Double edged sword. Because we can do a thing doesn't necessarily mean we
should do a thing. I have always (mostly) argued we should first determine
if we (Humans) are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. If we are
simply a species that appears and disappears as a result of the
evolutionary tactic then everything we do or don't do is irrelevant. We
will die off or evolve and prosper and there is no guide other than chance
for any particular direction. We have as little chance of changing the
natural course of events as deflecting plasma from sunspots.
I do hate the constant inference to some religious bent of
Judaism/Christianity as being anti environment. As the story is outlined
the first humans were strict vegetarians and God did not say :"Here is a
garden, go shit in it". I am also tired of the religious left claiming I
am a Climate Change (or insert other politically charged denigration here)
ie: (Global Warming) denier.
"No one EXPECTS the climate inquisition!"
In general, humans, religious and not, have a tendency to confuse power
with responsibility.
This morning I threw a banana peel out my car window on my way to
work. I considered that somewhat helpful to the environment but others
would disagree. I think they might confuse clutter with "Green". I am the
only person on my block of about 20 homes who does not put leaves on the
curb to be picked up. I rather mix them with dirt and have better gardens
as a result. (Leaf blowers should be the first thing banned before the XL
pipeline!)
I will tell you what is completely missing from environmental ethics. Fun.
Show them how to make things with stuff! I think Native americans used
every part of a kill. Teaching kids how miserable we as humans are is
grotesque. Teaching them that the layer of breathable air around the earth
is about as massive as a thick coat of paint on a classroom globe would be
a better start. If we are unique and somehow important than we need to
start smarter. Chances are we don't have a chance!
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