This is really awful, smokers kind of think it’s ok to leave stumps where ever. And those are highly toxic and takes a lot of time to disappear from nature, if ever. I really don’t get this
still lying there after days
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It took me a little time to think this over.Do not go to any market without the right and sufficient stuff.
Matt and Walter, I have evaluated this thread from a rather basic point of view and find so far six contributors.
In case there is no increase in co-workers from a lot of places you will not raise any interest in twitter or venues that do have the funds to pay for an exhibition.
I do not say this to deter anybody from taking pictures of garbage and posting them in this thread. With enough material it may become known to people outside this forum. Therefore some real work needs to be done before going public with the results.
Concerning aesthetics, there is no need feeling queasy, photos do not soil fingers and they do not smell. What is acceptable socially is quite another question.
I hope I have not been too harsh.
Maybe we should try a different approach: when administrations in France put up a sign that something is forbidden this proves the best guarantee people do it. Forbid to bathe at a small sea or pond and you'll have it crowded with small boats and people bathing. Maybe that's the way people tick.Coincidentally, I just saw and article in the newspaper (on-line) about France. 1 in 3 questioned drivers admitted they sometimes dump trash from the car along the highway.
25 metric tons of garbage is collected per day along the highway during the vacationperiod.
I think this issue is somewhat beyond sensibilisation as a way to solve it.
I doubt the kind of people responsible would look at this kind of images, much less "see" the issue and even less act on it.
We have a saying (don't know if there's an equivalent in English): what good is providing a candle and glasses when the owl refuses to see.
The owl shouldn't even need a candle or much less glasses to see.
When the restrictions on the rules for covid19 were relaxed, the government communicated that they counted on the "sense of responsibility" of the citizens to adhere to the more relaxed rules.
Adding that following these rules, couldn't and wouldn't be controlled.
I suppose I don't need to describe what happened next.
A lot of people - most?, a significant majority?, an annoying minority? - only follow rules that demands something from them, in as far as they can get caught in the act & in as far as a fine / penalty is significant to them.
Cynical? Observation rather.
Think speeding, avoiding VAT on labour, getting behind the wheel when under influence, ducking import taxes, ...
And everyone has an explanation ready why breaking this or that rule was no big deal. Or completely irrelevant even.
I think there's a place in Asia (Singapore?) where you get fined even for trowing a cigarette or spitting on the pavement.
This might not be such a bad idea.
And all of this is only about simple individuals. Not even touching the much more complex issue of illegal dumping by companies.
I think that is touching on basic human nature. "You can't " is generally met with "oh yes I can". But I think that pictures of garbage miscommunicate here. Pictures of garbage ruining a lovely image communicates something "actionable" pictures of garbage alone do not.Maybe we should try a different approach: when administrations in France put up a sign that something is forbidden this proves the best guarantee people do it. Forbid to bathe at a small sea or pond and you'll have it crowded with small boats and people bathing. Maybe that's the way people tick.
Is this (narrow) restriction not limiting our possibilities, Walter.I think that is touching on basic human nature. "You can't " is generally met with "oh yes I can". But I think that pictures of garbage miscommunicate here. Pictures of garbage ruining a lovely image communicates something "actionable" pictures of garbage alone do not.