Earth Day 2011 Promise Everyone Can Make to the Planet
What's important is that we do something, and we also do our best to encourage others to join us. Earth Day 2011 shouldn't be about political or social divisions, but about understanding the grave threats facing our planet if we choose to do nothing.
Can we make promises to the planet? Of course we can, and hopefully we will. People need to realize there is no deity that will save Mother Earth for us, no outside Savior waiting to descend from the heavens. Her destruction - or salvation - rest in our hands.
Perhaps destruction is too strong of a word. In all likelihood, anything we do to our planet she will eventually shrug off, and move on from. Mass extinctions have happened before, after all. To the soil, water, and air, it matters not if humans are around or not.
What we need to ask ourselves is if we will be kind enough to our planet so as to ensure our survival on it. We need to make that promise on Earth Day 2011. To do our very best to ensure livability for ourselves and the other creatures here. For without a thriving planet will millions of life forms, we will surely perish.
Another promise we can make is to understand the problem. In times long past people could pollute with little regard for their environment. Like animals, seeking to ensure their survival with no thought beyond what is in view. As the human population exploded, that was no longer an option. We need to live within the means of the planet to rebound.
One more promise for Earth Day 2011? Speak out concerning the rampant wastefulness of some. From the very wealthy who hold themselves above the constricts of conscience to the yokel dumping a pickup truck full of trash in the forest, all must be held to a high standard. For if only a few strive to preserve our planet, they may well toil in vain.
Lastly, promise to remember what we need to do not just on Earth Day, but on April 23rd - and every day of the year.
Published by Jeff Musall
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Post a CommentDuring the past year I've cut my energy usage almost to the bone and have saved several hundred dollars by doing so. All lighting is low wattage, LED, or on dimmer switches, and I've cut my heat and air conditioning usage by at least 40%. I'm not in loved with shopping, so errands are combined into one trip. Good for the planet and the wallet. I also observe Earth Hour...turning off the power for an hour in March each year, but will be extending that to once a month...perhaps even once per day. And I'm going to plant a tree, and quite a few more plants which attract bees. Without the pollinators, we're toast. Glad you wrote this Jeff.
the earth is ever changing it's true but most of those current changes are due to a plague called humans that have learned to supercede the natural selection process
Great work, Jeff! Great work!
I read a piece by (I think) George Will who derided "saving the planet" because the earth is adaptable and like you said, has shrugged off many now-extinct species and will, in the end, be fine without any changes from us...as if we are just concerned about the earth itself. We're actually concerned about the ability to continue living on the earth. (An important distinction that I'm sure even he was aware of.) As a species, we're selfish like that.