I recently helped distribute leaflets in the street for the local Friends of the Earth Green Cross campaign, aiming to raise the political profile of environmental concerns.

I am shocked that the overwhelming majority of passers-by replied "no" to my query, "would you like to support the environment?" and rejected the leaflet offered.

What kind of society refuses to recognise personal or social responsibility for the state of our environment, the consequences of accumulated pollution, the gradual depletion of non-renewable resources, the unsustainable excess harvesting of what should be - if respected - renewable natural reserves?

Are we so ill-educated we cannot grasp the concepts? Are we so ill and traumatised by our lifestyle choices and poison consumption that we cannot see clearly or care?

Do we really wait for nanny state to dictate after catastrophic events or are we going to take action today for our children and for their children?

What do we think they will see when they look us in the eye tomorrow? What do they see when they look us in the eye today?

-Eva Bertorelli, Donald Hall Road, Brighton