The Planet Earth is the home of many varying life forms, including that of the human race. For every thing we take from Earth, it becomes one thing the Earth cannot give back. If we engage in mass deforestation we gain less oxygen in the atmosphere and we destroy the homes of other plants and animals. If we begin to pollute on a mass scale we begin to destory the ozone layer and release carbon dioxide into the air. This causes the Earth to heat up, leading to raising sea levels, dryer climates which lead to more fires and other devastating things.
What is the solution then? The solution is to reconnect with Earth and foster life so we may flourish. Planting trees, reducing pollution, using technology to terraform uninhabitable areas into regions full of life and activity as well as using renewable energy sources such as wind power, solar power, hydropower, ... This alongside green roofs and local gardens will help the Earth stay alive and to cater to the life within it.
We need to stop rich elititists and their opressive system and replace it with structures that unite humanity. As a united humanity we can create a decentralized society based around giving back to our only home. Nature is Anarchy and together we are nature! Change is possible we just have to believe in it! ✊🏻🌲
Well said. I'm on board with everything you said but, on a global scale, I think deforestation is driven by poverty. My best buddy has been producing a documentary in Sumatra, Indonesia about clear cutting for palm oil. It's unbelievably tragic how it's done and who is doing it. Poor people in dire need of money. They'll destroy their own environment because they don't have options. It also touches on the illegal exotic animal trade, which often goes hand in hand because the habitat is destroyed, and it's driven by the same need. China gets the animals and WE get the palm oil. It's in so many products and people don't even know, or care, how it comes to what we use all the time. Money. It's always about money. And as long as people are kept down our environment will bare the brunt of the damage.
@Ynotisay That's just it. "Clean Living" is only possible, given today's world conditions, in only a smart part of the planet. The rest cannot afford it.
Change will only come, if the filthy rich nations, enjoying palm oil products, stops consuming it, but instead of letting producers starve, help level the playing field.
Otherwise we're simply a bunch a Mary Antoinettes.
@SW-User Netflix isn't the production company but, given how much this doc. costs, it'll see the light of day on a big network. He actually mentioned Nutella once though. They were under some scrutiny and have made a big push to show that they're operating sustainably. Still some questions though. Where it gets tricky is determining the sources used by major corporations. The areas where a lot of the deforestation is taking place are run by sketchy governments who only see the money. They'll throw it all in the same big pot. They live for today. Not years from now. It's messed up.
@Northwest You're exactly right. The mindset in developed nations is very different than those without the same type of infrastructure and governments. Long-term thinking isn't on the radar for those who need food.
No one will care until its to late then everyone will say we should have done something. Mans time should be at an end and maybe the earth will recover without us in time
Exactly. The systems we exist within are inherently destructive and broken. Until they are changed and people are taken more seriously, those with power will continue to exploit the planet and it's people until everybody is in poverty and existing within an increasingly uninhabital planet. We can't have a system that encourages people's greed as a virtue anymore.
If the predicted disaster is real, we can avert it. If it's not, we all end up with better and less stressful lives. I don't see the logic of going against this.
Charity starts at home. You can't begin to tell the world what to do when you can't even implement these policies in your own country, state or local municipalities.
