I got lots of cool things for Christmas and among them were a Wii and a XO (pronounced ‘zoe’ ) which is a laptop designed for a program called ‘One Laptop Per Child’. By making a donation you receive a laptop and someone in a third world country receives one too. Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately) there were so many orders for XO’s that mine wasn’t there for Christmas.

Today I am going to start forming a response to Premier Gordon Campbell’s letter with some questions and suggestions about BC’s energy plan. I think one of the suggestions will be to make a version that is easily comprehensible for kids and not loaded with what I refer to as ‘the hypnotism factor’ which is a way of writing that makes people inclined to believe you. Things that contribute to the hypnotism factor include suspense like short sentences, long titles, repetition, and big, fancy, complicated words.

Today I received a response to the letter regarding biomass energy that I sent to BC’s Premier, Gordon Campbell. He appreciated the signatures I collected and my website (this website). Along with the letter there was a book called The BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership. A few days ago, I got something else in the mail; my great-aunt sent me a gift card to adopt an endangered animal through WWF (World Wildlife Fund) for Christmas. I am going to adopt a Mexican Grey wolf. Please note that this was not without complete consideration and an elimination process for all seventy-nine of the other animals. I did not just go straight ahead and pick my favorite animal.

Today about five people in my class realized how cool the things I was making were, and either bought or reserved things or both. The girls who had wanted to buy the bracelets decided not to when I announced that they could not keep them on hold any longer. I sold the blue bracelet, the spring toy, one ‘pocket walker’, a walking empty thread spool which consisted of an elastic band through a spool and pizza table legs to walk it. Reserved for tomorrow were the red bracelet, the film canister catapult (possibly), another pocket walker, the pneumatic airplane (launched by blowing through a straw) the spirally necklace, a wobbly pipecleaner something, and I think there may have been a few other things. I made at least five dollars. Also, today there was a craft fair in the gym at my school, and had I known that the proceeds were not all for the school, I could have set up a table there. Unfortunately, over half of my wares were sold or reserved by then, so there didn’t seem to be much point.

I have been considering writing another letter, to either B.C.’s premier or someone who deals with landfills or ocean trash. It would be about how different types of garbage are not actually garbage, and what they could be used for. For example, biodegradable food scraps can go in the compost, tin cans can be re-used, plastic packaging can be recycled or compressed into plastic boards that are very durable and can be used for things such as picnic benches, or even building frames. Just about any metal item can be melted down and made into something else, instead of mining for more of it and therefore releasing more greenhouse gasses. Straw can be used for pet bedding, straw bale houses, and biodiesel. Eggshells can be used in gardening. Styrofoam can be recycled. In the comments, feel free to put any items of garbage that you can not think of a way to re-use. So, basically, my overall message is that humans are extremely wasteful and they better stop being that way soon for their own good. This idea could be compared to the quote by R. Buckminister Fuller, “Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting.” At least, my dad, Dethe, said so.