Speak Up About the Environment on Blog Action Day and Daily
Some years ago, while on a public utility jeepney (PUJ), I noticed how the environment suffered but I declined to speak up. This is what happened.The PUJ stopped in front of a public school and as it was almost lunchtime, students whose halfday classes were over boarded the jeepney. There were 2 of them, aged 10-12, without accompanying adults. Each was carrying some snack and drink. One's drink was in a small plastic bag while another's was in a plastic cup. The PUJ continued its journey. Sometime later, the kids finished with their snacks. The first to finish threw what remained of her snack outside the jeepney's window and into the street. I looked both of them in the eye. It was, after all, bad behavior. The other girl hesitated, looked at me, and did the same thing anyway. I could only watch. I felt I had no business reprimanding the girls.
Looking back on that memory now, I think that the environment suffers not only because of bad behavior (garbage disposal just being one of the issues) but also because of apathy, indifference and refusal to be involved.
Blog Action Day corrects that by allowing us to speak up about the environment. We must be aware however that blogs only reach a limited audience. To be able to get the message across, we must live what we preach.
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3 comments:
I agree with you. I just hate those people who doesn't seem to care if they throw their "big/huge" trash in the improper places. They doesn't seem to care. Why don't they just keep those trashes first...
That's the style of a lot of people. Mob psychology says people follow the crowd.
I recently studied continuities and contingencies. Continuities are things that repeat themselves, just like the crowd throwing the trash everywhere. Contingencies are things that stand out and create new continuities. We should be the contingencies and lead the world into a safer one.
Remember the commercial along the lines of "sa mga mata ng mga bata..." about how adults influence the way kids look at things? I was in a jeep once, and I heard a mother telling her child to throw the plastic wrapper into the street. When the kid hesitated, the mom did the throwing, saying something like "alangan namang dadalhin mo pa ang basura sa bahay."
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