"If people really understood the connection of environmental damage to their own lives, they would be much more motivated to preserve and protect the environment."
~~Dr. Eric Chivian, director of Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, in Veterinary World, Spring 1999.
Humanity has literally cut the ties it had with nature and that damage is coming back to haunt us. Treating the web of life as our personal property has created such destruction that our very survival may be at stake.
What can we do? Stop raping the earth for profit. Try to re-connect with the rest of the biosphere, walk lightly on the earth, respect and protect the other life forms on this little blue world, and remember we are part of nature, not apart from it. Nature is sacred; our relationship with this Gaia is sacred; her children are sacred. We are stewards, not dominators. The sooner we internalize that the better off we'll be.
With love and light,
Q.
2 comments:
That is exactly what the guy in the NPR story that I mentioned in my email to you said.
Not that this almost city-girl who changed didn't already know that.
Great quote!
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