Help Me Make a Difference

29^th April 2021

Dear 4Ocean,

I’m not sure how the bracelet became a major article of conservation and caring, but I’ve a few of yours in my collection. I promised to pull a pound of trash out of the ocean for every thousand YouTube subscribers I get, and this has permitted me to make a small contribution to a better world through your company.

However, given that your main product is bracelets, and I don’t wear jewelry of any kind beyond my fitness tracker, it comes to me that there is something missing from your inventory. That would be a bracelet holder.

Yes, I could just buy a bracelet holder for around fifteen dollars, but again, I don’t wear bracelets, and that wouldn’t pull a pound of trash from the ocean now would it? Moreover, I couldn’t find any responsibly sourced bracelet holders in a short search.

Given that I can buy bracelets to pull trash from the ocean, save bees, track turtles and polar bears, plant trees in Australia, and contribute to wolf conservation one would think that a bracelet holder displaying contributions to a better world would be a thing.

Given that bracelet holders can be made out of almost anything, are simple to design, require very little structural integrity, and would show off your product it sounds like a fit for you. I would favor one that looks like a leafy seadragon myself, but I’m sure you folks could design something in a short time. Even better, have a contest for customers to design them. You can even start this object off as a Kick start program, and test the market before making it a permanent offering.

One of the sad truths of this life is that there is only so much I can do, that means I can’t make much of an impact. That is why I turn to companies like you to help me make a difference. 

Just a suggestion,

 

Richard Leland Neal

 

 

Linked to a Better World

3^rd July 2020

Hay (Famous YouTuber),

You may remember me as “Grandpa Swag" or “Benjamin Franklin Jr.’ from your movie club way back when.  Now I’m one of the depressed unmonitized YouTubers navigating the Covid 19 Pandemic.

So why am I reaching out to you? Well, a few years ago I decided to make my success linked to a better world. I figured I’d pay for a pound of trash to be removed from the ocean for every thousand subscribers. 

This is through a company called 4Ocean, and you can check them out if you want. Hell, if you don’t want to help me sending them some love is still a great idea. I’d like to be able to pay my electric bill, but a better world is a better world. For every one thing you buy from them (bracelet, t-shirt, cup, etc.) they pull a pound of trash from the ocean.

In any case, what I want is some help promoting this promotion. I can pay. I mean, I can buy subscribers at ten cents a head but I think paying you would be more effective. Or you could make this a PR thing, and I could send you a thank you box of 4Ocean gear. You could un-box this, and show people that environmentalists are giving you love.

I do recall you once asking for stories about depression. Well, not only am I clinically depressed and on medication, but I have a degree in psychology. I could certainly dedicate time to describing my experience to you. In addition, I work with the homeless so I have stories of mental health for days.

I already know you’ll say no or just ignore me, but that’s life.

 

Best,

 

Richard Leland Neal