24/07/2018
Please think before you plastic!!!
When did our future stop being a promise and transition to being a threat?
This is a beach in Mumbai a few weeks ago when the ocean vomited (yes, vomited!) plastic.
If every bit of plastic that was created is still there in the planet imagine the thrash pile in the oceans, rivers and the ground underneath.
You may ask, What about the plastic that has been burnt and 'taken care of'? Well, it still exists. In a more dangerous invisible mode as a cancer causing pollutant in the atmosphere.
As mountain folks, we have special responsibility to ensure that we manage our waste better and keep our rivers and jhoras clean. After all, where do you think the rivers and the jhoras finally dump the plastic?
Let's remember that we didn't inherit this bountiful planet from our ancestors. We have just borrowed it from our children. In what state would you want to hand over your forests, rivers and oceans to them tomorrow?
Can one individual's life choices make a difference? Ask, that to a turtle in the ocean who didn't get choked in that plastic bag that YOU denied taking in the cash counter of that mall. Yes, one individual's life choices can and does make a difference.
Let's work towards transforming our present so that the future once again...is a promise. A bright promise that we all look forward to.
P.S.: We request you to share the photo and the post wildly. Yes, without any inhibition. Trust us, there is still very little awareness about this grave challenge faced by our generation.
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