What if the land owners who are blanket spraying entire hillsides could be convicted of unintentional genocide (at least mass murder)?
What if we could sue the government for not protecting the public water supply?
What if we could convince the government that their job creation could be doubled if we hired grass cutters instead of pesticide sprayers and the people who work for the companies that push that product?
Is the reason society prioritizes corporate workers and corporate job creation a matter of which employees spend more in the economy? Does that math work and can we see it? What if we switched to grass cutting and it was double or triple the number of people that work for a pesticide company? How are the tax exemptions to these large global-colonizer international mega corporations justified when their actions endanger the entire public and our future generations?
What does the government think about the inevitable lawsuits coming up in the next 20 years when more people realize they’ve been duped and the high rates of cancer (especially in agricultural areas) is linked to pesticide usage and contamination of the soil and water supplies?
And what if the one thing we can do as local people with not a lot of money or political power is stay healthy by detoxing?
What if this was done by the popularization of the usage of charcoal in the food we eat and beverages we drink? What if a simple step, so we can survive to fight, is charcoal limonada?
Art by Christi Belcourt on Justseeds.org from 2018. This image is currently sold out but Just Seeds has a fantastic mission and organization. This image in particular had a specific and beautiful cause as these prints were produced to help raise funds for the Onaman Collective community-based social art and justice organization, interested in helping Indigenous communities, particularly youth, with reclaiming the richness and vibrancy of their heritage including traditional arts, but with a contemporary spin. If you feel called, check out Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, a decentralized network of 41 artists committed to social, environmental, and political engagement. Or check out the page this image came from to find out more about the Onaman Collective in particular.
As mentioned in this podcast, this image is from the Maldives trip. This was the Impact activation where we were engaging in a coral restoration project. The waters here are clear. Crystal. However, it should be noted that a friend I trust, a yogi and surfer, contacted me saying that she had a very different experience on a surf trip to the Maldives where she has never surfed before in such polluted waters. She said they were taken to a place she believes is a dumping ground for cruise ships. We (collectively, society which is individuals, but also businesses, mega corporations, and governments all need to take responsibility as) need to clean up our act on this Plant.
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