Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Pollution

The biggest pollution that we are facing is in the human mind. Our thoughts are formed and our ability to recognize what is right and evil, from the environment that we live in. As we have been living in cities that have its own ecosystems isolated largely from nature ecosystem, our judgment is impaired. While increasingly people recognize some of the problems that we are facing, it is often characterized by few tangible things such as CO2 and global warming and even worse with some numbers. While it is good to see some of the most urgent issues, we often overreact towards them; oversimplifying the problem and failing to see the big picture. Our attempts to fix issues often create new bigger ones because approach is inherently flawed. We should understand well our limitations. Everything that we make doesn't integrate with nature ecosystem. Our industries are not green as much as we try and meet guidelines. We are just not capable that we can create something truly recyclable that doesn't put pressure on the existing ecosystem, needless to say boost it. This may help to understand the magnitude of what pollution that we have introduced. Our buildings, roads, farms, and anything that we have manufactured are part of the problem. They all have replaced part of the ecosystem and continually consume more. We should always think in terms of ecosystem when we think of pollution. Till we can live closer to nature ecosystem, our mind pollution will get worse and we will continue to self-destruct our lives; incapable to understand the problem.

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