R-E-S-P-E-C-T
This is a little out of order - lots of things have happened in my first month that I could post about, but it was picking up rubbish for Clean Up Aus Day today that sparked the idea of starting another blog, so I think this is a fitting place to start. What was the inspiration? A simple connection that I hadn't made before.
As I fossicked around the fringes of the Dickson Aquatic Centre, I realized there was a theme to the rubbish scattered amongst the shrubbery. Lots of McDonalds, cans of coke and other sugary drinks, cigarette packets, and of course lots of booze bottles. It was the cigarettes in particular that made me twig: litterers disrespecting the environment and disrespecting the people around them who share that environment are people who also disrespect their own bodies. If someone hasn't yet formed the connection between what they put into their body and their personal well-being, are they really going to understand the connection between what they put into the environment and it's well-being?