Earth Day Dismay

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  onepauly April 22nd, 2018 13:49

  I'm so sorry. it is very very sad. I have one bag that I carry in my pocket all the time. if I could only get the media to do the same. lets keep fighting. forever if necessary.

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  Jhe April 26th, 2018 08:49

  hi,
  yes it is very sad situation (californian scientists reckon plastic in oceans will weigh more than all dolphins by 2050!), but no need to be sorry...people making millions of non-recyclable tooth-brushes each year need to be sorry.
  
  Re 'fighting' ~ petition websites (like SumOfUs) are helping to (eg) change way supermarkets wrap food,
  & orgz like Marine Conservation Society (uk) & Ocean Conservancy (international) arrange public clean-ups of beaches and (eg) urban water ways...
  &
  (if you have time and patience +/ sewing machine) turns out that tote bags are quite easy to make 😉
  
  

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  Jane Frye June 8th, 2018 02:03

  Thank you for this piece. It seems, one by one, we are waking up to this mess we have created. I think we are still in the groggy stages of trying to do it better. There is so much we can improve on when it comes to being caretakers of the earth and beyond. Until everyone understands that nature should be looked upon with reverence, we will continue to abuse and lose, more and more habitats and species attached to those habitats. I think you poem is powerful and well written.

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  Jhe June 8th, 2018 12:20

  thanks 🙂
  for appreciating
  Nature ~ it's alive
  and life sustaining,
  like a womb, it needs
  us to love it and to fight
  for its right to survive by
  politically campaigning...i
  wrote this with that in mind