What is important is Legacy. The only way that we can expect our 7th generation in the future to be successful is to provide that which promotes and allows their success. Realization of that responsibility is not very prevalent. Labeling people is like putting labels on jars of jam. The application of the label is easier than taking it off. We pull out the Dymo Labelmaker and stick away at "Tree Huggers", "Doom Sayers", and "radical environmentalists". They have a Labelmaker on their belt as well. Labeling is ineffective at change, and creates separate, divisive, corrosive thinking in both camps.
Jim's point::: We are Earthlings. We are currently roaming around loose on the surface of our planet of origin. Sometimes a little above and sometimes a little below the surface. We are smart enough to do easy things and not smart enough to focus well on responsibility. The fact that our Earth is not going to a destination, and we are not leaving it is clearly a fact. Many of us on this forum have taken over property and land that has been neglected/abused. The soil has been allowed to wash away the rocks are sticking out, the drains don't work, and there is more than an inch of grease under the stove. The trees have been logged out of the remaining "woods" and Kudzu covered Hawthorn scrub remains. Our own property is far better. We use best practices of farming/ranching. We treat out animals well, and love what we do, and how we do it, with our soul. City Citizens are often insulated from these warming real world engagements with the land. Insulated from almost every facet of how things work, or their real value. We witness their throwaway attitude and habits. We witness the encroaching urban takeover of family farms as they are divided into """ranchetts""". It is not their fault.
Our legacy must be in alignment with best practices, not the result of continuing to think small. Energy, materials, efficiency, recycling/reuse, are pathways to a reasonable legacy. We must build a substantial bridge to the 7th generation's future. We must build it sustainably and set the example they can follow. I do not want to be thought of as one of those selfish 1950 to 2050 farmers that sucked the earth dry, who wasted the metals and minerals of earth. I do not want to leave my waste as that legacy.
Every time a plow share is worn to a thin strip, that lost iron is unrecoverable. We can clean up our act. We must stop our addiction to the easy way. Jim
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