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On 11/1/2011 12:37 PM, Lynne Perry wrote:
> I think it makes sense for us to be more vocal about these balloons. We
> need to show the damage these balloons do, so it can be stopped. Show
> pictures of whales, birds and other animals adversely affected. It is an
> educational issue, methinks. I think most people do not want to do harm
> to the earth, or its creatures or vegetation.
* we saw a lot of these along Lake Ontario when we did the lakeshore in
1994 - http://pinicola.ca/books.htm#APTW - and I wonder if the frequency
has changed. The interesting thing is that the release of a balloon is
the same action as littering, but one supposes that those who release
them don't think of it that way.
And then there's the deeper question of the character of the mentality
of those who throw beverage containers and other refuse along roadsides.
I find it very difficult to imagine what they must be "thinking" as they
throw trash out of a moving vehicle (but, of course, I can't imagine
purchasing most of these beverages, so perhaps the disposal method is
only a consequence of the purchase). I imagine that even those who
distribute Tim Hortons cups along the roads don't do so with the thought
that they're providing food for slugs and snails.
fred.
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> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:00:17 -0700
> From: paulrita2001@yahoo.com
> Subject: [NatureNS] Ballons
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi
> Today I picked up an ugly blue ballon on the trail near here
> compliments of Coldwell Bankers.
> I immediately emailed them explaining my disgust that they would
> litter the country side in this manner.
> I hope everyone who picks up a ballon with a name on it will do the same.
> A bank in MA, USA promised to stop using ballons in their promotions
> when I found one in Keji and mailed it of to them.
> Enjoy the fall
> Paul
>
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fred schueler
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