While we went camping around Cadaques here in Spain (and yes, very beautiful area), we noticed the plastic pollution. You see, with the climate change you may not see its effects that in-your-face. Unless you are someone who knows a lot about climate and are able to look at the data to see the differences, you are not very moved by what you witness. You, the no-expert and no-science-heavy human cannot grasp the climate change crisis very well. It is the same with other problems such as the biodiversity loss, or the destruction of forests and so forth. But plastic...it is something that's so fucking visible everywhere you go in nature and near the ocean.

We went to camp on a secluded beach and when we got closer it was kinda full of plastic. Next beach wasn't much better. We then had to walk in the dark for a bit to go to the nearest beaches that were a bit less secluded. First beach was ok it seemed, but there were people there so we had to move on. Second one it was very dirty. Plastic bottles, plastic boxes, bags, caps...and so forth. All mixed with algae. It was sad. We had to camp there tho since it was getting too late.

Plastic is a wonder material really. So resilient, so malleable, so strong if you need it to be. You can package stuff and store it for a while, you can make cases and all kinds of objects. But because of our trade-based society, humans abuse this material since all they want is to trade trade trade. Unless we change this game, you will keep on seeing such problems. Plastic is just one of the wonder materials humans invented. There will be a lot more.

We talk in TROM II about the plastic pollution a lot more, and about these other issues. But yah....sad to see this immense issue. And it is a growing one. At accelerating speeds. #tromlive