels. I don't have the answers, but at least I am thinking about it, and taking responsibility on the way I behave. One person at the time, one gallon of gas at the time... Changing our behavior is key.