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Wizarding World Environmentalism, a reading group style discussion

twiddlethosedial... twiddlethosedials View Member Profile	Apr 22 2008, 09:04 AM Post #1
Mischievous Manager Posts: 5,376 Joined: 9:14am February 16, 2006 Location: Behind the sofa, watching Doctor Who	Wizarding World Environmentalism - does it exist? On the one hand, we have quite a bit of evidence through the books that the wizarding world has to have a smaller "carbon footprint" than the Muggle one. After all, they don't use eckeltricity, and you have to assume that "evanesco" is much less taxing on the average landfill than filling up a Muggle bin. On the other hand, we do see Harry putting trash in a bin at Grimmauld Place and Ron referring to putting his tea leaves in one even if they spell "Die Ron Die." So... is the wizarding world environmentally friendly? What evidence do you see in the books that helps you come to your conclusion? Happy posting! -------------------- Click here to talk Harry and the Doctor! Follow the Lily and Stag on twitter, too!

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JeffHpFan View Member Profile	Apr 22 2008, 04:20 PM Post #2
Selling maps of Diagon Alley to wizard tourists Posts: 7,447 Joined: 5:12pm July 5, 2006 Location: in a pool	Becky, that is a very interesting question. It seems that wizards would have ways to like make their trash disappear, but does that mean that it went somewhere eco-friendly? I don't know enough about the laws of vasnishing in the Wizarding world to know... but there are definitely people like Hermione and Luna who would work to help keep the earth clean if trash wasn't being disposed of properly. This post has been edited by JeffHpFan: Apr 22 2008, 04:21 PM -------------------- Avatar by TheJordanEdwards-- the coolest guy alive!

moony_lupin View Member Profile	Apr 22 2008, 06:41 PM Post #3
Galleries Official Grape-peeler Posts: 5,450 Joined: 10:36am April 5, 2007 Location: Trying to sneak into Leavesden studios.	Hmm, yeah a very interesting question Becky! I've always wondered what happens to objects and animals when they are transfigured or made to vanish in lessons at Hogwarts. Would they disappear into nothing or would the atoms be reformed as the new object? Maybe Professors McGonagall and Flitwick have made it that the animals are instantly released back into their natural habitat once the spell is cast. There is an interesting thread on this in Magical Theory called I think. Also I have read many an essay on how using wands emits energy, mainly in the forms of light and heat. Does this and discharge release carbon into the atmosphere or is it more of a inert discharge? All those incendios mustn't be good for the environment. What about magical forms of transport like Floo Powder, the Knight Bus or the Hogwarts Express? What do they run on? I think the Flying Ford Anglia ran on actual petrol/gasoline which obviously releases high levels of carbon into the atmosphere. Not sure about the Knight Bus though or the Hogwarts Express. I think that overall the wizarding world is more environmentally friendly than the Muggle one, but with all their inventions and labour-saving spells would they be just as harmful as Muggle inventions and labour-saving devices? -------------------- Siggie avatar by Hagiographer13

ickle_snuffles23 View Member Profile	Apr 22 2008, 08:02 PM Post #4
Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 231 Joined: 7:52pm November 24, 2007 Location: Hollow Bastion	I think you're right, Moony_Lupin, about the Anglia using petrol. Does the Hogwarts Express' smoke pollute the enviroment do you think? And what about the Daily Prophet and/or other magazines? We never hear of anyone disposing of them, but surely one wouldn't just use Incendio on them on the Knight Bus... -------------------- Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth . . .

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