Here are some happy images from a zoo in Florida:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cooling-down-...p_deeplink
It is good to know that we are able to still cool ourselves, our kids and our animals despite the fact that our summers are becoming hotter every year.
But there are times when I am more pessimistic about the whole issue. In this neighborhood of Ankara, we sort of have recycling bins since 20 years or so. These are regularly being stolen (to be recycled themselves) the only problem is me having to walk to recycling bins that are firmly attached to the floor beneath it but is located at a 15 minutes walking distance from my home.
I know the situation is far from being perfect even in countries with better recycling policies. But here I can tell you that “recycling” bin in shopping malls and supermarkets are being used as ordinary trash (despite the appearance of being designed to separate and recycle all types of trash). Ordinary trash is usually being thrown into “recycling” bins. If you talk to people about why they do such a thing they will look at you with an empty expression on their face. And other more “functional” recycling bins do get completely filled and are being emptied for months in some places.
Yet the main issue that, despite single use plastics are being banned in some countries like the UK, people here are still living the legendary 80’s. Most educated people will just go a local Starbucks get their drinks in single-use cups and not even think of what happens to the trash afterward. Most people don’t even know that plastic remains in nature for at least 500 years after you throw it away.
So that’s one of the main issues why I chose to be a spiritual person. In time I learned to develop a sense of enhanced patience toward more “ordinary” fellow human beings. Back as a teenager I used to be angry on these issues. Now I learned to look at this more as “this level of intelligence was given to me for a reason and I am probably supposed to use it for the good of all”.
This approach helps me a lot, especially in all of these small changes I am making on myself. Because there is also those who are simply saying “What the heck? Why do I produce this effort if the government or the ordinary citizen simply doesn’t care?”
- True. But it has to start to change from some place right?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cooling-down-...p_deeplink
It is good to know that we are able to still cool ourselves, our kids and our animals despite the fact that our summers are becoming hotter every year.
But there are times when I am more pessimistic about the whole issue. In this neighborhood of Ankara, we sort of have recycling bins since 20 years or so. These are regularly being stolen (to be recycled themselves) the only problem is me having to walk to recycling bins that are firmly attached to the floor beneath it but is located at a 15 minutes walking distance from my home.
I know the situation is far from being perfect even in countries with better recycling policies. But here I can tell you that “recycling” bin in shopping malls and supermarkets are being used as ordinary trash (despite the appearance of being designed to separate and recycle all types of trash). Ordinary trash is usually being thrown into “recycling” bins. If you talk to people about why they do such a thing they will look at you with an empty expression on their face. And other more “functional” recycling bins do get completely filled and are being emptied for months in some places.
Yet the main issue that, despite single use plastics are being banned in some countries like the UK, people here are still living the legendary 80’s. Most educated people will just go a local Starbucks get their drinks in single-use cups and not even think of what happens to the trash afterward. Most people don’t even know that plastic remains in nature for at least 500 years after you throw it away.
So that’s one of the main issues why I chose to be a spiritual person. In time I learned to develop a sense of enhanced patience toward more “ordinary” fellow human beings. Back as a teenager I used to be angry on these issues. Now I learned to look at this more as “this level of intelligence was given to me for a reason and I am probably supposed to use it for the good of all”.
This approach helps me a lot, especially in all of these small changes I am making on myself. Because there is also those who are simply saying “What the heck? Why do I produce this effort if the government or the ordinary citizen simply doesn’t care?”
- True. But it has to start to change from some place right?
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