We get up every morning as I did this morning and for many they are able to get up and get on with it. The fact that you can means breathing is a given. I looked around this morning and yes it is winter here, but it is dry and the air is not clean. Okay I live in Boksburg South Africa and Johannesburg as a whole is rife with pollution so it's expected. It's expected, what a terrible thing to say, we should not expect to find our air polluted, we should not expect to find our streets filled with rubbish, we should not be burying tons not non biodegradable rubbish in the earth and we sure as hell shouldn't see the crap we as humans manufacture and use floating around our oceans in the size of mountains that are causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of animals. WTF are we doing?
My wife and I have made some changes, we take our own recyclable shopping bags to the store when we buy anything, we put all kitchen leftovers and rubbish into the ground(compost) and buy as many things as possible in glass.
I remember when I was a kid that milk and fruit juice was delivered to our doorstep in glass bottles for witch you put out coupons the night before. These were exchanged for your empty ones. Try doing that these days, these will get stolen and the poor milkman will also stand a very high percentage chance of being hijacked and shot, but back on point is that even Coca Cola was in glass. By far the largest soft drink brand in the world and these days they don't seem to care too much for the planet, but the real culprits are us. We support all the companies whose greed is destroying our planet.
This kind of stuff should scare you even more if you are still young, if you have children and grandchildren. Where are all the future children going to live and what quality of life will they have if the planet they are supposed to live on is screwed up beyond repair? When is anyone going to point out to some countries that they are grossly overpopulated and running off to overpopulate another country is not the answer. Have less children (which finacilly would be a great idea for most of the folks in the countries I'm referring to) and start actively producing more of what the world does need. Some glass and cardboard products instead of all the plastic.
As for all the large companies who are guilty of deforestation, you lot really should be on trial for attempted murder. These companies know full well what they are doing to the planet and refuse to stop, why, greed. So sir, next time you kiss your child or grandchild goodnight, also remember to tell them that you don't really give a crap about them or their future, no no, the money won't help if they have no world to spend it on or will have to fly through tons of cash in a hurry to upkeep their health. As for the rest of us. Plant trees, get as many people around you to plant trees, get large groups to encourage your countries to plant trees. Many countries are suffering droughts, simply because we are allowing our world to turn into a desert. Humans put themselves on a pedestal above all else, but we are failing ourselves and our future generations and our world miserably. Enough for right now, go plant a tree.
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