By Edmund Elorm Ackuaku
Change is one thing which is perceived as being permanent while that which experiences the change remains what it is. Up until now humanity has never lived in an atmosphere like this. A result of man's activities has changed economic, political, religious, Heath, Social and Environmental outlook of the world.
With observations made, we are crossing into an unknown territory, one of slavery as a result of our activities which threaten the survival of every species. The environmental and biological world are connected. The beauty and harmony of the world is being distorted and less effort is made toward reviving it.
Our ecosystem has no borders so much so that every engagement get to affect all that exists. Without realising it, we have upset the Earth's balance. Things seem to be working against the order and harmony that ought to exist. We have shaped the earth in our image.
Sooner than later, we will have not only political refugees but climate refugees as well. The sea levels are rising and human population is increasing. The sea demands more of human space. Where shall we go? Rain cycles have been altered and the ecosystem experiences 'malnutrition'. The Sun gets hotter and hotter with the depletion of the Ozone layer as a result of the release of depleting gases and we seem to care less about this. The Arctic and Antarctic are melting and heat is constantly increased.
The arable land is suffering damage. Everyone counts in the problem. We have created political barriers and we tend to spend more on military and politics with less attention given to the environment. We cannot continue to be 'producers of goods' that have negative implications on the survival of the ecosystem.
Pessimism is not the solution, activity is. As we all count in the problem so do we all count in the solution. Realise now that these life-threatening acts, at length, widen the gap between the rich and the poor. Inequality sets in with oppression as a sure functionary. Uneven distribution of wealth contributes it's quota to the economic life. Oil tankers are getting bigger and bigger but the poor continue to grow poorer. No one is barred from the emanating effects.
We cannot, but, resolve to cease oppressing the natural environment. We have sinned against the environment. Realise also that the world is an asset we share and we have to make efforts geared towards granting it salvation and caring for it.
We quibble and earth cries out to us for harmony. The tears of Mother Earth are the waters that seek to take human space by eating into the land. The Earth is using her tears of the Sea to reach us. Nature speaks to us.
The corals of the sea, the huge icebergs, the Ozone layer, the forested areas of the world, inter alia are gradually departing. Technology has veneered the destructions caused and environmental blindness has occurred. Against all odds, the environment may render us climatic refugees if we do not spend ostentatiously seeking to diametrically oppose the evil done to the Earth.
Seek to restore, not to destroy.
Pax_Et_Bonum
Cosmology
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ReplyDeleteGreat piece... Another "Laudato Si' here
ReplyDeleteYou've rendered a good disposition on"man's" negative acts in relation to the environment. Thanks Edmund.
ReplyDeleteThanks fellows.
ReplyDeleteLet's be good ambassadors and continue to care for our 'Common home'