For far too long I have been observing the lack of concern for our environment and our natural resources. I refer directly to the wastage of water through the use of pressure washers, particularly on state and corporate-owned buildings, as well as private homes.
It angers me to see such activity taking place in the height of the dry season when we are told to conserve water. Nature is screaming for water and we are indiscriminately abusing it. Come on corporate and private citizens, be more conscious; with each passing year every season is becoming hotter and hotter so we must save for the proverbial rainy day.
Imagine if we applied that same water to extinguish the fires on the hillsides, take the same pressure washers, use water trucks and send them up in the hills, how admirable that would be.
So I suggest there be a total and complete ban on the use of pressure washers at this time of the year. Why must you waste hundreds of gallons to wash the pavement in front of your house? Nothing that a little bleach some old fashioned elbow grease and a garden hose cannot do.
Fellow citizens, we in T&T feel that nothing would ever run out, but one day it will. Embrace nature and its resources, protect what we still have.
Hunters, don't quarrel because of a hunting ban. The fact is we are over-hunting. Allow the animals a little time too. Wildlife and marine life are already threatened by us and our development, not to mention illegal squatting and cutting of pristine forests when authorities turn away.
Don't over-fish the cascadura and conchs. I would like to have one next few years. Don't over fish the sharks just for a savory bake and shark. These are important predators in our food chain. We are interfering with the balance of nature.
I must give the relevant government departments kudos for recognising and attempting to deal with some issues of rehabilitation and reforestation.
There are options we have until nature regenerates itself. We can learn from the indigenous peoples who take out but put back. Protect, save and nurture nature. Give her chance, please.
Jason Karam