My photos here show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, I show you a river in North Yorkshire, the River Swale running through Richmond. The water appears polluted, which is the real case for 90% of England’s fresh water at present, due to profit superseding environmental concerns since our once publicly owned water treatment system was given to big business to run. In fact, however, in this case, that brown colour is almost entirely due to the fact the river drains peat bogs up in the hills. The peat makes the water feel ‘soft’, does little harm to the environment, and even helps certain plants and wildlife. It’s a part of the natural water cycle.
It’s a sad fact of the modern world that many public services are given to private investors and companies simply because they are run like a business. A public service, however, is intended to serve the public, not a profit-making opportunity for a few wealthy individuals. Until the world learns this difference, we will continue to be dominated by the waste, incompetence, and sheer greed of a system that prizes profit for the few over the future of humanity.

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