I think it is also a sense of scale out impact is so much more noriceable because it is bigger and there are more of us. We can give back in some ways nature reserves for example. Yes we kill/nurfer millions of animals a year for various reasons but there are also many (yes a lot less) animals out there that wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for humans. However it is not built in and is a conscious decision to help. Unfortuneatly what we take doesn't balance with what we take.
Somehow I wish I could bring everything I want and need to have a good living and take a time-travel back to where the first humans hadn't evolved yet.
It's quite a simple thing really, we as humans have evolved so far, advanced so much, that really the only way to go back would be a nuclear winter. But who wants that? A nuclear winter would kill off all humans for millions of years leaving only minor bacteria if that to survive. Cockroaches could possibly survive too but that is more of a myth than anything. We as people have gone so deep into the mysteries of life, that life itself, nature, all around us, is being reduced at unbearable rates. There's no turning back the hands of time, so unfortunately nature and all of its inhabitants will slowly drain to nothing more than the past. We are killing ourselves.
Simple as it may seem, how do you think your way around it? Seeing a before and after picture of glaciers melting or deforestation leaves me depressed. Do you live with knowing that you are killing off nature and the environment? Do you do something small so you feel like you are helping? Do you devote your life to restoring nature? For me it is controversial because it is one of several issues I think need to be addressed. Yet I feel like I can't do enough to help all of them.
Sunny, In order to find a way around the devastation of our home, our planet, if possible at all, will take baby steps. Actions are already being done by people all around us.
Cell phones as well, a common thing that everybody believes they need, help with the pollution of the earth. They are bought and thrown out like candy
Industry experts estimate that 130 million cell phones will be obsolete and thrown away every year.
The quote above was taken from It shows that people take technology for advantage, and don't realize what nature truly means. It is not appreciated nearly as much as it should be. I agree with you sunny, no matter how much one person tries, it seems like nothing can be done. However, one man can change the world.
I agree with you. Completely. Though it feels like baby steps are a small start and you don't feel like you're making a difference, they count. I think eventually baby steps will lead to larger efforts, but I don't know how long that will take. My previous ramblings are partly inward, on how it feels like you can't make a difference. I think that is the part of activism that is discouraging, the fact that even though you try your darndest, sometimes you feel as if you haven't gotten anything done. But you have to believe that your work will make a difference.
I'd like to change that to one person can change the world, if you don't mind.
If we were to have preserved nature rather than advancing in technology, we'd be living in caves and hunting for food. I'm sure not one person would want that to happen.
I'm not against technology Ernie, I never said I was. We could stand to be more carfull while we progress with our technology. In fact, some technology helps preserve nature nowadays!
Yes, it is the little things that will make the Eco-revolution successful. When I get an apple, orange or banana (the only fruits I eat where you can't actually eat the whole fruit) I go outside and bury the core or peel at the foot of a tree. Soon it will break down and feed the tree.
LufffiStudios, I think you should start a composting bin. It sounds like you'd be up for it, and it is better for the earth than just burying your cores. Do some research! It is good for your garden too!
