Ben Franklin had a mentor who was a vegetarian and so at a young
age he decided to become one too. When he set voyage on his first ocean
trip the food ran out and the crew were catching and eating fish to survive.
He refused at first but when he became very hungry he watched the opened
belly of a large fish and inside were several little fishes. BF thought
well if nature survives by eating its own kind I guess I can eat animals too. Circumstances do influence actions.
Following the blog of a few
environmentalists and animal lovers, I enjoy the products they sell...I see
these have no human babies. For whatever reason they can't have them or they
choose not to... all of them have animals they love like family. Understandable.
So if they have a big platform, a brand, or a following, they report on
another example of humans destroying the planet and how much this bothers them
and tell is to write our senators and congressmen to stop this or that.
In the comments I read other
supporters saying, "Right on" or "I needed to hear this to
remind me to take action” or "the planet can survive without us, but we
cannot survive without the planet." True. Still others bring up the
children are more important because it is they who will make the choices to
save the planet and we need to focus on education and laws protecting them.
I, being a mother of human
babies, agree I am concerned more for the protection of the innocence of life
and am interested in laws that harshly punish drunk drivers, pedophiles, child
sex trade, child porn, and the silencing of women's voices.
Then someone wrote "people
need to use birth control more the planet is overpopulating and causing more
trash than the planet can dispose of." Another rebuttal "it is
not the population that is the problem but "how" they live,"
claiming if everyone lived green and clean all would be well. All good
points but trying to take in all of this is confusing to anyone.
Let's keep it simple. You
and I decided what WE want to focus on not another celebrity or
environmentalist or animal rights person or organization. (And certainly not
the comment section of any blog) You and I look at what is available to donate
to if WE want to donate time or money. How about WE are aware of many
things but we cannot get overwhelmed with the responsibility of the world.
You and I can decide to recycle at our house. You and I can decided to
pick up garbage off the street. You and I can decide what animal or area
on the planet WE choose to focus on and what WE can or will do without
completely shedding tears over every commercial on TV. It is possible to
take positive actions without stressing over it or crying.
Here's how simple it can
be...you like a park, you choose to walk in it and pick up trash on your walk
to dispose of properly at the end of your walk. You see a tiger and want to
give to any organization you believe will protect it. Go online, there
are other sanctuaries for animals around the world beside the World Wildlife
Organization, and need your money more I might add. The point is you and I have
a brain and two hands. WE do not need another commercial or celebrity
that gets you teary eyed over the blog to decide what is important to us.
Everyone in the civilized
technology world is aware of the problems and writing your politicians may make
you feel better but we can take positive actions as WE see fit on a personal
level. Stressing about the world will be an unending worry too big to
carry in one lifetime. Better look for ways now that people are helping and
making the environment healthier. Here are two found recently that make me
encouraged the world is becoming a better place. There are many more, don't
despair environmentalists, first you know there is a problem, WE do, and next
you figure a way to fix it, WE are.
19 Year old Develops a Machine
to Clean the Ocean of Plastic
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/19-year-old-develops-machine-clean-oceans-plastic/
Meet the Companies trying to Break
our Plastic addiction
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/meet-companies-trying-break-our-plastic-addiction
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