There are 6.8 Billion people living in Earth right at
this very moment. It is safe to say that most of which are living condensed in the
fast-paced way of life of modern urban cities and communities. I admit that I
am one of them.
Here, time is crucial. Productivity is key because money
makes our lives go forward. We consume electricity for air-conditioning,
television and many more other appliances. We eat instant and processed foods
off the supermarket because they are cheap and easily accessible. We are
consumers.
More
Than OUR Earth Can Handle
In actuality, we are only one family out of millions
worldwide living the same lifestyle. A lifestyle that does harm to the very
planet that offered us shelter, a place to live.
We are extracting more natural resources that the Earth
can handle. All to sustain a way of living that is frankly much too luxurious
than what I think Earth originally planned for us.
Way back when in the past generation, where people live
much simpler than today, we can see from studies that there are exponential
increases in the extraction of our natural resources. We need to know that
Earth cannot sustain this rate.
Our population is increasing, and with every increase,
the demand for resources to sustain the life of that additional person also
increases.
Rich people has more ecological footprint than the poor
ones basically because they are more capable. But in order for Earth to sustain
the 6.8 Billion of today, all of us must live like poor people, consuming only
what we needed to survive and stop living gallantly.
Action
Generation
This time it’s crucial. Signs are showing and we cannot
just turn our eye blind to these changes.
Our generation will be the key if we want our kids and
future generations to live in the Earth that we know today. We should be taking
actions and we should be taking it now.
The
Meatrix
The Meatrix, an animated film aiming to increase
awareness to us consumers about the harm meat and other processed goods contribute,
is a good step forward in our actions for change.
The clip tells us that we should spread the word and
individually apply these new-thought lessons. It starts with us, stop going
with factory products and go with fresh local goods. We may not be as big a
footprint with our actions alone, but combined with the rest of the world, we
will be powerful enough to make a change.
Culture
This is our culture, no one can blame us for our past
actions. That is what we’ve grown and used to doing. But at some point we need
to change and re-shape our culture for the betterment of our species.
Personally, I do not think reverting back to the simple
ways of life is the main answer to our problems but to find ways around our “necessities
of today” such that our ecological footprint would never be a problem.
