Recently my former student, the Ukrainian poet, shared an article about the masses of plastic trash that are filling the oceans of the world. The article (from the Ukrainian newspaper Zbruc ) featured this image: The original article can be found here . Most of us are aware of this huge environmental issue, though when you are a landlubber like me you might not always be focused on the problems of the marine world. But you don't need to be in a sea kayak to know that our world is endangered by trash. Having grown up in the 1970s, I have always been obsessed with recycling and reusing. Some parents my age complain about their children the eco-terrorists, who internalize the lessons of elementary school and torture them at home with their righteousness about environmental issues. But I actually got those lessons from my own father, with whom I used to cart bottles to the recycling station. We had to separate them into clear, green and brown, and my dad made a game of...
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