The moon is new
The decade untapped
A world of potential
Which ways will we shift
In which to enact
Change?
For it is so desperately required
So deeply emeshed
Mired
Have we become in overusing
Abusing
Creating toxic waste
Eating our own planet
In our haste
To have everything
But what is
every
thing?
Gigantic nations reaching out their arms
Scooping
They cannot knock down mountain ranges
Engulf oceans
But they try
Decimating forests
Sucking dry
Casting nets
Hauling
Trawling
Until there is nothing left
But one desperate
Gasping
Flipping
Dying
Fish
We are eating our world to death
*this constant pillaging is frightening. When you see the mega trawlers and the catch that they bring in .. it simply isn’t sustainable
So that is the ocean
Meanwhile
Over 200 million land animals are killed every day (every day – every day!) around the world to feed people
And that doesn’t count the mono crops like corn and soy which are not planted in increasingly depleted soils to feed all these animals
The loss of wildlife diversity and habitats is unprecedented
The word unprecedented is becoming used so much that it actually isn’t unprecedented anymore
It is normal
A terrifying new normal
Which should not be a term which is used because if it is normal then it somehow doable
But it’s not going to be doable – not at all
It does reassure me how many people are becoming conscious to these things.
What would have seemed like the conversation of an overthinking eccentric several years ago is now broadly considered common sense
But we all need to ACT – not just (as our politicians are wont to claim) just call this the “new normal” (which has virtually become a hashtag) and move on.
And that is my small environmental rant for a Friday but I will leave you with a quote that I love and I wish were true
“If we worshipped the earth with the same fervour as we do the one who purportedly made it – our earth would be a wonderful place indeed”.
If you enjoyed this post then check out these earlier posts of mine: The rebalancing act
or Earth: Respect – Protect – Connect
or
http://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2019/11/26/fast-fashion/
