Thursday, May 20, 2010

Journal Entry-May 20th

Dead fish rise to the surface, bottles float in the water as if to warn that life there isn't all that good. Plastic cups, cans and even wrappers clog the throats of wildlife that drink from this cest-pool. Do you realize what you're throwing away?

It's not only garbage. When you choose to pollute you're choosing to throw away a life as well. The garbage that you toss carelessly aside ends up in rivers, lakes, and streams or even on the side of the road where innocent animals either swallow it, get it caught around their bodies, or get trapped inside the trash itself. This ends their lives and causes problems for humans as well.

The fish that live in that river, lake or stream that you're polluting, they end up getting caught and sold to fish markets where they're bought by people who unknowingly eat the pollution that the fish was exposed to when they cook the animal in their homes. Does that sound appetising?

Think about all this the next time you go to toss something out your window or aside instead of recycling it. Who knows maybe one day we can clean up the world if we just take the time to look at the bigger picture.

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