The Air is Poisoned
Contaminated by chemicals, the air burns my lungs and eyes. Thick black smoke from burning heavy fuels suffocates. It is so difficult to breathe. All I want is to take a deep breath without choking.
I live in a rural community, but even in this remote location we deal with bad air at times. Crop dusters always send me inside the house - I don't want to breathe that air filled with horrible chemicals. I cannot imagine what is like living in a city with air that injures and kills. While doing research for this dress, I read about the Great Smog of London, December 5th - 9th, 1952. During this time, deadly smog killed between 4,000 and 10,000 people, caused by burning coal and weather patterns.
What can we do to improve our air? For starters:
I think my easiest is to plant more trees. I live on 10 acres, which is mostly woods. Every year we try to plant more trees. I usually grumble when my husband's tree order arrives, but once in the ground I am very pleased with seeing more trees growing. It always seems like a small effort in a huge world, but if everyone planted a tree each year that would be 8 billion more trees on our planet.
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