2001-10-03

How do we dance when our earth is turning. . .

And how do we sleep when our beds our burning?????

I read this in a book cary gave me:

"Ecologists view the earth's biosphere as a closed circle containing recyclable abut finite resources. Damage to and exploitation of fragile ecosystems destroys the balance of nature. Population expansion without care for its effects on the environment strains the earth's resourses and reduces the planet's ability to provide for its inhabitants. Unless the global community acts to preserve the 'commons' and accepts the regulation of its use, the quality of human life will drastically decline, and the drift toward planetary ruin will be irreversible."

and this really scares me. I don't understand how someone can not cherish the natural world we live in, that we are a part of. its beyond my comprehension. I don't believe that we were put on this earth solely to conquer it.

I want to be assured that my children, and their children, will be able to walk into their backyard, and see nature, and not have to travel miles to a national park to see how things "used to be."

I want my children to be able to be serenaded by orchestras of crickets and the rustle of trees on a summer evening, and not just read about it in books.

I don't want my children to have serious health problems and cancer because of pollution. I don't want them (or even our generation) to run out of gas and not have anything else to use. I don't want them to have no idea what the earth is supposed to look like. we don't even know that, though. I don't want them to see the time when our earth is overpopulated, the resources are depleted, and the earth is virtually uninhabitabital. (is that even a word?)

does anybody want these things? I would hope not. we can do something about it now.

so how come no one does?