This morning is a bit of storytelling. Initially I was going to share a report from Greenpeace to inform you that your table salt (37 of the 39 brands tested) is heavily contaminated with micro-plastics. But I shied away from that because there are more pressing matters. There has been quite a bit of rains recently which means distress for most of us- flooding, traffic. On my way to drop kiddies off to school, we stopped at an intersection in my community Charlieville. Emma asked if 'I'd seen all the rubbish in the river but I did not. We drove not 200 ft. forward where in plain view was a soup of plastics and styrofoams just piled at the side of the road close to a drain. I had to come back to both areas to get a closer look and take some pictures of this mess. I must admit, T&T still has caring people. The doubles man thought I had car troubles so he came by and brought a customer (didn’t bring any doubles though) A third was just curious as to what exactly I was "staring at' and photographing so he pulled up too. It was a bittersweet morning. Bitter because our habits have resulted in those photos and sweet because the gentleman was genuinely concerned after we chatted and promised to share some awareness at his workplace today. There are so much citizens who could not be bothered by images and go about their daily lives unaffected. I know I am very bothered because 1) it speaks to our lack of awareness and "don't care" attitude and tells us a great deal about who we are as a population 2) this is my community so it is disheartening 3) this is my/our country that is slowly slipping away. So what do we do, what are the solutions? We need to spread the word more, we need more educators, more activist and just more people who care and lastly we need the Government to intervene and enforce. I will keep you updated on that plastic soup by the highway because it can’t stay there!