OG EARTH

OG Earth. That's me.

You see, the problem is you act like you know me. You’ve seen my face on insta. You gave my profile a little look. You liked a pic, maybe tagged a mate, but you never really asked how I'm doing. Am I wrong?

Do I look happy?

You can tell from my statuses I'm not having the best time. Some of my mates say I'm suffering from stress, maybe even depression. How would I know though? I mean, how does anyone know when they’re stressed?

What I do know is that I have a couple of things on my mind. Things that are consuming me. Things that I could use some support with. Things I’ve tried to explain below.

In short, you guys are f*cking me up.

Seriously. I said it on Insta and I’ll say it again, if I could hitch a ride into another galaxy I’d genuinely consider it, because a new setting, new crowd, new start would do me good.

But that’s just not happening. Instead, I need to hustle, make the best of my situation and that literally means getting everyone who relies on me being in good health to show some love, a little acknowledgement of my struggle.

image of OG earth drinking

Climate what?

Climate change? What’s a climate?

I know right, I didn’t come up with the name, your people did, but here’s how I explain it.

You guys wear some nice jackets, techy ones, silky ones, denim ones. Me? I wear a layer of gas. When my gas gets added to, it’s like putting on another layer. I get hotter, just like you would. When you get hot, you sweat right? For me, it’s similar, the movement of the water on my surface gets a bit crazy, my weather systems get rowdy. Extreme storms in parts and extreme dry in others.

That’s climate change. It’s me getting hotter and the impact of my weather getting more aggressive.

So, if you’re not cool with the changes, don’t add to my layers. Don't add gases to my gas jacket, I’m good with just my Northy for now, thanks.

If you get what I’m trying to say, if you feel for me in my extra layers and you want to know more about helping me out, how to help keep my climates from changing too dramatically, some of my besties have pulled together more information about climate change for you. Have a look. The key thing is to give me some signal. Show me if you think I got a problem and that it’s not just in my head.

Always tag your mates if you relate. Love. OG x

image of OG earth looking sad

Email is calm

Step away from the fossil fuels

So, you get the whole thing about adding to my gas jacket? How it’s like me putting on more layers, right? It’s getting me hot, and you call it climate change.

But you’re thinking, “No one I know sprays gas in the air, how can I possibly be adding to this gas jacket and making OG hotter?”

Well, you keep burning stuff. Burning stuff to make energy. You lot love to burn fossil fuels. That's the stuff you guys suck out of me and set light to so you can power your cars, turn on the lights and charge your phones. If you just stopped burning things, coal, oil and gas, I’d be in a better place.

So, if you’re not down with the idea of climate change, put the matches down bro and step away from the fossil fuels.

image of OG earth with fire extinguisher

What the frack?

I know, fracking, stupid word, another one created by your lot, but it’s basically short for hydraulic fracturing, or, in plain English, cracking me open to suck out my guts and burning them to create energy to power your lives.

Seriously, you lot spend crazy amounts of money on fracking, to get inside me, dig around and get to my last drops of oil and gas. You go crazy over the stuff, you hurt each other over it, even though you know that burning fuels is f*#cking me up. I’m hot enough already, climate change is kicking off and it’s you lot that are suffering.

So, do yourselves a favour, DON'T FRACK. If you leave the fossil fuels in the ground you can't burn them, right?

If you get what I’m saying, if you feel for me and you want to know more about helping me out, some of my besties have pulled together more information about fracking for you. Have a click, have a look. The key is to give me some signal by tagging your mates if you relate.

OG earth - fracking surgery

Go renewable or go home

“But how will I charge my phone so I can keep following OG on Insta?”

I geddit, you need electricity, you rely on it, your whole life revolves around it. But not burning stuff doesn’t mean no lecky though. We all need electricity. I know you love your mobiles, I loves my insta, but you need to choose where you want that power to come from. You can suck out my guts to burn, or splash some cash on the sea, the sun and the wind.

The point is, like Beyoncé, my guts are irreplaceable. But what happens on my surface is here to stay. My mate, the sun, isn’t going anywhere. Nor is the wind. And the sea will always have powerful waves.

The truth is, the people you lot put in charge know how to capture and create power from my natural renewable energy sources, but they need encouragement.

If you aren’t down with the impacts of fracking, burning fossil fuels and climate change, you need to put pressure on the powers to stop the diggers and focus on renewable and clean energy. 

Love OG x

image of OG earth with wind turbines in landscape