I sometimes get made fun of for being a vocal environmentalist. I am happy and proud that I recycle, compost, use renewable resources when possible, walk, bike, use the bus, etc. I have built a conscious effort in my life to preserve my habitat not only for myself and my neighbors, friends, and family, but also for the plants and animals that have been rudely disturbed by my presence.
I'm not sure who is reading this, if anyone, but here's a little background information about me. Not only am I an environmentalist, but I'm also a big believer in a Universal Energy system as well as the Karmic cycle. Instant Karma I do think exists, but mostly, I think that scientifically if energy can only be passed between objects, and neither created nor destroyed, then to me it makes sense that there is a general recycling of said energy (good and bad) throughout the Universe. I would personally really like the good energy or vibrations, as I'm sure all of you and the Beach Boys do, as well.
My environmentalism, therefore, is stationed upon a platform of general care and concern for the Universe. While I'm not as out-there as biodynamic farmers (good idea, weird practice), I do think that every action has a consequence (obviously), and that perhaps the butterfly flapping its wings doesn't instigate a tsunami halfway around the world, but maybe, just maybe, it pushes the air enough to cause a significant enough swell of energy to assist in the Pacific currents. Who knows?
At this point in time, my revealing that I am an environmentalist is leading to my feelings of pain and anguish for the Gulf of Mexico during the BP oil spill. I'll probably get in trouble for naming names, but, come on, people, the royal family is used to bad press, right? They did spawn Charles.
I listen to NPR, and this morning the Secretary of the Interior made the statement (paraphrased, of course) "In the end, BP answers to us...we may be looking to them for an immediate solution, but we have the final say...the import thing is to get this mess cleaned up first...then look at further issues."
It has been ONE MONTH since this horrific spill, and now our worst fears have come to fruition. The oil has reached the precious Gulf Coast marshes that are home to many species of wildlife, including much of the nation's seafood industry, and workers are frantically trying to remove the disgusting red glop that is so difficult to extract from that area. The plants have sucked the oil into their bodies with the other needed nutrients present in the salty water of the coast, and now, the damaging cycle really begins to exponentially worsen.
I cannot believe that BP did not have a fail-safe for any situation such as this. They are within 100 miles of the shoreline of an area that had very recently been devastated by a major hurricane, and now, let's hit that area again with destroying what's left of that economy. As if poverty weren't a big enough issue in the South already...
What saddens me the most at this point is the devastation of the ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. My heart aches for that area, those animals, the plants, the entire cycle of devastation that will extend much farther than that area of the United States.
I hope people begin not only to place value in alternative energy resources, but also look introspectively and see that one action, one flap of a wing, one oil spill, one hug, one thing makes a difference. The cumulative effects occur naturally, so be conscious of that evolution of a moment, and think about whether or not the energy you're putting into the Earth is good, bad, harmful, helpful. Nothing will recover that ecosystem in the South for many, many years. I probably won't see the regeneration of that system in my lifetime. I hate that that had to be the wake-up call for some, but, for others like me, there is validation in knowing that I am still acting in the best interest of the environment, which is not disconnected, but entwined with me and my own life.
Peace and Love.
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