Reconnect with the Environment
Filed Under (Environment) by Nick on 15-10-2007
When you read or hear the word, Environment, what emotion does it stir inside? Is it fear of how it’s eroding away or something milder that more invokes concern rather than fear? Or, perhaps you feel the longing to escape the concrete jungle of man-made metal and glass trees?
For the past several decades, we’ve been inundated with environmental messages that are designed to invoke fear and concern for the damage that man has caused. These shock messages come with the hope that we’ll be better informed of the issues and perhaps help in ending the abuse. Has it worked? Well, it’s given Al Gore the opportunity to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
I believe that there are more positive and constructive ways in helping the environment. The current shock and awe messages have little effect with a society focused on selfish ambition with virtually no care for the future. The poverty class are lost and drunk with their dependency upon government handouts, the middle class are barely surviving, while the upper class are endlessly seeking satisfaction. Basically, people have stopped caring about anything beyond themselves.
Humanity has effectively divorced itself from mother nature. This will have grave consequences as a result. Unfortunately, one of the only ways to turn this around, is for humanity to re-connect with the environment. We need to stop thinking from the perspective of what we can do for the environment and focus more on realizing what the environment can do for us.
