Hello, Lebanon. It’s me, your friendly Green Patriot. The time where the state of our environment has come to represent much of what is wrong with our political system has arrived. The Naameh landfill has closed down, and the clowns we have for politicians cannot agree as to what happens next.

As awful as this is, and as terrible as this smells, this is actually the ghost of a new beginning. Our government is faced with the reality that it is dysfunctional, and can no longer hide. Our environmental problems must be addressed at this point. Moreover, this is one of our first mass secular movements, campaigning for effective environmental and political policy change.

My fellow Lebanese, we are at the crux of a new political era. It is up to us to use this period wisely, and to our advantage. Let us work to make a better Lebanon.