Two posts in a day :-) well, today is Earth Day and I couldn't but help write - anything to save Mother Earth and this environment is a passion for me. So, here I'am !
A birthday party - a first birthday at that. The new parents are all excited and somehow want to leave no stone unturned on this big day in their baby's life! Very natural and understandable.
Lunch time and the tables are loaded with food! Delicacies one drools about on a hungry afternoon with an empty fridge :-)
Guests are invited to eat and the hosts obligingly stand at the beginning of the spread handing out plates. You guessed it - plates made of Styrofoam. The guests do their part and eat their fill, running around with their children - trying to feed them as the little ones turn their faces away...
The cake is cut, presents opened, and everyone goes home...all happy!
The garbage bin has a different story to tell...plates of food half eaten, plastic spoons, Styrofoam plates and cups, ziploc bags, plastic bags used to carry stuff to the party and everything else that was so unlovingly left back.
All gifted to the landfill !!! And since most of it is not bio de-gradeable, it stays there for a very very long time - maybe the grand kids of the child who just celebrated the birthday could visit the spot and see the plates and cups intact!
That's what we do. Every single day of our lives, we are spoiling it for our future generations by not recycling, not using bio de-gradeable stuff, by not watching the carbon footprint of the food we eat, the goods we use and every little thing...all that we take for granted!
Here is a video you HAVE to watch (a friend had shared it on my Facebook)- a short speech rendered by a little girl to the UN and had them speechless for 6 minutes! We need to teach our children the importance to save/conserve and teach them now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaLMotfvqg
Save the planet and do your bit starting TODAY!!! Let's leave it intact for our children!!!
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