Late afternoon as I was browsing my noise.cash, I stumbled upon SweetMonday (I thought it was RestlessSoul's post because I didn't notice that she renoised it) and JLshub also known as @JLoberiza here on read.cash posts about our Mother Earth.
Also yesterday when my godson and I were waiting for his 1PM class, his mother gave him his assignment that I think it was his project as she printed it out. It was also about Mother Earth and my godson needed to draw 6 things on how he can show his care for our environment. I helped him with his project and I was so delighted that at the age of 7, he already knows some ways on how he can show his love and care for our environment. I just hope that he would carry it with him until he grows up. I forgot to take a photo but I was really happy when he was doing his project. His drawings may not look like how he shoes his care for the environment but it melted my heart.
I have already made a few articles on how I show my love and care for our environment. But I want to take this opportunity to join a writing prompt by @meitanteikudo's with topic Dear Earth after I read @Murakamii.7's Dear Earth, I got you! article.
If you are to make a letter to our Mother Earth, what would be the things that you are going to say to her? Will you list down all the negative things that you have done before that contributed to global warming?To tell you the truth, I am still thinking of what I want to say to our dearest Mother Earth but let us try it now.
Dear Mother Earth,
You have been around for 4 billion years. I am very grateful for caring for all of us. You have done a very splendid job. In behalf of all the people living here, I want to sincerely thank you for everything that you have done. You gave us fresh air, clean waters and beautiful surroundings but in exchange of that, we gave you a lot of destructions. We gave you a lot of plastics straight into your heart, the sea. We also gave you dangerous gas emissions for you to inhale causing a hole in our ozone layer. We have also cut down a lot of trees which was your crowning glory.
I am sorry if we have hurt you countless of times by not throwing our trash to proper disposal, using single use plastics, cutting down trees, burning of a lot of things such as dried leaves, papers and plastics and even using of dynamites in fishing. These were just some of the common examples that were taught to us in school that we know can harm you. Despite of knowing these things, there are still some people who is not aware that there are consequences to their actions. I am sorry if there are people who is not conscious about the environment and only thinks of themselves. They do not know that if they continue to harm you, more and more disasters will happen in the years to come.
In my 30+ years of existence, I have noticed a lot of changes here on Earth most especially with the climate and the air that we breathe. I know that I am kiving in a tropical country but each passing year I can say that it is getting hotter and hotter during the summer season. And even with a short rainfall, we would already be experiencing some floods in different areas. It is painful to see and hear that our fellow countrymen were badly affected by typhoons. I know that it is not you that should be blamed with all of it but rather ourselves. It is us humans who are destroying you for our own benefit. We are the ones who brought the destruction to our planet.
You did everything that you could to save all of us but it is you who needs some saving. There may be people who are doing their best to save and protect you but I feel like there are a lot of destroyers of the Earth. If only we can all be united to start caring for our environment and Earth will be like how it was before.
I am sorry if there were times that I unconsciously do things that could harm you. I promise that I will try to use my voice to reach out to other people in terms of loving, caring, protecting and saving you. You are indeed a perfect example of a mother who would do anything for your children no matter what they have done to you. I will continue to do the things that I have done before so as not to contribute to your wounds. I pray and hope that you will be healed and I know that it will have to start from all of us.
Please forgive me and the rest of us. Thank you so much for everything dear Mother Earth.
Sincerely,
Jonna
We cannot deny the fact that we are now all experiencing a lot of changes in our planet. We have witnessed numerous disasters over the past and there are still people who just don't care. We all need to be educated and reminded about the importance of caring for our environment. Is it too hard to bring a reusable bag when going to the supermarkets? Have you at least thought about the plastic cup of that milk tea before you bought it? Did you reuse that cup that you bought or it went straight to the trash? How about the plastic straw that comes with it? Have you at least thought about those single use plastics before you purchased your drink? What if you are a milk tea lover who would buy it everyday or once a week? I bet you never thought about those plastic cups and straws. That is the problem with a lot of us. We are unconsciously harming Mother Earth for our own benefit. Some of them are even proud to show everyone their drinks. I am guilty of that as well and last month I even ordered a drink from one fastfood chain via delivery. It was inside a plastic cup and came with a single use plastic straw. When I could have just opted to drink water at home. Not only does it saves me money but I could have also saved Mother Earth. You may say that I am only depriving myself of that happiness in a cup but if I really wanted that cup of iced coffee then I should have my own reusable cup with me when buying drinks outside. The problem is it doesn't apply to food deliveries.
What do you think is the total population of the world? 8 billion? Then imagine that more than half of them uses single use plastics unconsciously. How many trash do we have? A lot. Some people are already spending lots of money to conduct a study on different planets but wouldn't it be more practical if they use their money to fix our planet? Wouldn't it be better if more and more prople will raise awareness about Mother Earth? I do not know how you are going to help save our Mother Earth but I hope we can be able to refuse any single use plastics and switch to eco friendly items. I think it is the only way that manufacturers will stop producing those single use items if people would stop buying it. It is not yet late for us to save our environment. Mother Earth needs us. Let us start showing our love and care for her.
If you also want to write a letter to our Mother Earth, you may do so but do not forget to tag meitanteikudo.
P.S. lead image is a random photo of the sky that I took months ago. Just look at how clear the sky was.
When we talk about catastrophes we refer to landslides, earthquakes or tsunamis that affect the population, if there were no population present they would not be catastrophes, that is, these changes are happening all over the planet and we are responsible for them. We know that there are more people who damage, but those of us who are in favor are a drop in the ocean, but it is one more drop that makes the ocean bigger and bigger.