Your garbage, their misfortune

Click here to watch the PBS documentary on electronic waste

This video is difficult to watch but I highly recommend sitting through it. I saw it a couple weeks back and I can't stop thinking about it. It's horrible how we in the developed world treat others like they are disposable, only here to cater to our needs. Even worse, it seems that everyone has resigned to the idea that it's somebody else's problem. I am now even more bothered by stories I hear from the people in my life about new computers, cell phones, mp3 players, tv's, etc.... that are being purchased out of sheer want, not necessity.

On a slightly different note, I was driving back from Edmonton last weekend and was appalled by the number of RV's on the road. Seriously people just stay home if you can't live without certain luxuries. How does polluting the environment to get in touch with nature make any sense at all. Complete ignorance and greed.

Sometimes I really don't like being here.