I’ve been living in South Greenland for almost four years now. It will be four years on August 15th 2015. I meant to get this blog up on Earth day however, as always I’m late with getting up my thoughts about our planet and how humans abuse her so much.
I live in a country where nature is all around us. It is so beautiful here and peaceful. Most of nature has been untouched by humans however, there are places that have been touched and continue to be touched by those who disrespect all the beauty that surrounds them. I find it sad that the generation that is ahead of me and of the same generation are not teaching the younger generations about how to take good care of the natural things that they live in. They are not being taught to respect the culture or to respect nature or any of the natural wonders that can be seen here. For some reason, the two younger generations would rather deface her than to respect her.
Between painting on rock carvings, rock faces, to throwing trash on the ground instead of placing it in the trashcan that is only a foot away from where they stand. It sickens me to see this in such a beautiful and peaceful country. This country has so many wonderful things. I have nothing but positive to say about it and even the natives that live here. But at the same time, there is a missing link in how the younger generations are being taught. It’s not bad enough that education isn’t a priority but to let kids free-range govern themselves. It’s not all the children of course. Just some of them. The ones that are free-range are children to parents who drink and do drugs to much. It’s a sad face indeed. These are the things hidden from outsiders who do not live here. People do not see things like this in world newspapers and newscast.
This country is very insulated from the outside world in so many ways. Yes most probably are aware of what is going on but it does not govern them or worry them. The ones that are hard-working work hard to provide for themselves as well as their families. They feed their families from mother nature too while putting things back the way they have found them.
I wish that some of them respected their town as much as they respect the outside part where nature lies. The three biggest issues here are alcoholism, suicide, smoking, and education. Those are the things that need to be worked on the hardest too. Of course, it takes people who actually want to do this. Another thing I wish would become a new rule is people getting their dogs spayed and neutered. The dog population has run rampant because of irresponsible pet owners.
Living Greenland 