How I handle the feeling of helplessness that accompanies this frustration and dismay is to consider every dollar I spend is a vote for what I will support. This involves a lot of research and boycotting. Bayer/Monsanto now owns Scott's garden products? Local compost instead. Make sure none of my retirement savings are invested in petroleum and on and on. I learned about environmental ecology in high school in Canada in the 70s. Became veg in 1984. Didn't have kids. Find every alternative to plastic. Work from home. Try to accept with grace that Mom Nature is about to scrape us off the planet while loving all that is good around every one of us. Thanks for this.