World democracy in action could be thought of as a collaborative, give and take cooperation to improve people's lives and the environment among nations, to improve the global rather than national or even regional condition. Attacking problems collectively in order to improve as a whole.
One problem which immediately comes to mind is world sanitation, particularly in India, a country which harbors one of the world's largest and most condensed populations.
In the past 600 years we have seen a population explosion that has put enormous strain on our plane in turn the cost to humanity is enormous, To begin diarrhea claims more child's lives than Aids, Malaria and measles...... combined.
The issue and the statistics have in turn called upon a fairly strong reaction with organizations leaping to find solutions and some companies fighting for government contracts to install toilets in residences throughout entire nations or cities.
Organizations and groups have risen as a means not only to build toliets but also to advocate education about defication and ways to manage the issue. One of these organizations known as the World Toilet Organization struggles to add toilets throughout the world, educate peoples on the issue and raise funds to successfully fund the project. Organizations such as these do more than insert toilets but educate people on the embarrassing topic.
As the Vanguard documentary "Today one of the deadliest killers in the world is something no one likes to talk about, a subject that makes people uncomfortable, embarassed and even sick, It's not HIV It's not malaria
It's SHIT!" The topic is not one which is often talked about in many third world countries where the subject in fact maybe Taboo despite that many people may be living amongst it, washing their clothes within it and cooking their food in waters contaminated by it.
To help combat the issue and further educate people, The World Toilet Organization or (WTO) has established World Toilet Day on November 19th. The day is meant to inspire people to educate one another, recognize the issue and even help raise funds toward the cause.
Where a full 2.5 billion, or half of the world's population, according to Unicef are without proper sanitation it is vital that we help address it in big ways, such as World Toilet day.
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So, why is the issue so important? Shit happens right?
Well, obviously, we've all stepped in a warm pile of dog poo walking in our yard, damning our neighbor's canine "Roofus" as we start scraping our shoe off on the pavement, exclaiming "ewww, ewww, gross!" I mean it happens right? I think the worst part by far has to be that disgusting smell, ah geez.... makes you almost wanna gag. Its happened to you, don't deny it, you step in shit, walk into your car, get to work and suddenly everybody is asking if you had an accident. Embarrassed you exclaim hell no! And question who could have just soiled themselves.
But why should we be so repulsed by that earthly aroma of fresh,warm shit. It turns into fertilizer, it can be used as an alternative fuel source we could probably even use it to build homes and buildings (brings on a whole new meaning to a pile of shit, huh?) but seriously, whats so bad about poop!? Why all the disgust, why all the shame when you eat some bad McDonald's and find yourself taking refuge inside your friend's bathroom, attempting to light match after match, flooding the room with Poporui CFC's out of a can.
So why all the shame!? All the disgust? Readers, I bring you fulfilment,enlighment and answers to the question old as time. HEIGHTS.
Yes. HEIGHTS, for my grandmothers and grandfathers in the audience finding this passage offensive, I implore you, do not adjust your hearing aids, Yes, its true you find Shit offensive because HEIGHTS.
How you ask? Can't make the link you say? Let me further my explanation.
Like shit, we are born with a natural aversion to heights. The smell of shit and most likely the taste of shit would cause natural physical and physiological reactions which raise red flags telling us something is wrong and to flee the situation.
With good reason might I add that we are born with these natural aversions and fears. Survival of human kind would not be possible if we built two story homes without staircases and found it more convenient to jump out of top story windows. Most likely we wouldn't have lasted very long. So thank God, we can't do complex math equations while walking on tight rope, one misstep would mean disaster and like our aversion to heights our aversion to Shit keeps up at bay from disease. And because we have this natural fear we don't expect NASA scientist to figure out how to send elephants to the moon while standing on tight ropes, so why should we expect people walking a the tight rope of life and death from rotting shit that causes disease to concern themselves with the "environment".
Hence, I ask Aida how can we expect people to give a shit ( no pun intended) about the environment, when people are dying of diseases from poor sanitation. And yes, shit is a player in the global environment, raw sewage in our expensive clams and oysters, fogging up our crystal clear waters and snow white beach sands, making the view from our luxury timeshares in Tampa Bay look, well a bit shitty. But can we really reason to argue that we can relate to their situation? Our kids aren't exactly evicting their bowels to death from the problem, our problem is an environmental one, theirs is on the other hand is a struggle for survival. So as Jay stated in Aida's argument, who cares about sea levels rising. Who cares that birds' migrating patterns are different?
When people are not surviving the environment comes second, people can't afford themselves to saving tony the tiger, Yogi the bear, or Trix when they're bathing, smelling and eating their own shit. So lets give this Environmental stuff a break? Lets focus on people, preservation of the environment will only naturally follow.
Javier, I said it in class, but I think your title is brilliant. With one word, you catch the eye and make someone click to find out more. Add the lyrics to the poop song or a anecdote and you have your beginning hook. You can go in all sorts of directions with it. You could easily tie it back to an environmental issue in the local area. Tampa Bay is still recovering from when the area dumped raw sewage into the bay and Gulf of Mexico. Think of the impact to health, food, wildlife, sea life, etc. Anyway... I'll definitely keep an eye on your essay. ~ Jay
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