I was recently watching on Netflix a show examining Bill Gates brain(I’m not allowed to link to it?). In one of the episodes it demonstrates the fact that most of the world still doesn’t have clean water with flushing toilets. There is in fact a lack of water. There has been much money raised to build sanitation plants all over the world but they are too expensive to run. They sit idle while the inhabitants still use pit latrines and catch all of the diseases that are associated with having raw untreated sewage lying around.
This is also brought up in a comic way in the The Book of Mormon play that I have seen twice but that doesn’t mean it’s a laughing matter. It is far from this in fact.
In the news we have also had reported to us the drying up of Victoria Falls. The drying up of Victoria Falls.For such a huge thunderous waterfall to dry to a trickle is devastating for our planets ecology. Global warming is upon us as also espoused by Greta Thunberg. She is young and full of fire but she cares deeply for the environment.It is her dedication to her cause that may bring about change.
I’m also disgusted about the amount of countries that I travel to (Greece, Mexico, Tenerife, Morocco etc) where the sewage system means you can’t put the toilet paper down the toilet! These are not third world countries that receive massive amounts of aid to help them raise out of the direst poverty. These are countries that earn millions in tourism yet can’t provide toilets with big enough pipes to prevent their airport toilets from blocking!
It’s the 21st century and almost 2020 yet we still live in a world where we have to deal with unhygienic conditions such as the ones mentioned above. I wish I didn’t have to write this article for I grew up in a country (UK) where I didn’t need a bin beside my toilet for my used toilet paper. However if I had grown up in Greece, Mexico, Tenerife and no doubt Morocco too then this would be the norm. They just deal with it but I think it’s time for someone to make a stand to correct this injustice.
If we can’t change our planet through money and influence aka Bill Gates, if we can’t change our world through humour aka the Book of Mormon and if we can’t change our planet through activism aka Greta Thunberg then what is going to motivate us to change our habits?
The English Introvert 
Instead of looking at and commenting upon their neighbors, everyone should start to sweep the sidewalk in front of THEIR house Then you would have a clean street. When all the streets are clean, you’ll have a clean city. When all the cities are clean, you’ll have a clean country. When all the countries are clean, you’ll have a clean world. The easiest way to change the world is to change yourself.
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That’s what I’m working on right now.
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