In my book I urge folks not to wait to take action. For the pollution on our planet is far beyond what we can ever hope to manage and it is only mounting with the plastics industry planning to almost double their production in the next ten years. So we must act now.

But in this current pandemic. In this culture of fear and anxiety, of separation and isolation, of heightened triggers and sensitivities. Where we watch our skies clear of pollution as the planes are grounded, and the rivers flow clean since tourism halts, and the animals frolic, and nature regrows where so recently trampled thousands of boots. We celebrate these certainly. And I quietly watch the plastic masks, the plastic gloves, the plastic gowns, the plastic wipes, the plastic personal sized hand sanitisers, the plastic to-go food containers—delivered, picked up, discarded, the plastic takeaway cups, the plastic bottles. Plastics emerging as the key to health and hygiene. This synthetic barrier trusted over our own natural instincts and intuitions to protect ourselves. This plastic material clawing its way into every aspect of this pandemic positioned as protection, positioned as saving lives.

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