I stumbled upon a great post today on New York’s plastic bag ban and how single use plastics are a choice that we make every day. Growing up in Arizona, we were definitely not the front-runners for changes like these. Coming to school in Berkeley and not having access to plastic bags was a drastic change, but it was an eye-opening one. I realized how much harm single use plastics were doing and how we need to change as a society. Going to the beach for one of the first times I realized it wasn’t what I thought it was. The sand was littered with trash and plastics that were more than likely going to end up in the stomachs of sea life. It made me sad to see that and I begun to realize that the way we are treating this planet is terrible.
With highly conservative and religious parents, I never looked at the world like something we need to preserve. I was always taught that things were here to serve us and that we should be able to take as we please. As I got older, I realized that my generation and future generations will have to deal with the consequences. It completely changed the way I look at politics because I need someone in office who realizes that these things are urgent and we can’t wait until it is too late.
College with Sarah 