WHO'S WORLD OF FANTASY WILL YOU DIVE INTO NEXT?

IN MY OPINION, I think that the least a person can do is offer their services in what they do best for a worthy cause. For a cyclist, that would be riding their bikes.

How many of us know how to clean up a river or ocean? Take a river such as this one:

Where would the cleaning begin? What would be the method of cleaning? Would it be to jump in and throw all the trash on the bank? Would it be to pour in so much fresh water that the river would finally get diluted? And supposing this section was cleaned, what about the rest of the river both up and downstream?

What about a large water body such as the sea and ocean? Surely, jumping in would be out of the question, right? I haven’t personally been out to sea, but I know well enough one doesn’t mess around in it.

It is evident, therefore, that expertise and technology are required to clean up these sources of life. And it is not a question of whether they need to be cleaned up, but of when and how.

Well, the time to start cleaning up is NOW, but the how question, however, remains much in theory…for now.

In the meantime, the Seas4Life Trust (https://seas4life.org/) has organised a ride from Nairobi to Watamu on the last week of August. The idea is to not only raise money to start depollutionising the waters, but also to spread the idea of the importance of giving a damn about them.

The question I would like to ask those of us who rely on city council water is: where do they get their drinking water from? And how many types of chemicals do they use to make the water suitable for drinking? And what are the effects of continuously consuming the chemical-infested water? Is this why, perhaps, the cases of cancer are rising?

Cancer kills both the wealthy and the poor yet they do not necessarily consume the same foods. As living beings, they have a drink in common: water. Could this life-giving drink have turned into the most deadly poison?

Supposing things were to remain constant for the next 50 years, and it was declared that tap water is no longer safe. How many people would be able to afford bottled water? Perhaps buying it once or twice would have no significant effect on the pocket, but what about everyday of every week of every month of every year? And how much water would have to be bought at one go before a person is sufficiently quenched?

I do not know how to clean up a river, but I know how to ride. Therefore, I will embark on this 7-day journey to Watamu in a bid to help depollutionise our waters.

Question is, what are you going to do about this problem?

TO JOIN THE EPIC CYCLE4SEAS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE: please contact the C4S Cycle Coordinator, Chris Angell, on +254733613640, or through his email chrisangell42@gmail.com

TO SPONSOR THE CYCLE4SEAS OR FOR GENERAL INFORMATION: please contact the C4S Project Manager, Lizzie Grounds, on +254796409282, or through her email lizzie@seas4life.org