tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866329821725336882.post686569061001679890..comments2010-03-08T12:32:50.337-08:00Comments on 21st Century Conservation Values: Novel EcosystemsValueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12333758338929950376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866329821725336882.post-15551105671503758602010-03-05T07:44:49.791-08:002010-03-05T07:44:49.791-08:00I do not believe that climate change has to reach ...I do not believe that climate change has to reach the catastrophic stage for biodiversity. All may seem hopeless now, "with the whole world now aspiring to the very lifestyle and values (of greed and accumulating wealth) that is destroying the world." But miracles do occur, and changes happen faster than you think. I believe in the TIPPING POINT. Once enough people adopt low-carbon living, everyone else will too. (And I must add that there is no low-carbon tactic more effective than having fewer children!!) This demand will fuel technological innovation and cast light on alternative energies and lifestyles. <br /><br />Do not lose hope; a part can change the whole.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089802342042516892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866329821725336882.post-49807549180582176882010-02-19T16:26:26.130-08:002010-02-19T16:26:26.130-08:00Now, I do not believe any of you! That ''I...Now, I do not believe any of you! That ''I feel fine because we are a tiny little bit in the history of the planet'' sounds just too much as trying to convince yourselves that it's OK that we lost the battle, it wasn't that important anyway. <br />I share the unsettling feeling after long-term ecology class. It has destroyed my enemy! I was fighting the bad guys, the mean un-natural humans, in favor of the sacred nature, the pristine pieces of earth where our dirty foot hadn't set its print. And now someone tells me that the forest I thought of as pristine is actually a result from ancient human activity. That invasive species might sustain ecosystems with more species. All of the sudden, everything was my enemy, the battle was lost already, and that was just too much. <br />But than maybe this just means that we shouldn't be trying to save the world from the forces of evil and for eternity, but just trying to bring some good to our every day lives. It's not only the outcome that matters, but also the journey. We can make the lifetime of living things, including humans, a better one.<br /> Let's say that a million years we are allowed to look back into our lives on earth. Maybe humans will be extinct by then, maybe all life. But we could still remember that we did something with our lives, and it had value when we did it. Maybe we saved a little bit of forest, an elephant, or help improve the life of some people. Something was done and it can never be erased. My spirit would be happy.<br />Now maybe this is just a more intrincate consolation price, but it makes me feel fine.<br /><br />ClaudiaSValueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333758338929950376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866329821725336882.post-43748427635866772012010-02-08T13:52:49.986-08:002010-02-08T13:52:49.986-08:00Of course you feel fine... humans like all other s...Of course you feel fine... humans like all other species on earth will ultimately go extinct (maybe sooner than later considering the destructiveness of human nature) and be replaced... and our planet will then be saved... but will it still be 'our' planet if we no longer exist?? Are we conserving it so that future generation could enjoy it or because it is our duty (towards other living beings) as sentient beings??? Our existence just constitutes a tiny bit of the earth's history and will ultimately just be a planet's bad dream... I feel fine too...<br />KJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com