I was going to start this post by saying that it has nothing to do with minimilism but then I thought to myself that maybe it has everything to do with it...
For those of you that don't know I work for a police unit that deals with aid during incidents / crisis etc. So yes, I could be involved in assisting with the events in Japan today. As this is the case the TV has been on since 7.30 this morning (I was in early) and we all find ourselves glued to the images coming out of Japan of the debris that has been swept in land.
I'm finding it hard to deal with these pictures. One piece of footage appeared to show a car trying to outrun the incoming flood but cut out before you could tell if the driver made it to safety.
So what is going on, why is Mama Nature trying to make her voice heard so loudly at the moment? Does it all come down to our want of more stuff? More oil to power our production lines to make more stuff. More buildings to house those production lines, and us and all that stuff. More bridges, homes, businesses, schools, colleges, shopping centres, car sales rooms, office blocks, factories etc etc etc to be swept away.
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