We have a planet.
It is situated at exactly the right distance away from the sun for water to exist in all three states.
It has life.
The life is dependant on the atmosphere and oxygen.
The oxygen is produced by trees, plants and plankton in the sea.
The biodiversity has taken three billion years to build up and interrelated complexity necessary to sustain all life in a delicate balance.
Life is fragile. If we change the climate, temperature, biological balance, or atmosphere there are severe consequences.
We are now seven billion in number and increasing daily. We are reaching the number where our effect is global and catastrophic.
We are destroying the rainforests.
We are butchering the animals.
We are polluting the land, air and sea.
Oxygen is finite. Mineral resources are finite. Our rainforests are extremely finite.
To be wiped out by a major geological event, a comet, or a solar event would be tragic. To be wiped out because we are slitting our own throats is madness.
It is time we started caring for the rest of life on this planet, protecting the habitats and creatures that live in them, thinking about the long-term effects our numbers are having, and waking up to the fact that we are going to destroy ourselves.
We can live sustainably. It requires intelligence, planning and compassion. The first step is awareness of just what is going on.
Read my book Anthropocene Apocalypse and start the process. We may not have long!
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