With spring well under way the grandkids decided to get their bikes out of the shed and look what they found built into one of their crash helmets!
My first thoughts were that it would be nice to leave this post just like that.
Nice and pleasant but it wouldn't be honest or truthful. Nobody wants the truth right?
The ugly truth is that this is disastrous.
Look closely at the materials used to make the nest. Along with the usual twigs and leaves there is a load of plastic crap.
Bear in mind that I live on a farm 10 miles from the nearest village and 20 miles from the nearest town.
The question is. Where are the birds finding this trash?
I suspect from a recycling centre about 5 miles away?
Who knows. Maybe the parent birds died from eating plastics?
When we see pollution like this on the TV that's one thing but when we find it in our own gardens it suddenly becomes a more immediate threat.
Mr.Beast is a YouTuber with 60+ million followers. He asked us to make a video about pollution.
It raised awareness about the importance of taking the initiative locally but thinking globally.
It worked and raised a lot of money for the support of many anti pollution projects.
Admittedly it just scratched the surface of the plastic pollution problem but it got the conversation going.
It can feel overwhelming on an individual level to think about the future of the world and what little we think we can do about it?
But there is always hope. As individuals we can change our purchasing behaviour and as some companies are realising it is a massively growing market that they can make products for.
Many firms have already chosen to change their business practices and switched to non plastic packaging.
These firms are thriving and cashing in on this largely untapped area of the economy.
Remember people make the economy by their purchasing decisions.
The economy responds to our choices.
So all things considered we can do a lot more than we think.
Firms want our money for their goods. So vote with your cash. 馃く馃憤
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