Sick, It makes me feel ill

Are we still so ignorant as to think that we can continue to pollute our waterways, nay our environs et. al., and continue to reap the rewards of an healthy earth? I am sickened by our inability as big-brained mammals to control our impulses; to distance our vision; to see the consequences. I am also made ill by my individual lack of contribution. How do I make a difference? How can I use the talents I have to make a dent? Perhaps I must be satisfied with my own small world in which I try to continue to educate myself, to practice solidarity with those who hold similar beliefs and to find employment that is conservation/education minded in outlook and practice.

This immense separation between capitalism and preservation is a gulf that widens daily. The chasmic rift between humanity and barbarity growns with each child brought into this inhospitable milieu. How to find compromise? I think we are past that. We are arrogant in our insistence that we can procreate, consume and denature our world without catatrophic effects that will cull our population remorselessly.

Earth will cleanse herself.