On our last trip to Spain,
we drove along Costa Blanca, arriving in Valencia we drove down to Alicante, Mojacar to Almeria. It is a beautiful drive, Valencia is probably my favorite city, on the way down we stayed in a villa near Denia & Xabia, the beaches were fantastic, and the food was great and reasonably priced, especially coming from expensive Switzerland!
The next day
we continued towards Benidorm, Cartagena to Mojacar where we stayed in another villa high above the village overlooking the Mediterranean; Mojacar features great beaches, clubs, and cafes along the beach and lots of restaurants with great seafood. On another day we decided to drive further south to Almeria, and that is when we came across the plastic, greenhouse fields that stretch over 450 square kilometers (the state of New York measures 141,300 square kilometers!) passing by mile after mile through these plastic tents along the highway, one does not think anything negative about it, we all enjoy the beautiful fresh fruits and vegetables we pick up in our supermarkets and stores! that are originating from these areas.
Some of the things we saw
stopping there was incredibly disturbing, it is visual proof that mankind just doesn’t give a hoot about the future of this planet, it is all about the money! The next time you purchase vegetables and fruits from Spain I would like you to remember what I saw in this post, and maybe you should consider boycotting these farmers until they get their sh….t together and stop polluting the ocean with their plastic greenhouses!
Since I started a monthly clean-up of our local Swiss lac shores in the canton that I live in, and observed the state of our planet with plastic contamination all over the world, I started to look and investigate some of the worst contaminators on our planet. In my opinion, it is not just the plastic, paper, and metal pollution that is a problem but the emission pollution through our cars and factories. In this case, it is very difficult for an ordinary citizen to do anything about it as it is the government’s duty and responsibility to resolve, eliminate, change, and punish the violators.
However, as a citizen, we can and should be aware of our surroundings, teach our kids what to do, and respect the environment. After googling some keywords like plastic, I came across a video by Simon Reeves, an English BBC contributor, who traveled along the same route we did.
I am adding a link to his video on Facebook, depending on where you live you may be able to watch the video, but some areas like mine didn’t allow me to view it because of legal rights or whatever.
It is absolutely appalling
what happens with the old, leftover, replaced plastics from these greenhouses? Plus under what terrible conditions the immigrants live working on these farms is another disaster.
Here is a link concerning that problem:
You can play a part in the preservation of the environment by sharing news and opinions about the preservation of our planet, that is the only effective way to make people aware of what is going on.
God Bless this planet
and help the human race to understand what’s at stake!
