MY ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Over the last few years I have become more aware of the environmental issues in our society, and have become to have my own personal environmental philosophy.  I believe that each and every one of us has a responsibility to not only one another, but to our future generations to take care of the place we call home.  Currently, I believe that we are consuming the earth’s materials at a rate that most of us don’t even understand.  At the same time, some of these same materials we are consuming for our own conveniences are destroying our surrounding environment.  At what point will people say enough is enough?  I believe it will be when it’s too late.  Most people will look back and say we should have done this and we should have done that.  The problem with that is it is us Americans who will more than likely be the one’s saying that.  We as a country are mostly responsible for the situation we are in.  We are so willing to do whatever it takes to advance in society without looking into the future to see where this hastiness will lead us.  And now that there are other countries out there working feverishly to advance and grow much like the way America did.  If all of these countries continue to grow and we do as well, at some point we are going to begin to run out of the materials and a world-wide power struggle is almost certain to ensue.

I hate to admit it, but much of the time it feels like we are already too late to fix things now. Not because I don’t want to, but because I feel like our society just doesn’t care much about anything except for what is happening personally in their lives.  If more people understood how severe the issue was, maybe they would care.  However, because they aren’t currently affected by the issue, they just brush it off and figure it’s not their problem.  The funny thing is, at the current rate, it could possible become issue before many of us even think.  I would like to believe that as a planet, that we could all come together to do what’s best for our survival and our planet.  To think that we are the smartest creatures on the planet, and we are willing to overlook a problem that could potentially wipe out our species by our own doing is an unbelievable thought.