TV has been bombing me with pro-Earth and pro-environment adds, some of them seeking to wake up awareness in people, like Fundación Neotrópica, while others seek to wake up awareness and get donations as result of it. I bet you've seen those adds as well: "Our world is dying and we are dying with them. What will you do about it?". Perhaps you are just as oblivious of nature as I am, and don't notice the fish in the tank or the flowers in the garden, but these adds often manage to breath into your bones the fear of God. But what can you do to stop the destruction of the planet?
My boyfriend does selective waste disposing, always keeping paper, plastic and others separated, taking them to places where they can be properly disposed, but can we all do that? Not really. Do we know other ways we can personally help environment? Not always, so this can drift us towards something we can do: donate money. But shall we donate money? You may if you want, but I don't. I feel no trust for many of these associations, because what can they do? Lobby? More adds? Truth is that some organizations, such as Join Team Earth are being sponsored by Costa Rica, for instance, when Costa Rica, does little for environment. We have signed agreements to protect areas of forest and enterprises buy air for us, all while the very President allows gold mines into the forests and luxury hotels with golf courses on the beach, where they kill the environment. So where is the money going? When one sponsor does more to destroy than to keep, when it violates international agreements, what's the money good for?
Money can buy consciences, but it doesn't seem able to buy health and our environment back. But what can we effectively do?
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