🕊 ⋆Dear Steemians, Friends and Family⋆ 🕊
Wherever in the world you are and whatever you do, feel greeted and hugged. Welcome to my Bali-Diary: Life on the Island of Gods!
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Today, I wanna talk about a problem that makes me feel sad, angry and helpless. I live on this beautiful tropical island, and yes, it sometimes feels like paradise.
On the other hand, tourism has flooded Bali in the last decades and with it came the rubbish. I don't know how much of it actually comes from the people in Bali and how much maybe also comes from the sea itself. But what I know for a fact, is that it f**king sucks!
There are times when I go for a swim at the beach closest to my home and I feel like I am bathing in a sea of plastic. I am not exaggerating: Depending on the season, it often happens that there is not a single moment without any plastic touching my body in the water. It is incredibly disgusting and makes me wanna puke.
Me standing on the mountain on the right - this time mostly wood admittedly - is kind of a metaphor for my fight against the rubbish. I cannot do much, but I can use less plastic bags, buy groceries in reusable bags and take some rubbish to a bin whenever I am at the beach. I am trying to take it with a little bit of humor as well.
The solution to Bali's rubbish problem has to be found on a bigger scale, obviously, and it's not my place to do that. Still, I believe we all can contribute to a cleaner and less polluted place.
So, I want to motivate you guys as well: Let's try to use less plastic and make this world a cleaner place together!
How about you? Where do you notice plastic pollution the most? Are you doing something against it?
VERSI BAHASA
🕊 ⋆Dear Steemians, Friends and Family⋆ 🕊
Dimanapun kalian berada dan apapun yang kalian lakukan, selamat datang di buku harian Bali aku: Life on the Island of Gods!
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Hari ini, aku mau ngobrol tentang masalah yang bikin aku merasa sedih, marah dan nggak bisa apa-apa. Aku tinggal di pulau indah ini, dan iya, kadang-kadang merasa kayak di surga.
Di sisi lain, wisatawan udah membanjiri Bali beberapa tahun ke belakang dan dengan sampahnya juga. Aku nggak tahu sebenarnya, seberapa banyak itu datang dari orang di Bali dan seberapa banyak datang dari lautnya itu sendiri. Tapi yang jelas, aku nggak suka!
Beberapa kali, aku berenang di pantai dekat rumah dan aku merasa kayak di dalam laut plastik. Aku nggak lebay: Tergantung musim, sering terjadi aku berenang dan selalu ada plastik yang kena badan aku. Ini menjijikan banget dan buat aku pengen muntah.
Di sebelah kanan, aku berdiri di atas gunung kayu dan sampah. Ini semacam metafora aku untuk perang melawan sampah. Aku nggak bisa melakukan apa-apa, tapi aku bisa jarang menggunakan tas plastik, beli belanjaan menggunakan tas daur ulang dan ambil beberapa sampah untuk dibuang ketika di pantai. Aku coba berpikir untuk di bawa santai aja.
Solusi untuk sampah di Bali harus dengan skala yang sangat besar, dan bukan tempat aku untuk itu. Aku tetap percaya, kita bisa berkontribusi supaya Bali lebih bersih dan polusi berkurang.
Jadi, aku mau memotivasi kalian juga: Ayo kurangi penggunaan plastik dan jadikan dunia lebih bersih bersama!
Gimana dengan kalian? Dimana kalian lihat polusi plastik terbesar? Apa kalian melakukan sesuatu tentang itu?
