I promised in my last entry I’d be doing this during this week, so here I am.

As you might understand by just reading the title, it’s about something I’m really worried about, and yes, it’s our planet and the effect we’re causing on it, that’s not fair at all.

But before I start rambling about what I think about the subject, let’s do a little introduction…

The Planet Earth is 4,600 million years old. It is difficult for us to think about such an enormous lenght of time because it has little meaning for us.
We can, however, simplify the idea to make it more understandable. We can compare the planet Earth to a person of forty-six years of age.

Nothing is known about the first seven years of this person’s life. Very little information exists about the middle period either. It was only at the age of forty-two that the Earth began to flower.

Dinosaurs and great reptiles did not appear until one year ago, when the planet was forty-five. Mammals only arrived eight months ago. In the middle of last week, man-like apes became ape-like men and began to communicate with each other. Last weekend, the Ice Age covered the Earth.

Modern marn has only been around for four hours. During the last hour, man discovered agriculture. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of large cities began just sixty seconds ago.

During that short time, modern man has made a rubbish tip of the Earth. In one minute, he has increased his numbers to terrible proportions, and has caused the death of hundreds of species of animals. He has robbed and destroyed the planet in his search for fuels. Now he stands, like a violent, spoilt child, delighted at the speed of his rise to power, on the edge of final mass destruction and of killing all the life which exists in the solar system.

(This fragment has been taken from an English course book, called “New Success at First Certificate” by Robert O’Neill - Oxford University Press, 1997).

I chose it because it explains the matter shortly. How can we, the ones who should take care of our home, destroy it this way? For example, do you go home and start destroying it in a flash? I can see the ignorance of people who are making money out of everybody’s only place to live. What about future generations, will they just have to deal with something that’s in part our fault? It’s not fair for anyone.

I could go on forever because I have a lot to say about this subject. In a way or another, this is a little effort to make something about it, but it’s obviously not the only thing I will do about it, even if from my place not much can be done.
I know I am not the only one who thinks this way. Please if you agree with me in some (or perhaps in all) points, do consider to visit the links you can find on my sidebar at the bottom. It’s not much we can do from our places, but it’s huge at the same time.

Take some time to think about this, yes please? Thanks a lot!