By Chris Van Ingen
When are we going to realise that our obsession of bigger and better is going to Create more disability not just of us but also the environment.
Every day l hear of a new plan for example earlier this year l read in the Geelong Advertiser there was a proposed plan to drill and mine in the vicinity of the You Yang’s.
When l was at the John Butler concert there was a group called save the Kimberly protesting plans to develop the Kimberly one of only two untouched wildernesses in the world and just last week l heard of a plan to create a Las Vegas style resort near Eyre’s rock when is this insanity going to stop?
Have people forgotten that once we start these brilliant for the economy and bad for the environment projects the effects are irreversible?
Every year since l was a kid we have had many family occasions at the You Yangs some even made me forgot about my disability, so how can we allow Regal Resources to do something so drastic so close to one of our most treasured natural resources.
Generations in the future must still have the opportunity to have father’s day and 21st celebrations at the You Yangs.
In the quest for resources why do we forget the natural resources we already have? Mining for coal is ridicules.
We must slow down this rat race because life is not sustainable at this pace.
We must look at things from a height because when we do this we can awake and see our selfish mistake.
It is time to forget about greed and make sustainability our greed.
“Remember to keep the wheels of life turning in your direction”.
