HEADLINES

THE EARTH IS LOSING ITS WILD ANIMALS

SOUTH AMERICA IS THE WORST

IN ALMOST 45 YEARS HUMANITY HAS EXTERMINATED 60% OF THE PLANET’S AMIMAL POPULATION.

These headlines appeared on the back page of yesterday’s newspaper. They should have appeared in the center of the front page. Think about it. 60%

    I find this news disturbing, frightening and horrifying. I want to shout out to world leaders and especially the Trump Administration: WAKE UP!

    Look at Brazil. The government announced plans to exploit a large sector of the Amazonian tropical forest.

    We humans, along with insects, fish, birds and animals, make up just 5% of life on this earth. Yet we are destroying the ecosystems and the balance of life upon which we depend.

     It’s easy to feel that our efforts to support the environment are just a grain of sand in the big picture of things. Yet…. maybe if we all:

Recycle

Support environmental organizations

Write letters to mayors and congress members

Keep a garden

Share plants with others

Write a blog or an article

Share environmental updates on Facebook

    If there are enough of them, the grains of sand may add up. I wrote a letter yesterday to the newspaper and to city authorities asking what I can do with the plastic they don’t recycle. Throw it in the garbage so it can find its way to the sea and into a pelican’s stomach?

    Enough of my rants. I’m off to find comfort watering my potted plants and observing the bees in the fragrant blooms of my ilán-ilán tree.