Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 4
th, 2015 at 10:36am:
I know what you're all thinking now...
She's such a mother and gardener.
And you'd be right. Both roles involve nurturing. As far as I'm concerned, this world, from plants to animals right through to people need nurturing.
However, the awful reality is this : we can't really begin to do any of that if our planet is sick.
And we wonder, why they call it our 'mother' planet, and refers therein to what sustains us as 'mother nature'...etc etc
Yet, has it been males that have dominated for eons and got us into this predicament of not knowing what the planet is going to do now?
I was reading, that earth has only so much oxygen left for a certain amount of time, imagine, in the future, if humans that evolve from us, survive, will have to find quality air from somewhere, or is this planet going to go through a change where no humans can survive, thus, mother nature wins in the end....a planet with toxic air, as some futuristic space explorer may come here, and say, it is a hostile planet, with no breathable air, no living plants or life, and lots of electrical activity in the air.
Well, it all starts from somewhere, a chain of events leading to some sort of consequence, so realistically, we need to hear what we are doing that we know is wrong, dirtying the waterways, polluting the air, cutting down too many trees etc etc.....it's only common sense...but tell that to the greedy corporations!
If only we could all be honest about how we feel and communicate our concerns regarding planet Earth.
I confess that sometimes..especially when I'm out gardening, I kneel down and appreciate the good, healthy soil which has been nurtured and protected from chemicals. To me, it's like the Earth's blood...it needs to flow free from obstructions and toxins in order to bring forth abundant plant life to sustain us.
Perhaps my uneducated rural born and bred grandparents were right about the importance of respecting nature. Here in Australia, the traditional Aborigines thought the same way.