Earth does not belong to us; we belong to Earth.Earth is our home.

Its the place

where we live. A beautiful place, indeed.
"How the Earth Changed History" tells us more about how the unique planet that
we live on influenced our development by focusing on five geologic and geographic
aspects of our planet. The plants, the animals, the air we breathe are all crucial to our
everyday lives.
The water cycle moves the relatively small amount of drinkable water useful for human activity from
sea to wind to mountains and rainfall, rivers and lakes, and back to the sea. This cycle was
notoriously difficult to understand and control for prehistoric man. History is defined by hardship,
demonstrated as the last ice age precipitated a drought lasting centuries in the fertile crescent. The
hunter-gatherers there adapted by fashioning stone tools to become more efficient hunters, and then
invented the sickle, sparking the agricultural revolution. Growing crops necessitated a ready water
supply, beginning mankinds connection to water, namely rivers, that brought a predictable source.
This in turn drove the development of an organized society, as only a high degree of organization
can deal with water shortages.


You wouldnt leave garbage all over your house or destroy part of it without planning to
rebuild it. So, why should people treat the earth that way, especially when other animals
and plants live on it, too?

Most people take nature for granted, and they dont care about what they throw onto the
ground, because they dont think that it will affect them. They think that they cant change
anything and that even if they try to help the environment, other people are just going to
pollute it and destroy it again. However, not doing anything at all is just as bad as being the
one who causes the pollution in the first place, because it shows others that you know
hurting the environment is bad, but you are too lazy to do anything about it. Even if it
doesnt seem to make a difference, doing little things, such as recycling, can add up. Also,
walking a few more steps to throw garbage in a trash can instead of on the ground, could
help an animal keep a clean home. When other people see trash on the ground, they tend
to think they can litter too, because someone else did it before. In addition, saving energy
helps the environment because fossil fuels pollute the air. If you are done watching the
television, turn it off. If you finished charging a battery, unplug the adapter.

The little things that people could take the time to do seem useless, but they do add up.
The environment is a very precious part of our lives. If we ruin it, its not going to magically
become better again. Its up to us to fix the damage weve done and people need to start
doing something, now!
I really don't think our generation cares about the environment. Even if we just drop one
piece of paper on the ground, it's still hurting Mother Earth. What kind of world are we
leaving our children and grandchildren? Maybe people would care more if they lost a loved
one as a result of contamination or poison, skin cancer, or lack of clean air to breathe. We
not only hurt ourselves, but we hurt animals, and plant life, innocent of the crime, but
struggling for life, because we could not take the time to pick up some trash, or plant a
couple of trees. We could not take the time to try to stop factory pollution, or submit money
to help the rain forest, or help an endangered species of animals survive. If we could all
give a small percent of our time to helping our earth, it would be a much better place to
live.
The world is a beautiful place; no one can disagree with that. From the snow capped peaks of the
Himalayas to the tropical wilderness of the Amazon, our planet is an ever-changing environment that
should be preserved with the utmost of care. However, too often the news is peppered with the
stories of pseudo hippies hugging trees and laying their bodies down in the face of bulldozers to
protect the Earth from the ravages of man. Are these people serious? If anything, they should be
worried that the Earth is going to eat them up!
A very intelligent man once said, "The planet has been through a lot worse than us. It's been through
earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drifts, sun spots, solar flares, the magnetic
reversal of the poles, fires, worldwide floods, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by
comets and asteroids, tidal waves, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages ..and we think some
plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? (George Carlin). While put
to a comedic use, Mr. Carlin is completely correct. The human species is a na ve group of animals
that seem to have it all backwards. We are so paranoid about some carbon monoxide exhausted by
a factory in New Jersey that we forgot that one large volcanic eruption could cover the earth with a
thin layer of dust. Or what about the 300 people that just died in Morocco buried under the rubble of
their houses? Or the devastating earthquake in Iran a few weeks ago. How's the planet doing?
Please, what a joke humans are. And it gets worse if you live in the United States.