Scientists, educators, the average citizen marching today, as this day in particular has a special name Earth Day. Once we thought this world in which we live, was flat…then we were sure that our giant rock in space was the center of the universe, with the sun and the planets rotating round our blue watery planet. We became more knowledgeable trying to define the values of religious sagas, fables and values but learning more about the science of life, the facts of existence, and the wonders of reason. And yet, as this planet has aged, it seems our own ability to mature in understanding how the sky, the sea, the land, all working and intertwined together, has waned and wandered away from rational and has embraced dogma… dogma so dense in discrimination and suddenly so deceitful.
2017, the 21st century where nations have found the ability to send rockets to the moon, satellites to Pluto, we still find ourselves debating whether or not drought, heat, the change of the weather in all of our seasons, is just bad luck, the luck of the draw or really something almost bad enough that if we continue to ignore the facts, this planet and its inhabitants will die a slow agonizing death. Ironically many religious humans who swear God created Earth, deny that anything bad is happening to this planet, because why would God destroy his gift to the creatures he created. Capitalists, insist that making more money by drilling, grabbing destroying will in turn be the deposit we need to fix anything we have ruined. Politicians, more concerned about their campaign budgets, and a few extra dollars in their pockets, just call anyone who differs with the idea of Climate Change, enemies of the state. it is as if our eyes are lying and what we see is a normal period of change in our planet, and this too shall pass, perhaps just as the dinosaurs had.
The thing I wonder about most, the thing I cannot get hands around, is the men and women who are living now, who want to rake in a few more billion dollars, who pooh-pooh anything or anyone speaking about Climate Change, Pollution, Sea Levels Rising…are they that selfish as to think, that making billions now is better than protecting the quality of life for their children, grandchildren and generations after. Do these people actually believe they can take their fortunes with to the grave; and doing so somehow will not affect the next generation of the families. I always thought the Earth belonged to every living creature, but nowadays it seems that only a few have the right to claim it as theirs.
