Last night I watched 'The Corporation' a documentary film about the power of large corporations and the terrible affect they have on people and the environment . It interviews people such as Noam Chomsky (who I think is a fucking hero and is always worth listening to) and explores all areas of 'the corperation'. There is a website at www.thecorporation.com that can explain it all much better than I can. It's well worth a watch but do be prepared to be depressed to fuck by it all even though it does try it's best to give you some hope. One thing that really struck me hard was the fact that really although these large companies hide behind the fact that they are made up of lots of people it all comes down to the individual and the desisions made by them and that the individual is responsible. I started to think of my own job, I work in a print shop and here I am always banging on about how much I love trees and yet in my job I print onto paper that has come from the indonesian rainforest, I ask you how hypocritical is that! Today I stood printing out 1000's of leaflets which I know will mostly end up on the floor (as I work in a Student Union and have seen this happen many times before) and my heart was in my stomach, it's all so sad. I'm going to see if I can find a new supplier that uses at very least a renewable source but when it comes down to it it's all about money and the people upstairs will probably have none of it. I've been talking alot with my friends recently about the idea of a 'carbon footprint' and that each and everyone of us has to be responsible for the carbon footprint one leaves behind. I'm sure mine is better than most as I don't drive, I cycle and I've never been in a plane (not entirely cause I haven't wanted to though), I'm not obsessed with buying new 'things' all the time but there are so many things I do do that I don't even consider as bad like having a bath everyday or having my computer or stereo or TV on all the time. Then there are things you have to do cause it's your job like I mentioned before. To be honest right now I just want out, I don't want any part of this, it all makes me sick. I would love to be self sufficient but to set yourself up like that you need money to start with. It's all a nasty capitalist/consumerist trap and I hate it. I can understand why most people don't like to think about it at all cause it just makes you unhappy. As I said before though do watch the film if you get the chance it may make you feel like shit but ignorance is for fools.