(written January 22, 2020)
Recently I've been really bummed about the state of the world, and I don't know what to do about it.
It started with the news that all the bugs are disappearing. No more bugs going splat on your windshield as you drive on a summer night. Some studies say it's not catastrophic yet, but shoot, once the bugs start going, a chain-reaction gets set off and lots of other creatures start disappearing, too.
Which they are.
Google "current mass extinction" and you'll get a ton of articles about how the Earth's animals and sea creatures are disappearing, and it's all humanity's fault. Even in The Atlantic's "Earth is not in the midst of a sixth mass extinction", the author still points out the following sad truths:
- 97% of earth's land animals are human beings, livestock, and pets. Wildlife accounts for only 3% of the total population (for example, there were 450,000 lions in the world in 1940s, and only 20,000 today)
- Animals are dying because of hunting, global habitat destruction, and the fact that almost half of the earth's land is now used for farming (with pesticides, bad things, etc.)
I want Isaac and Elliott to have a good life, and to enjoy nature, and to care for the earth.
Teenagers are scared and angry about climate change. How are my little boys going to feel when they get older?
It started with the news that all the bugs are disappearing. No more bugs going splat on your windshield as you drive on a summer night. Some studies say it's not catastrophic yet, but shoot, once the bugs start going, a chain-reaction gets set off and lots of other creatures start disappearing, too.
Which they are.
Google "current mass extinction" and you'll get a ton of articles about how the Earth's animals and sea creatures are disappearing, and it's all humanity's fault. Even in The Atlantic's "Earth is not in the midst of a sixth mass extinction", the author still points out the following sad truths:
- 97% of earth's land animals are human beings, livestock, and pets. Wildlife accounts for only 3% of the total population (for example, there were 450,000 lions in the world in 1940s, and only 20,000 today)
- Animals are dying because of hunting, global habitat destruction, and the fact that almost half of the earth's land is now used for farming (with pesticides, bad things, etc.)
I want Isaac and Elliott to have a good life, and to enjoy nature, and to care for the earth.
Teenagers are scared and angry about climate change. How are my little boys going to feel when they get older?
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