In all sorts of blogs and websites there is a tendency to publish the positive experiences experienced during a trip, to describe in detail the places visited, the flavors of food and the scents of flowers; very often, in characteristic places and so far away to us as Bali, we also tend to describe the spirituality of the moment, highlighting the cultural and social difference with the place where we live.

Very often, however, we are not completely honest, and sometimes it happens to hide what might seem uncomfortable.

This absolutely must not be read because it could scandalize and make people aware of a serious problem that afflicts Bali, as well as all of Indonesia: we are talking about the problem of pollution of the seas and land due to plastic, a mountain of plastic that every year it is produced and thrown away.

Every year millions of tons of plastic are produced and thrown away, following the logic of the worst consumerism.
In Bali, in the midst of lush vegetation and bright rice fields, dirt was almost everywhere. A sea of ​​plastic that was burned, or that ended up irretrievably in the ocean, compromising the ecosystem of the island.

This consumer market is also fueled by mass tourism, the ultimate goal of which is to fill the wallet of the whole system, regardless of nature and the fragile ecosystem.
We too are partially responsible for this havoc because it is we who choose consumer goods within this society every day.

We're thirsty? We consume disposable glasses (their quantity is incredible in Bali).
Can't we find a basket? We can put the bottle on the floor instead of bringing it back with us.
Do we smoke? We throw the cigarette on the ground, so there will be someone who will pick it up.

The sea of ​​Bali, especially the north-west one, gave back a plastic mountain on the splendid volcanic sand, far from the most popular destinations in the south. In Labuan Bajo it was not possible to swim in the sea, because the beach was used as a drain for boats.

Treating those lands like this makes you sad.

Lands of a developing country that is facing serious pollution problems, as has happened in our seas and rivers (and in part it still happens), until we began to have more sensitivity and love for the Earth.

We reluctantly write these lines to impress you who are reading us. Not to behave like an unaware person, and to know how to choose sustainability, to leave future generations a world that is still liveable.

We hope that the situation will improve, and that this land is able, like all other nations of the world, to remedy the serious environmental problems created in the name of progress and economic development.

Because there is no planet B.