I believe when you are working towards a goal that it is important to stop periodically and assess if what you have done and the current path you are on is the correct course of action to achieve your goal. So, I ask those of you who read this post, if you love this planet we live on and want to save or preserve it, to think hard about if our current course of action is really going to benefit the earth. Has it stopped the destruction of the rainforests? Did buying that hybrid or electric car of yours stop the 93,000 acres of rainforests that are destroyed each DAY… not month and not year, but each day… 93,000 acres. At that rate in just 38.3 hours an area of rainforest the size of the city of San Francisco is destroyed.
Worrying about our carbon output is distracting us from more important issues. Destruction of natural habitats, and not just rainforests. Trees in rural areas are plowed down and the land is developed on as urban populations expand outward instead of up. Do you really think cutting back your carbon footprint is going to benefit the earth? Is the prevention of oceans from raising a few inches really more important than saving trees and natural habitats. Who or what would suffer if the seas raised a few inches? It would hurt humans… coastal cities. I doubt a few inches or feet would do much for other animals, if they had to they would move, or migrate, and they would adapt. Who refuses to move? Who tries to control its environment instead of live harmoniously in it… humans. Animals and nature can and will adapt as long as we don’t destroy them… humans refuse to adapt.
Our current course is not a course set to save the earth. It’s a course to try to control it. We need to change our course. Let’s try something different starting right now on Earth Day. Let’s focus our attention on saving rainforests.
Jungle Jaxx 