Multiple conversations

Are we serious about saving the earth?
Yes we are
Can we really make a difference?
Depends
How many people really bother?
A minority of people who care enough
What about the rest?
No time, let others do it

Meanwhile...

Everything we do not need goes into the garbage
Things we have no use for, we throw
Food that cannot be finished, cannot be kept
Then why cook or order so much?
Cos' it is not easy to estimate
The Chinese have a saying, "The eye is wider than the stomach"
Don't you feel guilty about wasting food?
It's really not that much we throw away
What about water that runs down the tap
while you soap yourself in the shower
That's part and parcel of keeping clean
Imagine so much water running down the sink
good, clean water disappearing, wasted while we
brush our teeth, rinse our cups, wash our hands
sparkling water that is cleaner than the water in the
drains, the khlongs where people do 101 things in their daily lives
Food, water, electricity
Do we waste them?
No, cos we can afford to pay for them, so they are at our disposal
Do you know that the less you waste, the more we will have?
What for? I may not live another day.

Meanwhile...

The hole in the sky gets bigger
The icebergs melt and the sea level rise
The weather goes crazy
And we can do nothing but watch life slip from our Mother Earth
Children of a supposedly better age
Have no time to spare
a thought for the Earth
Though they are so wired, they are disconnected
with the earth's message warning of
global warming, but then I won't suffer in my time
cos' it will take years and I'd be gone

Meanwhile...
There is so much living to do
We need that new TV, PC, Camera, Car, House
Who has time to think about saving the earth
Need meh?