Little Things Matter
A couple of months ago, I was driving to Agadir, a beautiful city in the south of Morocco, while a neighbor of mine was in the passenger seat devouring a sandwich and drinking lemonade. When he ate up everything, he proudly opened his window and shamelessly threw away his leftovers, a lemonade can and a plastic bag. I immediately pulled over. · Shocked, I said “what have you done? Are you crazy?" · He was baffled and instantly replied " Are you ok? What's going on? What’s wrong?" · I said " Nothing, just get in the car. Forget about it" I could try to help him see what he did, but instead I decided to turn the other cheek. If I told you he was illiterate, you would surely recognize the reason why. At that moment I learnt that protecting environment cannot be done unless we teach people how to read and write first. I think it perfectly makes sense; priority should be g...