Rain forests in Africa

Why do the South American rain forests get all the attention? Sure, there are a lot of problems with multinationals using them to their benefit, but Africa has rain forests too!  They are in exactly the same situation as the South Americans, they’re forced to choose between protecting nature and everything in it or choosing to harvest it for cold hard cash. What’s the best choice? The first one, of course! Sure it’s nice to be rich, but do we really need to destroy the planet and millions of lives to receive more money? No, I thought so too. Typical economic rat race symptom, once you reach a certain level of wealth, you have enough money to live comfortably in whatever way you like. Tone it down a bit.

The horse race

It’s a Saturday afternoon, today is great day to go watch some horse racing. The stadium is absolutely packed, people have come from all over England for this. I decide to put fifty quid on a horse called: The Germinator. This isn’t a favorite to triumph over the rest of the bunch but you never know with these competitions. The race starts, time to keep those fingers crossed. As the horse race I notice something is slightly off. A few horsemen look very pale, like they’ve eaten something disgusting. I’m alright with that, my horsey is on top thanks to this. Only three rounds to go. There goes The Germinator, galloping through the last hundred meters all alone. The horse rider looks ecstatic as he finishes, so do I. I had some crazy odds, just won 10.000 bucks, time to grab a pint with the lads! Beer y o!

The supermarket

In a way it’s wonderful, you have so much stuff stacked in one big shop, so much things to choose from. Most of the time you’ll have the money to buy those things too, but it’s so easy to buy things you didn’t plan to buy. Remember that time you bought something random because it looked really tasty, I sure do! While this isn’t a bad thing to do once in a while, it is most likely to become a habit sooner or later. There are new things coming in regularly and certainly you want to taste them all, right?! An easy way of coping with this problem is bringing a shopping list with you. All the little bits you pay add up to a big bill over time and that’s what we’re trying to avoid here. Sure the products might be nice to have but if you start buying more than you can handle or could probably use, then you might have a problem. Don’t let supermarkets supersize you!