Day 50
I’m fired up from the lack of regard for any positive environmental progress. Turn on any news outlet and listen to the devastation of this planet. Even in small town Windsor NS, West Hants, where the virtues of “rural living” and peaceful quiet shorelines infiltrate tourism campaigns and paint this idyllic quaint existence, it’s all window dressing and smoke and mirrors. That lifestyle prevails but for how long? No one talks about the poverty in rural areas, the addictions, the divide between funding allotted to city initiatives vs. rural areas, the lack of usable internet and service in these disenfranchised areas, community halls left to rot, issues of roads, cost of fuel and oil, and wood, access to healthcare etc… The realities paint a very different picture than the pastoral beauty of these remarkable and resilient villages and towns.
While the world denounces fracking as a valid means of resource extraction, the council and the political attitudes are still antiquated, archaic and downright corrupt. Big business overtaking, as our shortsighted policy makers still only see dollar signs. This province, because of it’s poverty is desperate and for sale, with no regard for what really matters in life and what is truly at stake.
End rant for now. I must play guitar to settle these feelings.
