On Account Of One Who Wants Change #PlanetOrPlastic

What have we done?

I'm Thomas Srivastava. Marine biologist, deep sea diver, environmentalist. This is my story of watching heartbreaking, avertible change take place, where we as humans have failed to make one as the prime mindful creatures of our planet. I've been around the world, dove into each ocean and seen many creatures at the unforgiving mercy of humans.

It isn't there fault. They can't voice their thoughts. They, however are (I feel quite sad to use such a word) powerless, helpless against the monsters that we have created, ourselves, and our inventions. Something created by us to conserve and reduce has ultimately become the exact opposite, saving one green and wrecking the other.

Here I make a comparison between two of which are considered humanity's most important resources, money and nature itself. Our lives, on a daily basis, show our incomparable, horrendous acts of corporate greed, choosing what we consider pleasure to what protects us, cares for us and we depend upon to survive. What point is there to live in a lifeless world, with no one to be with, and to live in a constant hatred from those whom you come from, from those you will go to?

Marine life, I would like to remind you, is one of the most important bits of livelihood for millions of people around the world. If we start with the basics, we have two main aspects: food and beauty.
The livelihoods of many people across coastal areas depend upon fishing, and many a person's staple food is seafood. It will be wrong to say that "It is not necessary anymore as we have vegan foods that need not use marine life" as such means are still not easily available everywhere and people depend upon it to earn money, and feed their families with either fish sold for food or directly eaten.

Beauty in itself is one very important thing. We humans look for beauty in our surroundings. In the same way, so do animals. Everyone who has ever seen the deep ocean in real life or in pictures will agree it is one of the most beautiful creations of this planet. But we're taking that away too. Pollution of water bodies is bleaching coral reefs, killing sea life and the birds that feed on it, causing an imbalance in the ecosystem.

I was once diving in the Pacific. We had seen spikes in the behavioural patterns of seahorses, small, magnificent creatures that had been there for years and years. During the expedition, I saw a small bright yellow seahorse, its tail wrapped tightly around something I never expected to see so deep- an ear bud. The spike was due to increased chemical levels in the ocean.

We don't realise our own impact. We're past the point of no return, but time itself heals. If we give it a chance, nature will save itself, forgive us for our mistakes. For that's just the way it is. It cares for us deeply. So should we.