Global Environments: 27 images that Prove we are in Danger
“27 images that prove that we are in danger. #7 left my mouth open.”
Two weeks ago I posted my videos and photographs of Cherry Blossoms taken from the previous years. This is because this month, April, is the time that Cherry Blossom trees in Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ will start to bloom and usually by the end of the month most of cherry blossom trees will be in full bloom. The condition of blooming depends on the weather. If the weather is warm the blossoms will bloom sooner and if the weather is cold then it will cause the blossoms to bloom later.
I just found an article from the Hefty website that John posted on his Facebook page. I would like to post it in my website because it is waking up me from a day dream that most places will be as heavenly as Cherry Blossoms Land in Newark, NJ. An article from Hefty’s website entitled, “27 images that prove that we are in danger. #7 left my mouth open.” This will give us some awareness of our environment, educating us that if we neglect our planet we might not have beautiful flowers, gardens and sceneries such as those posted on Internet.
Below article is from Hefty’s website
27 images that prove that we are in danger. #7 left my mouth open.
Sometimes every word is superfluous. These pictures say more than a thousand words.
“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”
This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.
For more information please visit Hefty website, the link is:
https://www.hefty.co/truth-in-pictures/
1. The view over the overdeveloped metropole of Mexico City (with more than 20 million inhabitants).
Photograph by Pablo Lopez Luz
2. An elephant killed by poachers left to rot.
Photograph by Kristian Schmidt/Wild Aid
3. The rainforest in flames – goats used to graze here.
Photograph by Daniel Beltra
4. Trails of excessive air traffic over London.
Photograph by Ian Wylie
5. A massive truck delivers a load of oil sands for processing. Oil sand is considered the energy source of the future.
Photograph by Garth Lentz
6. A simple herd farmer cannot withstand the stink of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia.
Photograph by Lu Guang
7. A waste incineration plant and its surroundings in Bangladesh
Photograph by M.R. Hasasn
8. A fire storm plows through Colorado – increased incidences of wild fires is a result of climate change.
Photograph by R.J. Sangosti/Denver Post
9. The scars left behind from the mining of oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Photograph by Garth Lentz
10. A nighttime spectacle in downtown Los Angeles – the energy demand is incalculable.
Photograph by Mike Hedge
11. In Oregon, this thousand year old forest fell victim to the chain saw for a new dam.
Photograph by Daniel Dancer
12. The area around Almeria in Spain is littered with greenhouses as far as the eye can see – simply for a richly filled dinner table.
Photograph by Yann Arthus Bertrand
13. Poachers pose proudly with the coat of a Siberian tiger.
Photograph by Steve Morgan/Photofusion
14. The Mir Mine in Russia, the largest diamond mine in the world.
Photograph by Google Earth/ 2014 Digital Globe
15. A dead albatross shows what happens when we litter. A living dumpster.
Photograph by Chris Jordan
16. And yet another megatropolis – a bird’s eye view of New Delhi (over 22 million inhabitants).
Photograph by Google Earth/2014 Digital Globe
17. Paradise almost lost: the Maldives, a popular vacation spot that is threatened by rising sea levels.
Photograph by Peter Essick
18. The beginning of Black Friday at an electronics store in Boise, Idaho.
Photograph by Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman
19. Tons (literally) of broken electronics end up in developing countries and are stripped for precious metals by using deadly substances.
Photograph by Peter Essick
20. The blunder of the Brazilian rain forest is being repeated here in Canada.
Photograph by Garth Lentz
21. A landfill for worn-out tires in the desert of Nevada.
Photograph by Daniel Dancer
22. While the entire world watched the events of Fukushima, a massive heat and power station was burning just a few miles away. All attempts to extinguish it where fruitless.
Photograph by Mainichi Newspapers/AFLO
23. This polar bear starved to death in Svalvard, Norway. Disappearing ice caps are robbing polar bears of both their living space and food.
Photograph by Ashley Cooper
24. To the last drop: an oilfield in California and the merciless overexploitation of humans.
Photograph by Mark Gamba/Corbis
25. A massive waterfall from melting pack ice. These masses are the only meltwater and the undeniable proof how swiftly climate change is advancing.
Photograph by Cotton Coulson/Keenpress
26. A lignite power plant contaminates the air with its discharges.
Photograph by Jason Hawkes
27. The Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya rides a wave of filth and trash (Java, Indonesia).
Photograph by Zak Noyle
“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”
This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.
