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A few weeks ago I was thinking about starting a blog but I didn’t know what to write about. I thought to myself, “You know a lot about movies; why don’t you write about them?” But that’s something so burned out that nobody is going to read what I write as I know someone already does it a lot better so; suddenly today something came up to my mind and it is something I want to share with you all.

Three weeks ago I had my first week of vacations in over three and a half years. I was so tired about my job that I just wanted to sleep. The first two days I did so, nothing else. But on the third day I decided to watch some TV and the first channel that was in it was playing a documentary about nature and how we’re recklessly destroying it.

I followed that documentary for days as it was divided in different chapters and after watching them all I thought, “Oh my God, we’re killing this planet.”

I found this website one day while I was wandering around the internet and the information it displayed was very interesting but also frightening. Check it yourselves and you’ll see what I’m talking about http://www.worldometers.info/. I hope it had also a count for the days we have left on this planet, or the days we have left until we completely destroy it.

I know it is more than known by a huge part of the world’s population that global warming is a reality but, I’ve closely seen the changes we’ve done to our environment as a result of the careless sense of appreciation we have for all living beings, animal and vegetable.

More than 15 years ago I remember swimming in the nearest lake to the city in my country. It was clean and beautiful. We had a lot of tourists visit it due to its incomparable tranquility and natural richness. 10 years ago it was impossible not to be afraid of even being touched by the water as it was completely polluted, dirty and unhealthy. Though you still could see people fishing on it you could only think of the damage they were doing themselves by eating those very contaminated fish. But that’s all they had to live day by day.

More than 10 years ago I remember swimming in this other beautiful lake, not so close to the city but you really wanted to go there as it was priceless to feel its water touching your body, as if someone was holding you gently. Now, if I turn my TV on and watch the local channels for sure I’ll see some adds advertising the lake, asking for help to the whole country to save it, as it is infested by this very poisonous seaweed that is literally killing the lake and all the life in it. You cannot swim in it now. But some – not a lot – people are still fighting to save it.

If both cases happened only in my country, knowing that the UN has 192 nations as members, how much similar cases do we have in the entire world? You may think that I wrote “much” as a grammatical mistake but actually I did it on purpose as I know that the damage we’re doing to this planet is countless.

I really want to thank the small group of humans that are fighting to defend this planet, saving species, protecting forests, the sea, etc. By this I’m not thanking the world known organization of extremists that actually do more harm than good; but all the unknown saints that are actually fighting for their lives and ours and to give humanity at least a couple of days more of clean air.

Before I used to think, “when I have lot of money the first thing I’ll do is buy an expensive car as I love them”, even when I know that it has been proven that in my country we cannot make a full use of them as we do not have the roads to be able to ride them well; they’re merely a luxury item, an item that marks a status.

A few days I came to the conclusion that I don’t want a luxury car anymore even believing that I will get to be wealthy, as it is not something that I need but something I want. The only way we’re going to live longer is if we start thinking about what we need to about what we want. Therefore I will use a lot of my wealth to help not only the planet but also the people that are suffering due to how greedy we are. I will no longer wish for a 10 acre house or a $100,000.00 car. I will only get what I need to live, that’s it. That way when I have kids I will leave for them something to dream for, or at least save for them some water to drink.

I thought one day, “I wish I had a lot of money to be able to do something to help this planet and the people leaving on it as others do”, but then I realized that I don’t need it. If I get at least one person to read my blog day after day I’ll be doing my part to create awareness amongst humanity.

Consider this note a start for a blog dedicated only to nature. I’ll be publishing every story I live or find about the damage we’re doing to this planet and how we can contribute to help it, as after all, we’re only going to be helping ourselves and our children.