One of the problems the environmental movement is facing is the ambivalence of the media. The destruction around us does not suit the dogmatic principles of those in power and is therefore ignored. For the many kiwis who do care about the environment, the consequences are sometimes hard to see. We don't see ecosystems destroyed, water ways polluted, or the overall consequences of the consumer lifestyle when they are not reported.
This is highlighted by Paul Henry's quite incredible ignorance when discussing the environmental impact of plastic bags on Breakfast the other week. He said "what will a plastic bag do, honestly? One plastic bag does not a winter make".
Well on Midway Atoll the albatross are facing extinction, due to parents feeding their chicks plastics - which look like food - they find in the polluted water. On a diet of human trash thousands of Albatross chicks die every year on Midway alone from starvation, toxicity, and choking. Midway is 2000 kilometres away from it's nearest continent.
So for all to see here are the unaltered consequences plastics are having on the bird life on Midway Atoll:
So thank you once again for your opinion Mr. Henry, but I think the world is better off without it.
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