what contribution I can be to the planet today.




I live in a wonderful city. I am grateful that there is a huge Royal Park at the end of the road.



In the summer I loved to take an early morning stroll in the park and often headed to the Round Pond, which is man made and very popular with swans and ducks.



I was stunned by the number of plastic carrier bags that have been thrown into the pond after people have given bread to the wildfowl.

Where do people think these bags will go?

I take them out and put them in one of the many waste baskets that circle the pond, baskets that seem to be visible to only me.



When I go to the local shops, I pass a small area of land that has shrubs, flowers and bushes.

You won't be surprised to hear that people throw trash onto this mini public 'garden', even though there is a waste basket close by


I pay local taxes that pays for the gardeners to look after this area and the street sweepers to clean up the trash.

I also pick up the trash when I pass it, bottles, coffee cups, cigarette packets and fast food wrappers. Recently I picked up a large plastic syringe filled with what looked like a milk mixture. That scared me at first..what was I picking up ? Was I putting my own health at risk by this indiscriminate picking up of rubbish?

Note to self---wash your hands the moment you get in...and maybe even have some of that anticeptic hand gel in my bag? and take extra care as to what I am picking up.



This is a great exercise in learning not to judge others for their action /non-action.

This is just to do with me and what contribution I can be to the planet today.



What contribution can you be to our planet today