From the bush to Antarctica one big waste dump

Turning Antarctica into a toxic waste dump
Pollution at Australia’s largest Antarctic research station, Casey, has exceeded international guidelines for close to 20 years, new research shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/pollution-at-australias-largest-antarctic-research-station-exceeded-guidelines-for-almost-20-years

The Aussie bush - a place to dump rubbish
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-10/townsville-illegal-waste-dumping-bush-access-restricted-boulders/102701150
#JunkSpace #waste #dumping #values #mindsets #Antarctica #TheBush

Queensland park rangers say they are disgusted by a sharp rise in illegal #dumping in a Townsville national park just minutes away from a tip. "Unfortunately, people are going to a lot of effort to dump in the bush. We are only talking about another few minutes' trip from some of where this material is dumped to where it can be lawfully disposed of."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/illegal-dumping-in-townsville-national-park-angers-rangers/101973810
#Waste #Biodiversity #TheBush #Values

Here is a link to another #Haibun * I wrote
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It is about a short bushwalk I took in an area of #GreyBox forest at a place call #Eynesbury, about an hour drive west of #Naarm (#Melbourne, Australia), back in August 2020
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* A haibun could be thought of as a short personal essay that includes a #haiku
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#AustralianHaiku #AustralianPoetry #TheBush #Snakes #BoxWood #Bushwalking
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https://clembyard.com/2020/08/23/eynesbury-grey-box-forest/