I really think this picture speaks a lot to me and to a lot of people. This is an example of how super-poor families would do if everybody would just throw garbage not just in bodies of water but also in other places. Everybody thinks that a piece of candy wrapper is a very small thing compared to whats in the picture, but if everybody in the world would each throw a piece of candy, how many would that be? A million? Billion? What if we all throw a plastic bag full of candy, each of us. That's just too much. Does the people even think about these families, the ones who can't buy a single thing, they just swim in the water to find some recyclable things that can be sell for food. I know everybody knows that, we just don't care because all we care about is ourselves.
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| Child in Polluted Water Is that what you want? |
I really pity the child in this picture, seeing as he has half of his face submerged in the dirty, polluted water. I don't want to ever be in his position and I know that even you don't want to be in his position too. So, for the sake of everyone and of the Earth, we really should practice recycling and throwing garbage's properly. I know that all of you are so bored to hear that statement again and again and again, but is there any improvement? Go ask yourself that. Did I improve my cleanliness habit after hearing the words recycle and throw your garbage's properly?
"Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans" by Evo Morales. This saying really lets you think about what the planet would be without us humans, it makes me covered in fear. In my imagination, the Earth would full of peace. A good thing or a bad thing?
“One hundred and fifty years ago, the monster began, this country had become a place of industry. Factories grew on the landscape like weeds. Trees fell, fields were up-ended, rivers blackened. The sky choked on smoke and ash, and the people did, too, spending their days coughing and itching, their eyes turned forever toward the ground. Villages grew into town, towns into cities. And people began to live on the earth rather than within it.” by Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls. This saying is also a hit on the gut. Truthfully, I am also not a lets say "earth lover" but not a hater.
Even though, the picture really just makes me want to change all the times I threw my garbage's improperly. I just wanna say that please be disciplined enough to understand the environment.
