pacific gyre

I have seen documentaries on the North Pacific Gyre. This really hits home. With all the plastic and other materials my weekly consumerism leaves me with, I try to follow these three rules. Reduce, reuse, recycle. I fill my own water, use canvas shopping bags and try to buy locally. I wish with all my heart that we could send back empty containers and get them refilled. Imagine if we could do this. Like back in the day when the milk man brought you your milk and took your empty bottles. It seems like everything you buy today comes double wrapped. My efforts seems barely enough. There is still so much trash.We need to follow a higher conciousness. Go back to simpler days. People: realize what you are doing to our beautiful planet and all the creatures on it. Clean up your act and the rest of the world will follow. Remember it starts with you.