Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity” Author Anthony Deorr notes this event in the Sunday times article of 11 19 17. He re-issues a second warning to humanity to care for our planet. The first message was in 1992 and what has changed? Deorr has heeded the recycling and care advice about the way most of us have, insufficiently. He worries about what he meant to do, has done, hasn’t done and about his great granddaughter having to clean up his detritus (detriments) years later.
For the article see https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/bix125/4605229
We all lament that under the current political wave, we are going backwards, retro, loosing ground instead of advancing upon saving our environment, our right to inhabit this miraculous planet we call Earth
Recycling has many limits, regional regulations, regional edicts, regional ability to properly recycle every item that is put is recycling bins. The amount of waste is daunting in our homes, restaurants, hotels, businesses, in our lives.
Can we be satisfied by individually do the best we can or can we unite from the grass roots to truly overcome the obstacles and tame our environments for future generations. Do we wait another 25 years for the 3rd warning to a world filled with polluted waters, polluted lands, loss of land and food for people around the worlds and for our wild creatures,
Ozone layer damage, and poor health? I try daily to take stock of my ability to do my share. It is work, it is difficult, not a new problem, it is mandatory. Perhaps together we can fix the world.
Ann Carol Goldberg