Do You Know The "Three Home Truths of Ecology?"

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No matter where a person lives in this world, the Ecology of this planet is a concern. A biologist named Barry Commoner wrote in his book ,”Making Peace With the Planet,” that there are three simple laws of ecology that give us some insight on why the earth is so vulnerable to abuse. The first law is this: “Everything is connected to everything else.” What happens in one part of the earth can and does affect other parts of the earth. Most people are aware of that fact. But, even ecologists know very little about the interlocking parts of our vast ecosystem. The second law is this: “Everything has to go somewhere.” To give you an idea of what that means, consider your own home. What would it look like in a year or two, if there were no way to dispose of garbage? Think about it. Our earth is a closed system – What that means is that all of our waste must end up somewhere on the earth. There is no place else it can go. So, while some garbage is biodegradable and in time can be broken down and absorbed by natural processes, most of the waste on the earth is simply moved from one place to another. Even gases, such as chlorofluorocarbons, can’t escape the atmosphere, that surrounds the earth. And CFCs are just one of the hundreds of potentially hazardous substances that are being released into the air, the rivers, and the oceans. Think about all the TOXIC WASTE that is being buried in the earth, from oil drilling, and nuclear power stations, around the earth. That toxic waste is accumulating year after year. It’s not going anywhere. It’s still here and multiplying every day. Thousands of tons of nuclear waste is stored in temporary sites and has also been dumped in the oceans. No solution has yet been found for safe, permanent, storage or disposal. No one knows when these ecological time bombs might explode. The problem is not going away, the waste will be radioactive for centuries or millenniums to come. A Hungarian scientist at Budapest’s Institute of Hydrology said “We don’t know what to do with all the chemicals produced by modern industry. We can’t even keep track of them.” The third law of ecology: According to Barry Commoner is “Let nature take its course:” What does that really mean? It means that man needs to cooperate with natural systems, instead of trying to bypass them with something HE thinks is better. A case in point: Pesticides at first enabled farmers to control weeds and destructive pests, but then things went wrong. Weeds and insects proved resistant to one pesticide after another and in addition to that, pesticides were poisoning the earth and the rivers. The tribal Americans had the best idea about preserving the earth, by using only what they needed and working with nature. But, those days are long gone. Although the estimates vary, scientists believe that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 species of animals, plants and insects will have become extinct in the next TEN years. What do you think? Here is a link, you might enjoy: