I want to cry; it made me laugh; then I ponder

was in a bathroom washing my hand, the lady next to me left the faucet on while soaping her hands, and faucet was pouring out water, like i am crying a river inside of me for these water just going to waste...

so, we calcuated how many trees we would've cut down in 20 years, if every chinese uses one pair of disposable chopsticks a day, with the kids I am teaching Ecology-English (with the Jane Goodall Institute Roots and Shoots program) , let's see, 730 chopsticks x 1 300 000 000 x 20 = MANY chopsticks, equivalent of 7 200 000 000 trees. so, one boy said "I am just gonna use my hands!" I laughed out loud.

SO, I am a natural nature lover, always like all sorts of animals and plants. 3 years in a hut in Guinea, I even ended up liking the little bugs, even the fuzzy catipillar I use to hate, okay, I still can't stand snacks. So, it's very easy for me to care for the environment, but I wonder, I ponder, I scratch my head, how do we convince those city lovers, concret and metal lovers to care for environment where all that they like are made from the very nature I love???