Why do so many people seem to not care about the planet?!

[Charleneeeeeeeee]

Everytime I see something on here about polyester clothes (and there is a lot on here about clothes) it's all about "ooh, I don't like the way it hangs" or "it makes me sweaty",....goodness it makes ME cry! Never mind how it hangs, it destroys the bloomin' planet! Why is this such a secondary (if not much, much lower) concern on people's lists - I thought this was a web-site for Mums.... of children... do you want them to have a habitable planet or not? To name one tiny, tiny issue with polyester fibres: the problem that EVERY time you wash the garment the fibres end up in the sea - then in the fish - then in us if we eat the fish - causing cancer in us as well as many other health issues. Just one small issue with one small product in one small area. I feel like I spend so many hours in a week explaining things to people which just seem so obvious if they opened their eyes a little and I'm certainly no eco-warrior. Can we not please lave a decent planet for the kids, please?

[Aintnothingbutaheartache]

Do you have many dinner parties?

[MrsTerryPratchett]

It's like bailing the Titanic with a teaspoon. We're going down, might as well listen to the band play.

[malificent7]

I think people feel powerless. I agree ok that people don't seem to care...which is largely why we are all in this mess.

[malificent7]

Cotton and other products destroy the planet too op. Trouble is humans ARE destructive. It's in our nature.

[elQuintoConyo]

No, it isn't a website 'for mums with children' it is a parenting forum with topics that anyone with a brain and eyes can join in on.

Fwiw i have never in real life or on any forum experienced people complain about polyester clothes re their environmental impact. The environmental impact of cotton is pretty shit, too.

But then i shop in charity shops and Ebay, so am Smuggy McSmugpants in this argument.

I actually think i there is more plastic on my Ikea furniture than anywhere else in my house! Well, actually, DS has a metric fuckton of Lego and Playmobil...

[DickFromFinance]

You don't also happen to believe the earth is flat and refuse to vaccinate your kids do you?