by Allison L. Williams Hill In-Vesica Art Design Energy
“Do All Things In-Vesica.”
Posted on May 9, 2022
You know that you have a problem. If you drink too much alcohol, you get soooo relaxed and sleepy, that you cannot get up and relieve yourself. You lay. You struggle. Bet you keep drinking. It makes you feel good. Getting you to wake up one morning. Not only is there wet bed linen, but your ass is in a pond on the memory foam retained in your impression of yourself. You think, “Well, I think I really do have a problem.” The thought is still out of committing to change.
We have done this all over the world. Our climate is changing; our environment has changed. The environment’s changes were evident for decades and yet to this day, I write this in 2022, we still have done little to work on the cause.
The wider picture, moving from you to us, involves the world. We produce waste of all kinds everywhere humans are. The astronauts left ninety-six bags of feces on the moon during their missions between 1969 and 1972.
The earth is full of our pee, our waste is all on this planet which is to be expected. We are born here and share the same elements. Humans created non-organic products for centuries. The first Earth Day was created in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton. He knew, along with millions of Americans, that the planet was in trouble.
Earth Day is observed globally since 1990 – thirty years ago.
In 2022 we are still peeing on ourselves and not caring about the pond we wake up in.
Mismanaged waste kills 1 million people annually. Recently, 87,000 tons of covid waste were released in 2021. That figure was just from hospitals, not other users.
WION’s video listed the largest polluters in the world. First is Coca-Cola, the corporation that changed Santa Claus’ suit from the traditional multi-colored wonder to red with white fur trim. Next was Pepsi-Cola, both are essentially run by the same corporation; the competition is good for sales.
The other corporate polluters are:
- Nestle- creator of a tremendous amount of waste
- Unilever
- Model EZ
- Mars
- P&G
- Philip Morris International
- Colgate Palmolive
- Perfetti Van Melle
We used to use glass bottles. The corporations changed the containers to plastic and made it the consumers’ responsibility to discard the waste. They are the top polluters for the fourth year in a row. A young dead whale was found with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach. If you choose to steep in your waste, is it reasonable to expect other individuals to steep in your waste?
The waste is in the body, long after it appeared in flora and fauna. It was believed that one made the bed, therefore, one had t lie in it. Not any more. Remake the bed, dammit. Change the future. How do you think the corporations who made the decision to change to plastics will know that you are dissatisfied? If you continue to do nothing, according to the World Bank, world waste will increase by 70% in the year 2050. More pee to steep in.
From a March 21st Greenpeace email:
Big companies like Coca-Cola want “brand impressions.” They want you to see their name and their product everywhere you go.
But I don’t think they’re too happy with Greenpeace. Along with our partners, we went looking and found their brands polluting beaches and riverbanks around the world.
From the most recent count, we’ve found over 476,423 plastic bottles, bags, and other debris (collected by 72,541 amazing volunteers!). Coke “beat” Pepsi by more than 2-1. #1 in trash!2
I don’t know about you, but when I go to the beach, I’m not looking for a view filled with bottle caps and torn labels.
We can push big changes. We can push for a plastic-free world. But it’s going to take a lot of work to do it. I’m up for the challenge — are you?
For our oceans, for our climate, for communities, for marine wildlife, and for our future — make your gift to Greenpeace now.
No more single-use plastics,
Kate Melges
Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace USA
Write to these polluters, who did not ask consumers what kinds of containers they wanted, to cease. You and I have the power of the purse. We don’t have to buy their products. While you’re at it, resist everything digital. The sell is that it would make our purchasing power easier. It will give them, those with more money than us, the ability to control our accounts and what we can purchase.
Make change.