dogwood photography’s photo challenge: story telling – your culture

Week 28 Story Telling: Your Culture (Photographers participating in the challenge come from nearly every country and culture. Tell us the story of your culture.)

Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/60s 85mm ISO 100

Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.

A new $2 household cleaner is the plastic-free product of our eco dreams — City Women & Co.

Plastics have become part and parcel of our daily routines, our day-to-day purchases, and in the air we breathe and water we drink.

I’ve found myself wondering how recycled products will be recycled as well as how to become more aware of the plastics I generally purchase without any concern of where these containers go after I toss them in the recycle bin.

“All this plastic we are discarding is ending up in our waterways and oceans, and now showing back up in our drinking water and food.” ~Sarah Paiji

City Women & Co.

Does anyone else find a bit of disconnect in the choice to implement a plant-based diet motivated by concerns of sustainability and a cupboard of plastic containers of organic super foods and veggie foods?

Is there a means to explore how to recycle pill bottles…plant-based containers…supplements, electronics, clothing, appliances, etc. other than tossing them into the oceans and backyards of other countries?

How can a single consumer begin to encourage corporations to change their packaging to be more earth friendly?

tell me, sir, where’s the distinction?

The river and its waves are one surf: 

where is the difference between the river and its waves?

When the wave rises, it is the water; 

Nikon D750 f/22 .02s 125mm 100 ISO

and when it falls, it is the same water again.

Tell me, Sir, where is the distinction?

Because it has been named as wave, 

shall it no longer be considered as water?

~Kabir Das (One Hundred Poems by Kabir, Trans: Rabindranath Tagore)