Why We Aren’t Actually Destroying the Planet

We are destroying ourselves.

It’s so human of us to assume that our species is so wise and powerful that we can destroy a planet. It’s as amusing a concept as the acne bacteria blocking tiny pores on our skin, thinking that it will destroy the body.

The pollution that we are creating through human waste, industry production and raping the resources from the earth is a ticking bomb, for us. Nature doesn’t have an issue with it because other life forms adapt and evolve. Sure, species of animals are becoming extinct but that is cyclical, albeit at a much faster rate than ever before.

Dinosaurs existed at one point in history but couldn’t survive the environmental changes and so from nature’s point of view, it shouldn’t exist. This is the beauty of genetics. Life thrives everywhere and is always in perfect balance with its environment, however ugly it may look to us.

At the current rate, earth will become inhibitable for most humans and nature has no problem with that either. It will still support different types of life forms. Eventually, the earth becomes more habitable for mammals and the cycle restarts.

Our attitude towards environmental change needs to change. We need to realise it’s us who are in trouble, not the earth. And whilst it’s a hopeful thought that reusing plastic bags or recycling your cardboard will make a difference, it is unfortunately too little too late. As a preventive, sustainable measure, it would have been great but we are way past boiling point.

The truth is, the earth is well beyond its capacity making humans themselves the toxin due to the sheer amount. Human waste itself is more toxic than the plastic being discarded or the carbon emissions our cars are releasing.

Bacteria is never a problem when it co-exists with us. In fact, we share a symbiotic relationship (gut bacteria, bacteria on our skin etc). When it multiplies too much, that’s when the immune system looks to destroy it. At this point, we are the bacteria that has over-multiplied and triggered the ‘immune response’ from the environment.

Now What?

If you are looking to save every tiny dying species from extinction, you are fighting a lost war. Though animals may die, it creates a platform for evolution and growth. The only solution for humans, is to evolve with nature and learn to co-exist once more.

The diseases will continue to become stronger and more mutated than ever before and everything in our environment will eventually be killing us (similar to the movie After Earth). Even if you look at this latest flu season, we witnessed brand new strains all more deadly than before. At surface level it doesn’t seem like a big deal until you consider we are in the 21st century and the flu has managed to kill about 50 people this year, when it’s only March. We aren’t even dealing with an already deadly disease that has mutated yet.

Yes, we’re all doomed anyway. I’m not telling you a horror story though. This itself is a beautiful phenomenon of change.