Let’s get something straight, environmental awareness isn’t just for hippie’s, and it isn’t just about climate change.
Environmental awareness is recognising what’s going on around you, and realising that just because you can’t always see it, doesn’t mean it’s not happening – just because your backyard looks tidy, doesn’t mean your neighbour’s yard isn’t filled with all your trash that you threw over the fence.
Environmental Awareness is about the garbage patch in the ocean that is now LARGER than France, the slaughter of rhinos and elephants for their tusks, deforestation, the sea turtles that drown in our fishing nets, food waste, the oil spills that kill marine life whilst also polluting our water and land, consumerism and so so much more. It is understanding that it is the responsibility of humans to respect, protect, and preserve the natural world.
The idea for this blog came to me after realising that we aren’t as environmentally aware as we think we are. Think you are? Then answer me these:
- Where does our rubbish & recycling go?
- Where was the tree located that has now become my toilet paper?
- How much waste does the average Kiwi create in 1 year?
- How is plastic made?
Can’t answer them? That’s what I thought.
Makes you think doesn’t it?
I believe that part of the issue is that we aren’t educated enough on the processes. Perhaps if we knew how different objects are recycled, what byproducts are created from this action, and how much energy it takes to recycle an object, then perhaps we would be more mindful of how we live. Perhaps we wouldn’t pay the 10 cents for that bag at the supermarket, maybe instead we would bring that reusable bag that we were too lazy to grab before.
I want to discover and share this information with you all to make the world a better place by first opening up the eyes of all the souls that are blind to the destruction, because after you have become environmentally aware, you can then begin teaching those around you.