“Earth, our home, is alive with a unique community of life.” The
Earth is where humans live and prosper, so to see us destroy what we have been so
blessed with is a shame. The Earth supplies us with oxygen, food, shelter, and
everything we need to survive. Without the Earth, we are nothing and this is why we
must stand up and take an oath to protect our environment to make it a better
place. The world is heading for destruction and it's time to make a change.
“The dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing
environmental devastation, the depletion of resources, and a massive extinction
of species." In our world, it is estimated that we burn 82.4 million barrels of
gasoline per day. This pattern cannot keep up because it is eliminating our
species of animals and killing us slowly but surely. We are destroying our ozone
layer and maybe it won't be a threat to this generation of humans but down the
line we are going to pay for polluting this planet. It is heartbreaking to see
this occur and this is why we must standup and even though its too late to
repair what we have done we can slow down the destruction of our planet.
“The choice is ours: form a global partnership to care for Earth
and one another or risk the destruction of ourselves and the diversity of life." When he says the choice is ours, it really is a true statement. It is up to
you to pick that car that runs on half electricity rather than that huge truck
that burns fifty gallons of gas just to get from point A to point B. The world
is being destroyed and we have learned from this class that there must be
change in order for us to survive.
“To realize these aspirations, we
must decide to live with a sense of universal responsibility, identifying
ourselves with the whole Earth community as well as our local communities." Our
societies have an obligation to protect our Earth. We all share
this planet and to destroy our world is just not right. We must stand up for
what is right and, instead of buying that fancy sports car, go for that Prius
which saves gas. Just because something isn't fashionable does not mean it isn’t
doing a good thing for this planet.
“Earth provides enough to satisfy
every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
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