We’ve turned to dumping plastic into our oceans and seas, so much so that plastics dumped in one side of the world are being washed ashore on far-flung beaches on the other side. Our oceans are now so full of plastic, it’s worked its way into the human food chain, and now everybody’s DNA contains plastic. We’ve polluted the waterways with chemicals such that the mercury content of most fish makes them unsafe for human consumption. And as ocean vapours form and release from clouds, the cycle of contamination continues back to land in a continuous loop.

We are polluting our air with exhaust fumes from vehicles and trapping it within our atmosphere, adding to the greenhouse gas effect. The global population explosion and the resulting demand for meat has lead to a high volume of cattle adding methane to the atmosphere. Efforts to reduce our carbon footprint are not taking place fast enough. Our air is so polluted in many cities that we are seeing unprecedented numbers of asthma and other respiratory diseases.