Reflections about the Environment
By The-Environmentalist
People write poetry about creation, the beauty and uniqueness of Mother Nature at any given occasion. The scientist researches life, plants, light and infinity daily. Still, the secret of life remains an incomprehensible miracle.
There are myriads of comments, opinions, citations, reports and books that are trying to paraphrase "environment". Many of these paraphrases correspond with each other, while others are contradictory.
Being overwhelmed with daily influences, which affect everybody in a different way; people have little or no time to care about nature and hence to preserve what generates life. We trust the responsible individuals - but do we know who these people really are? Many refer to their environmental policies, to their (embellished) successes, but the condition of our Mother Nature is deteriorating daily - worldwide - everywhere - also at the place where you are reading these lines right now. The most frequent answer to this change of condition is: "I cannot change anything" - but are we on the right track with this statement?
On closer examination, it is evident that the ambitions of many consist of greed for profit, at the expense of the environment and our health. The awareness of our natures and humanity vanishes more and more. Many people from different religions go out every day to pray, philosophize, or simply live, but almost all of them do not want to realize that the preservation of creation must be the highest priority. They are not thinking about preserving the habitat of their children.
If you feel any inner resentment now, join us; - the concept of our sustainable development tries to reconcile ecology, economy and social justice (clean water for all) nationally and globally (with the support of the Governments). A task we have set ourselves with the Blue Building Concept. If we want to reach our goal, we have to swim against the current. If we are prepared to do so, we can change the environment for the better in the long term. Sayings, discussions and conversations become deeds.
An old American-Indian proverb says: "The frog does not drink out the pond in which it lives".
The change to a sustainable environment must never lead to a substitute religion, it would be a cheap substitute for true religion; the preservation of creation is a mission given to us by God. Personally, I just want to stay simple, called by God to act for the environment.