Monday, August 2, 2010

I am constantly picking pop cans and bottles at work out of the garbage and putting them into the recycling bin (right next to it, of course). Why is it that those who seem to care the least about the planet are those with children, the ones who should care the most? You see, as someone who has made a conscious choice to not bring more children into this overpopulated world, I, in theory, could just not care at all in the sense that when there are no resources left in the future and I am dead and gone, what should I care? But I do, and I have a hard time understanding how these people with children, who should be thinking about what kind of planet their children will have to live on in the future, how they could be so lazy, and care so little? Wake up! The time to be lazy and not think about these issues is over. The LEAST you can do is recycle your recyclable items. Choosing to drive a hybrid, take public transit, or walking/biking is needed too, but I will fight the battle one thing at a time. I just want you all to care. Just care. Teach your children to care about the planet because let's face it, even if you had a trillion dollars, what's it worth to you if you don't have a planet to live on? If you don't have air to breath, or the seas have risen over the continents due to such rapid global warming? Nothing will matter. You have nothing if you don't have your health, and a healthy environment in which to live. Please, sit down with your children and watch amazing and eye-opening films such as "The Eleventh Hour", hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio, and also the incredible film "Sharkwater". Watch them, discuss, act. Thank you.

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