Global Trashing.

I notice that a lot of people talk about global warming this, global warming that. What should be talked about much more than global warming, which is hotly debated, but the issue of what I call "global trashing." Every time a piece of trash is thrown onto the side of the road, it could be ingested by a foraging animal, rain could wash it into our water source and further contaminate our water system, or it could just sit there and make our world look ugly. People say "oh, it's okay, I only litter once in a while", but, surprise, surprise, it is most definitely not okay. Every time you leave a plastic bag around, it makes a roundabout journey, sometimes flying through the air, sometimes floating in a river, into our oceans. Have you heard of the garbage patch? Now, "garbage patch" brings up the mental image of a pseudo-island made of trash. Instead, it is a "gyre", which means it is a place, one in each oceans, where all the currents converge and all the trash gathers in a central location. This resemble a soup, about 3 feet deep, of floating plastic garbage. The largest in width is the Northern Pacific Gyre, which has been described as taking up twice as many square miles as Texas. This is just not okay. I mean think of that, twice as large as Texas, and three feet deep. There is a 6 to 1 ratio of trash to life in these areas. SIX TO ONE. Do you know what that ratio should be? ZERO. There should be no trash in the ocean. This is what is killing our oceans, and we have to stop it. So, stop littering, stop carelessness, and be earth-aware.  

I Am Tiger, Hear Me Roar.

I think everybody knows about the plight of the tiger these days, but if you don't, I'll give you a quick refresher. The tiger is a top-of-the-food-chain animal living in a bottom-of-the-food-chain status.  This once-populous creature, at a couple hundred thousand in the world, now is endangered, with only 3,200 surviving today. I know I have talked about the World Wildlife Fund before, but there's really not enough you can say about it. This wonderful organization is doing all it can to save the tiger, and every other endangered animal there is. With their "Symbolically Adopt" program and their partner website, SaveTigersNow.org, they are fighting the fight to save these beautiful creatures. Support them, and you are supporting the prolonging of the lives of all the tigers everywhere.