Congratulations for Ocean Awareness Day

Congratulations to the residents of Tuktoyaktuk on holding the “Ocean Awareness” Day. Our little Earth needs a lot of respect and tending to and recognizing one of its major life lines it provides is a good idea.

Wouldn’t it be neat if all the humans would unite in conserving what little is left of the rain forests, the pollution-free waters, plants like lichen, seaweed, just to name a few, to be taken care of in ensuring that toxic wastes do not extinguish them?

Another neat idea would be to set up an international forum in publishing a newletter as to what’s happening in the earth’s waters. Thank God the oceans are free to move to make waves regardless of boundaries, politically correctness, and so on. The ocean was created to provide food, livelihood, and not to fight over who gets what from where.

Also, a few years back, I wrote a little essay at the Arctic College as to what kind of business I would own. Part of that business was to collect recyclables and ship them on the empty south-bound transports. Seeing this as an actuality is a great reward for all those people that work hard in being “mother-earth-friendly.” Keep up the good work! Here’s an idea – some bureaucrats can get a much needed “pat-on-the-back” gesture to get their priviledged status in gear! Set-up an annual contest amongst the northern communities as to who can conserve the most per capita by collecting all those sweet-tasting liquid containers, frizzy liquid containers, once-alive writing stuff, etc., and return them on those light south-bound thinaminjiks.

Their reward would be simple: an international recognition at the United Nations. Good intentions always seem to work wonders. Please make use of the nice blue containers to keep our world green. Blue boxes are a lot nicer to fill than those landfills! Tavvaovusi!

Annie Teemotee Mitsima
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