Maja Andrzejczuk

Sometimes, we can see that many people order drinks "without straws". I noticed some restaurants and bars, where don't sell drinks with straws or barman/waiter give them only at request of client.  Other activity is reducing plastic straws by replacing them by alternative ones made of straw, metal or paper. Moreover, this campaign is promoted in media by many famous people of different professions. I think in these years ecological thinking is more well-like and support by society. More and more often such a social initiatives are popularized. Nowadays, society has more extensive knowledge about disadvantageous effects of human impact on the global environment. I think that our society step by step starts to tring protect the environment and thinking ecologically, what is a good sign for the future.

Last week, when I was sitting on the bench in The Saxon Garden I saw a homeless person. His behavior suggested that he was on drugs. At the beginning he was walking from person to person asking for money. Later he went into the fountain and was walking in the water and drinking it. Some people ignored it but most of them were giving him hostile looks. No one was thinking about helping him. I think the fact that in our society are people who are excluded is really sad. Most of us when someone asks for money don't even look at him and walk away. We got used to such situations, because of a large quantity of homeless people. It’s impossible not to live one day without seeing someone suffer or hearing about some difficult life situations on the media. As result our society is desensitized and ignores needy person.