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On this warm, sunny, spring afternoon, while on a walk with my son, he remarked that he would love to be a bird and fly up in the sky. The sky, he said, feels more like home.
Home!
What a conundrum that word is!
My home, my special home, my best home, my eternal home... which home to choose? Having lived on the plentiful planet (albeit with poverty consciousness) for more than 14,500 days, I need to bring in more awareness into my life on this special place.
Everyday, as I toss the plastic bags into garbage, I am filled with regret. I think of life without plastic. Several upgrades have been within my reach. This year, I began to use ghee instead or bees wax instead of chap stick made with petroleum jelly for my lips. I switched over to almost plastic-less house hold. We are not there yet, there is too much to toss.
The pictures of the newest pacific gyre is difficult to see... am I better of holding on the plastic until they discover or create some bacteria to eat the plastic?
Here are some good ways to reduce the problem but we have no large-scale solution for alternatives. We do have some alternatives for reducing plastic and eliminating plastic. We may not clean up all the plastic in this lifetime. If we can avoid adding more, we can leave less for the next generation to clean up.
This Earth Day week, I pledge to reduce plastic and to stop adding to the plastic pollution of my home.
What about you?
Good reminder Rani! There is still so much we can do to reduce our consumption of plastic at home. I join you in this pledge.
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