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Mell Darlington's avatar

Lyrical writing Alice, beautiful. To help the planet we all need to stop buying new things as soon as something becomes worn or tired-looking. If you watched the programme about the container ship which blocked the Panama? canal and which showed the dozens of other container ships queueing to get through or turning to find another route you may have been as stunned as I was to realise how much 'stuff' is being transported across the oceans every day, all stuff that we have ordered . I guess some of it is vital for hospitals etc. but I am sure much of it is not necessary. The programme stated the number of container ships that make these trips every day, 200 I think, each carrying on average 15,000 containers. The largest ships carry more than 24,000.

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alice-ann hoefkens's avatar

It’s terrifying Mell. I haven’t seen the programme, sometimes I’m afraid to watch because I know it’s bad, really bad, but I feel the need to protect myself from it. One of my choices…for mental health reasons. Thank you for kind words. It’s always good to get any feedback, good or bad. Especially good👏🏼 Grateful.

So much change is required over every aspect of how we live and behave. CAC speak of ecocide and they are right, we destroy our very life support system. I want to change, make a valid difference, I can start in small ways, making good choices not just for myself but for everyone. Radical resilience ❤️‍🔥

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Mell Darlington's avatar

I understand about not watching the difficult things. I have to take a break from watching or reading things that worry me. xx

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