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We Are One World, One Race, One Life.
Or don’t you believe that?
This simple statement has been the dream goal of many free thinkers over the ages, from Christ to John Lennon.
The truth is, they were right!
Planet Earth is shrinking, a fact becoming more and more apparant as the human population approaches 7 billion in the 21st century.
We face such problems as…
- Reduction in Biodiversity with threatened mass extinctions
- Greater Famine is threatened by climate change
- Dwindling Energy Resources is threatened by increasing demand
- Shrinking Ice Caps causing Rising Oceans
…which are more and more in the news today than they ever were in the past.
As a consequence, we are all drawn closer together – joined by the global commons of atmosphere, oceans and climate.
You see, we humans have been taught throughout our existence, that the Earth and all other living things on it, are simply resources to be used for our benefit and comfort.
If we carry on with this attitude what will the future hold? When will we reach the limit of the resource base, when The Earth no longer has the capacity to sustain our growing consumption?
Make no mistake, when this stage is reached it will not be Earth that suffers. It has survived 5 major extinction events, a Snowball effect where almost all the surface was glaciated, and a runaway Greenhouse effect where there was no ice at all in the polar regions.
It will be the human race that picks up the bill with many other organisms along with us. This gives everyone of us a stake in sustaining the planet, a common goal — One World, One Race, One Life.
You see dear reader, The Earth is not and never was a resource. It is primarily our home, environment and society being interdependant, we therefore have a stake in keeping it habitable. That means not interfering with natural processes, in particular the natural distribution of temperature, namely solar energy, across the planet. This is automatically regulated by…
- Weather Systems
- Ocean Currents
- Atmosphere–Ocean coupling
- Forest/Plankton Photosynthesis
…involving many positive and negative feedback systems too involved to get into here.
Deforestation and massive anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide production directly influence these processes.
So what are we gonna do about it?
What indeed can any individual do about global issues?
It is my opinion that our personal growth brings to us an open mind, which in turn, makes us aware of other peoples and of the environment we live in. Global issues, our uniqueness, and our vulnerability become our concerns. We are able to accept complicated concepts that affect our actions.
You see, an open mind brings awareness bringing concern which leads to action — this is a mark of how far our personal growth has progressed.
Our journey of personal growth ultimately leads us to conclude that our existence is futile without the people most dear to us, those whom we depend on for our happiness and well-being.
Our destiny, our life is irrevocably intertwined with our own social group, and with all the unknown people with which we share a kinship by virtue of calling planet Earth home.
What can we do about it? Make every single day the best you can. In nurturing our home, our environment, we serve not only ourselves, but our One World, One Race, One Life 
Sincerely,
P.S.
Check out live carbon dioxide emissions and global population growth figures. Some beautiful images of our home Earth for you to enjoy from NASA.
