Here is a short essay on why fighting climate change can make us all happier based on examples from my own life.
In other words, here are the good things that have happened to me after I decided to only travel by public transportation, especially the train.
1. I met my first Korean friend the first time that I got off the train here.
2. I discovered a direction for my writing. (I do most of my writing on the train.)
3. I discovered a really interesting historic site with a fort that is over a thousand years and a building called a hanggyo. I was curious as to the meaning of "hanggyo" so I wrote is down. Later I read an essay where hanggyo were explained, and I remembered what they were. Which is good because the explanations on the tourist markers are wrong.
4. On a trip to visit my parents, I saw a canyon in the Rockies that is only accessible by train and river raft.
5. By randomly taking a bus from an old job, I found a lake that none of my co-workers knew about.
6. I am less sensitive to cold and heat.
7. Which led to me having a fantastic trip by train to the Grand Canyon. No air conditioning. In summer. Actually, perfect. (The Grand Canyon is not Phoenix, however.)
8. I was one of the only people who didn't complain about the heat on a group trip to Hawaii. (By the way Waikiki is a fake beach. There are much nicer beaches on just about every island.)
9. I will eventually think of something else. (See below and Netflix Origami.)
I want to give a shout out to the Sanyo Electric Railway for turning off the lights during the day. There was so much sun that I was getting sunburned with sunscreen on (and I do know to reapply). Also, to the train that had fans instead of air conditioning. Especially since the passengers could turn them off. Which they did. It was cold in northern Japan this summer. I was freezing and then I would get on the train and the air conditioning would be on.
Update: Here is someone who thinks that Americans don't think of bicycles as a form of transportation because they are too much fun. Fun in the Snow
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Good take on fighting climate change, if many of us could change our lifestyle especially our driving habits.
What's "hanggyo"?
I should have that, shouldn't I. I am moving and my computer broke, so I am posting very rough drafts.
A hanggyo is a public elementary school from the 18th and 19th centuries. Most tourist signs say that they are Confucian schools which usually was not the case.
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