Thursday, February 17, 2011

Always do the right thing

Individual lifestyle changes won’t do anything to “save the planet,” so why bother? To help answer that question, I defer to Valter, one of the catadores (pickers of recyclable waste in Brazil) featured in the excellent documentary, Waste Land (see post below this one). “One single can is of great importance,” Valter explained, when asked about the value of recycling, “because 99 is not 100.”

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Another of my recent photos:

Cans and bottles, bottles and cans

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Poem: “haiku zoology"


Posted by Mickey Z on 02/17 at 06:47 AM
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